You go to my head
You Go to My Head is a pop song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie . It dates from 1936.
Special features of the song
You Go to My Head is about a partner who determines the mind (“You go to my head / And you stay there like an unforgettable refrain”).
The song is a major / minor oriented ballad in a swing style . The composition comprises 42 bars in the complicated song form AABA'C (C = 8 bars coda ), tempo slow to moderate . The composition is very demanding “with the octave interval right at the beginning, then the melody jump from f to c and back down to the f sharp at the beginning of the bridge , the numerous tone repetitions over complex harmonic progressions.” The song demands “everything from the vocalists Personality and dedication. Basically only the bare voice can be left here. "
Because of this complexity, the two authors of this "little masterpiece" ( Alec Wilder ) could not find a publisher for the song, which was only published in 1938 by Warner Brothers, for two years .
Pop versions
In 1937 Benny Goodman played the number with his orchestra and singer Martha Tilton . After the official release, it was recorded around the same time in 1938 by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with singer Nan Wynn and by the Larry Clinton Orchestra with singer Bea Wain and by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra . Teddy Wilson came in at number 20 in the American charts on June 18, 1938, Clinton had a hit a few weeks later (third place on July 23, 1938), and Gray also came to ninth place (on August 13, 1938) . Another version of Billie Holiday that was recorded on May 11, 1938 by u. a. Buster Bailey , Claude Thornhill , Cozy Cole and John Kirby , however, was initially unsuccessful commercially.
Further recordings were made by Marlene Dietrich , Frank Sinatra (with Axel Stordahl , 1946), Tony Bennett and Petula Clark (1950). The song was later sung by Dinah Shore and Bryan Ferry .
The way to the jazz standard
Jazz singers like Lena Horne , Peggy Lee , Sarah Vaughan (with the Basie-Band ) paved the way for the song in jazz. Numerous other singers followed, such as Ella Fitzgerald ( Hello, Love , 1960 and especially in a duo with Joe Pass ), Betty Carter ( It's Not About the Melody , 1992) or Diana Krall ( The Very Best of Diana Krall , 2007), but also singers like Johnny Hartman , Kenny Hagood or Chet Baker .
Hans-Jürgen Schaal points out that in particular the "pioneers of modern jazz " You Go to My Head had redefined: Coleman Hawkins took him in 1946 with a bebop - octet in 1948, the combo of Miles Davis , 1949 that followed Big Band by Dizzy Gillespie , the trio by Bud Powell and an octet around Dave Brubeck and in 1950 the quartet by Lee Konitz and Billy Bauer . Even Clifford Brown (1953) and Charlie Mariano (1956) also presented a remarkable interpretations. Paul Desmond played the song over and over again. In the fifties, numerous other versions were created, including Louis Armstrong , Art Tatum and Kurt Edelhagen . Among the instrumental recordings are those by Bennie Wallace from 1987 on the album The Art of the Saxophone , as well as recordings by Anthony Braxton and Ran Blake .
film records
The song can be heard in the following films:
- Laura (1944, instrumental)
- Swing Kids (1993)
- Corrina, Corrina (1994, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson)
- Playing by Heart (1999, Chet Baker)
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Schaal (Ed.): Jazz standards. The encyclopedia. 3rd, revised edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1414-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b H. J. Schaal Jazz standards , p. 561
- ↑ HJ Schaal Jazzstandards , p. 562
- ↑ Another interpretation appeared on Nice 'n' Easy (1960)