Tenderly
Tenderly is a pop song by Walter Lloyd Gross (* 1909, † 1967) with a text by Jack Lawrence from 1946.
The composition is originally a song in three-four time ; the theme comprises 32 bars and is in the form of the song AB'AB ". The song is interpreted at a moderately slow tempo. The song was initially sung by Sarah Vaughan in 1947 , who made it to number 27 in the charts. 1950 the saxophonist took Lynn Hope the song and came up to 19th place in the pop charts of Billboard Magazine Full coverage known song by was. Rosemary Clooney with the orchestra of Percy Faith Clooney's recording of the song reached while in 1952 only 17th place on the pop charts. the record continued to sell, however, exceeding the million mark and was the sixth most sold record in 1953. The song's use as theme music for Clooney's TV show from 1956 to 1957 contributed to the popularity of the song, including in the film Torch Song Tenderly was used from 1953. In 1961 Bert Kaempfert tried again to build on the success with a cover version.
In the meantime, Tenderly had become a straight-beat jazz standard ; the track has been recorded by many jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong , Chet Baker , Clifford Brown , Benny Carter , Buddy DeFranco , Billy Eckstine , Duke Ellington , Ella Fitzgerald , Erroll Garner , Lionel Hampton , Ted Heath , Woody Herman , Billie Holiday , Stan Kenton , Gene Krupa , Carmen McRae , Red Norvo , Anita O'Day , Oscar Peterson , Bud Powell , Artie Shaw , George Shearing , Art Tatum , Mel Tormé and Dianne Reeves .
Literature / sources
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Description at JazzStandards.com