When Did You Leave Heaven
| When Did You Leave Heaven | |
|---|---|
| publication | 1936 |
| length | 3:06 |
| Genre (s) | Film music |
| text | Walter Bullock |
| music | Richard A. Whiting |
| Award (s) | Oscar nomination 1937 |
| Cover versions | |
| 1936 | Henry Red Allen |
| 1936 | Ben Bernie |
| 1936 | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians, vocals: Carmen Lombardo |
| 1936 | Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra, vocals: Henry Allen senior |
| 1949 | Big Bill Broonzy |
| 1957 | Louis Armstrong |
| 1963 | Nancy Wilson |
| 1964 | Jim Reeves |
| 1965 | Pat Boone |
| 1988 | Bob Dylan |
When Did You Leave Heaven is a song from the soundtrack of Sing, Baby, Sing . In the film, the song composed by Richard A. Whiting and written by Walter Bullock is sung by Tony Martin . The song was nominated for an Oscar at the Academy Awards in 1937 in the category "Best Song" , but had to admit defeat to the winning song The Way You Look Tonight by Jerome Kern with the text by Dorothy Fields from the film Swing Time .
When Did You Leave Heaven was in the version of Guy Lombardo for 15 weeks in 1936 at number 1 on the US Billboard charts . In the 100 top songs of 1936 is When Did You Leave Heaven with 158 points (out of possible 200) ranked 10th
More cover versions
In 1992 the blues and jazz singer Ernie Andrews covered the song. In 1995 Lisa Ekdahl , a Swedish jazz-pop singer, and the Peter Nordahl Trio recorded the song. In 1997 a version of the blind jazz singer Diane Schuur was created. In 1998 the British pianist and band leader Jools Holland covered the song. In 2005 the opera singer Renée Fleming added When Did You Leave Heaven to her program. Other cover versions were made by Joe Williams , Mabel Scott , Frances Langford , Earl Coleman , Paul Seaforth, Little Jimmy Scott , Hank Crawford , Frank Mantooth , Frank Foster , Gene Harris and Lisa Asher , among others .
The jazz discographer Tom Lord lists 57 cover versions of the jazz title.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Songs from the Year 1936 at tsort.info (English). Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ Top Songs of 1936 at musicvf.com. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ When Did You Leave Heaven at lyricsplayground.com. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography ( Memento from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Tune List at lordisco.com. Retrieved January 7, 2014.