There'll Be Some Changes Made
There'll Be Some Changes Made is a pop song by Benton Overstreet (music) and Billy Higgins (lyrics) released in 1921. With numerous cover versions, the song became a popular jazz standard .
background
There'll Be Some Changes Made originated in the era of Tin Pan Alley and was part of songs like I Can't Get Started , How Long Has This Been Going On? or It Never Entered My Mind , whose lyrics were based on idioms popular at the time . Similar to After You've Gone (1918), in There'll Be Some Changes Made a rejected lover vows to change: "Ain't nothin '' bout me gonna be the same."
Cover versions
One of the earliest recordings of the song was Ethel Waters' version for Black Swan Records in August 1921, accompanied by Garvin Bushell (clarinet) and Fletcher Henderson (piano); Waters hit # 5 on the US charts with the song in late 1921. This was followed in the 1920s by recordings a. a. by Ted Lewis , Aunt Jemina , Red McKenzie , the Chicago Rhythm Kings, Eddie Lang , in the 1930s and 1940s, and others. a. also by Art Hodes (in one of the early Blue Note sessions), Eddie Condon , Chick Bullock , Clarence Profit , Ted Weems , Gene Krupa and His Orchestra and Mildred Bailey . In the field of jazz , the song became a widely played jazz standard ; Tom Lord lists 536 cover versions of the title and a. by the Boswell Sisters , Billie Holiday , Marion Harris , Fats Waller (1935), Little Willie Jackson, and Frank Sinatra . Benny Goodman reached number 1 on the US charts with his version from 1941, where he stayed for four weeks. Gene Krupa was able to build on this success a few weeks later with a recording for Okeh Records (# 12). Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler recorded the song in 1990. There is also a relatively new version of the soundtrack "Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music From The HBO Original Series" by Kathy Brier · Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on jazzstandards.com
- ^ Philip Furia: The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists , 1990- page 11
- ↑ Philip Furia, Michael L. Lasser: America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway , Hollywood, p. 20
- ↑ Temples for Tomorrow: Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance , edited by Genevieve Fabre, Michel Feith, p. 99
- ^ A b Gerhard Klußmeier : Jazz in the Charts. Another view on jazz history. Liner notes and booklet for the 100 CD edition. Membrane International GmbH. ISBN 978-3-86735-062-4
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 2, 2014)
- ↑ All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music, edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, p. 133
- ↑ Tim Gracyk, Frank W. Hoffmann: Popular American Recording Pioneers, 1895-1925
- ^ Dave Oliphant: Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State , p. 216
- ^ Billboard May 24, 1947