Together (Ray Henderson song)
Together is a song written by Ray Henderson (music), Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown (lyrics) and released in 1928.
background
The songwriting team Henderson, DeSlyva and Brown achieved "one of the jazziest pieces" of the Roaring Twenties with Together ; the song with a "sad melody" is written in F major in the form ABA'C ; the lyrics of the song "is straightforward sentimental":
- You've gone from me
- But in my memory
- We always want to be together.
First recordings and later cover versions
The orchestra of Paul Whiteman , with Bix Beiderbecke on the cornet, achieved a number 1 hit in the United States in 1928 with the song. Was popular Together by shots of Nick Lucas and Cliff Edwards ; Other musicians who covered the song from 1928 included Sam Lanin ( Okeh ), Arnold Johnson ( Brunswick ), in England The Rhythmic Eight around Bert Firman and in Berlin Lud Gluskin and Billy Bartholomew 's Delphians Jazz Band.
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 214 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Artie Shaw , Benny Goodman , Charlie Spivak , Stan Kenton . Together did not become a standard until 1944 when it was sung in the film Since You Went Away . Cover versions of the song followed during this time. a. by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey , Mildred Bailey , Phil Moore , Red Nichols , Raymond Scott , Billy Eckstine , Andy Kirk and Louis Armstrong . Connie Francis recorded the song in 1961. In the film adaptation of the collaboration between the three songwriters ( Fanfares of Joy (The Best Things in Life Are Free) from 1956), the leitmotif is sung in a montage with other pieces.
Notes and individual references
- ^ A b c d Marvin E. Paymer, Don E. Post: Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs . 1999, p. 139
- ^ Joel Whitburn : The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits , 7th Rev. Edition, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York November 1, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8230-7690-1 .
- ↑ a b c Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
- ↑ Information at jazzstandards.com