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Sweet Lorraine

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"Sweet Lorraine" is a popular song by Cliff Burwell (music) and Mitchell Parish (lyrics) that was published in 1928 and has since become a jazz standard. It has been recorded by many artists, including Rudy Vallee in 1928, Teddy Wilson in 1935, and Nat King Cole in 1940.

Notable recordings

  • Rudy VallĂ©e and Cliff Burwell, piano (Victor, June 1928, test recording)
  • Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra (Vocalion Records 1207, August 23, 1928)
  • Isham Jones (and his Orchestra, vocalist, Eddie Stone) (1932)
  • Teddy Wilson (1935)
  • Muggsy Spanier, Sidney Bechet (1940)
  • King Cole Trio (Decca, 1940)
  • Frank Sinatra (1941) - The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943-1952 (1995 & 2003)
  • The Singers Unlimited - The Complete A Capella Sessions (2006)
  • Coleman Hawkins's Swing Four (December, 1943)
  • Art Tatum (1944)
  • Chet Baker (1954)
  • Nat King Cole (1957)
  • Louis Armstrong (1957)
  • Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band feat. Clancy Hayes - Beauty and the Beat (1957)
  • Benny Carter - Bar Jazz (1958)
  • Zoot Sims & Al Cohn - Either Way (1961)
  • Marvin Gaye (1965)
  • Stephane Grappelli, Lisa Eckinger, Ike Isaacs and the Diz Disley Trio (1975)
  • (Joe Turner) Effervescent (1976)
  • Harry Nilsson - Knnillssonn bonus track (1977)
  • Oscar Peterson & Count Basie - Night Rider (1978)
  • Jamie Cullum (1999)
  • June Christy - Cool Christy (2002)

    • References

    Sweet Lorraine Wikipedia
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