Sleepy Time Gal
Sleepy Time Gal is a song written by Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting (music) and Joseph R. Eldan and Raymond B. Egan (lyrics) and published in 1925.
Song structure
The song announced on the sheet music as A Wide Awake Fox Trot Song , to be played mostly in a slow shuffle rhythm, has jazzy stanzas, with a refrain with dotted quarter and eighth notes. Most noticeable is the break just before the end of the B-section, with the words It's gettin 'late and, dear, your pillow's waitin' .
First recordings
Among the first musicians to record the song from late 1925 were Ben Bernie , who had one of his first hits in the United States with the song, as well as Gene Austin , Nick Lucas , Art Landry , the Manhattan Dance Makers (with Tommy Gott, among others , the vocal duo Billy West & Bob Thomas, Bennie Krueger , Harry Reser , Joe Tarto ), Fletcher Henderson (with Coleman Hawkins ), Ben Selvin and Earl Baker (with Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman ). Sleepy Time Gal was the dancer Josephine Baker's first recording in 1926 .
Later cover versions and use in films
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 160 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz . a. by Tony Bennett , Jimmie Lunceford , Glenn Miller , The Mills Brothers , Chick Bullock , Svend Asmussen , Casa Loma Orchestra , Harry James , Kay Kyser , Charlie and His Orchestra , Edmond Hall , Les Paul , Ray Conniff (1956, with Don Cherry ) , Hoagy Carmichael , The Singers Unlimited, and Oscar Peterson . In 1942, the song was sung in the eponymous film Sleepytime Gal (director: Albert S. Rogell ) by Judy Canova ; Frances Langford interpreted the song in Never a Dull Moment (directed by Edward C. Lilley , 1943). Also Art Lund (1947), Adam Wade and Red Foley coverten the song.
Notes and individual references
- ↑ a b c d e Marvin E. Paymer, Don E. Post: Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs . 1999, p. 81
- ↑ With Dave Franklin (piano) and May Singhi Breen (ukulele)
- ↑ Victor 19843 - Art Landry's version hit # 10 on the charts in 1926.
- ↑ Harmony 69-H (141297)
- ↑ a b Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
- ↑ 1961 on the Single Coed 546
- ↑ Decca 25689