There'll Be Some Changes Made

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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."

Ethel Waters (between 1938 and 1948)
(detail from a photo by William P. Gottlieb )

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

  1. Entry on jazzstandards.com
  2. ^ Philip Furia: The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists , 1990- page 11
  3. Philip Furia, Michael L. Lasser: America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway , Hollywood, p. 20
  4. Temples for Tomorrow: Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance , edited by Genevieve Fabre, Michel Feith, p. 99
  5. ^ 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
  6. Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 2, 2014)
  7. All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music, edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, p. 133
  8. Tim Gracyk, Frank W. Hoffmann: Popular American Recording Pioneers, 1895-1925
  9. ^ Dave Oliphant: Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State , p. 216
  10. ^ Billboard May 24, 1947