Rose of Washington Square
Rose of Washington Square is a pop song written by James F. Hanley (music) and Ballard MacDonald (lyrics) and published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. in 1920.
Impact history
The song was presented by Fanny Brice in the music review Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic . Sam Lanins Kentucky Serendaders (Columbia) in June 1920 (# 3) and Henry Burr in July 1920 (# 5) were successful with the song in the American charts . The Fred Van Eps Quartet's version with George Hamilton Green (xylophone) is also among the early recordings .
In 1939 the song was used in the film musical of the same name by Gregory Ratoff , with Alice Faye , Tyrone Power and Al Jolson in the leading roles.
Later cover versions
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 93 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Milo Rega , Red Nichols & His Five Pennies (with Glenn Miller and Jack Teagarden ), Clancy Hayes , Benny Goodman , Bob Crosby , Harry James , Pee Wee Russell , Frankie Carle , Henry Jerome , George Wettling / Frank Signorelli , Bob Scobey , Ted Heath / Max Bygraves , Turk Murphy , Don Ewell , Harry Allen and the Dutch Swing College Band . Even Tony Williams , singer of the doo-wop group The Platters , coverte the song.
Web links
- Inclusion in the catalog of the German National Library: DNB 357947878
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Lasser: America's Songs II: Songs from the 1890s to the Post-War Years . 2014, p. 67
- ↑ Information on Rose of Washington Square at the Library of Congress
- ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)