The Mercury Songbook

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD: You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
2CD: Lullaby of Birdland
3CD: Take the “A” Train
4CD: Just One of Those “Live” Things
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1Just One of Those Things
cover recording of:
Just One of Those Things
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
Sarah Vaughan2:37
2Thou Swell
cover recording of:
Thou Swell
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1927)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (in 1927)
publisher:
Marlin Enterprises and Warner Bros.
Sarah Vaughan2:48
3If I Were a Bell
recording of:
If I Were a Bell (Guys and Dolls)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
part of:
Guys and Dolls (1955 musical film)
Blossom Dearie3:08
4Sometimes I’m Happy
cover recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Sarah Vaughan2:14
5What Is This Thing Called Love?
cover recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
Sarah Vaughan2:03
6Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
cover recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez, Jimmy Davis (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (ended), MCA Music Publishing (ended) and Universal Music Corp.
Sarah Vaughan4:08
7Autumn Leaves
recording of:
Autumn Leaves (jazz standard, english lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Prévert (in 1945)
composer:
Joseph Kosma (in 1945)
translator:
Johnny Mercer (in 1947)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Enoch & Cie., Morley Music Corp. and MPL Communications Inc.
translated version of:
Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)
Rita Reys3:50
8I’ve Got You Under My SkinDinah Washington5:18
9I Could Write a Book
cover recording of:
I Could Write a Book
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc.
part of:
Pal Joey
Sarah Vaughan2:23
10Lover, Come Back to MeDinah Washington2:39
11You for Me
recording of:
You for Me (Blossom Dearie song)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Haymes
publisher:
JATAP Publishing Co.
Blossom Dearie2:16
12There Is No Greater Love
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1954-08-14)
cover recording of:
There Is No Greater Love (on 1954-08-14)
lyricist:
Marty Symes
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Banta Music, Music Sales Corporation and World Music, Inc.
Dinah Washington2:16
13Honeysuckle Rose
cover recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Sarah Vaughan3:39
14Just a Gigolo
cover recording of:
Just a Gigolo (English version)
lyricist:
Julius Brammer
composer:
Leonello Casucci
translator:
Irving Caesar
translated version of:
Schöner Gigolo
Sarah Vaughan4:17
15I Loves You, PorgyNina Simone2:32
16Lucky in Love
double bass:
Richard Davis (on 1957-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (on 1957-08-08)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (on 1957-08-08)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1957-08-08)
recorded at:
Mister Kelly’s in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-08-08)
live cover recording of:
Lucky in Love (Good News) (on 1957-08-08)
writer:
Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson
part of:
Good News (1947 film)
Sarah Vaughan2:13
17I Remember Clifford
double bass [bass]:
Ruud Jacobs (on 1961-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1961-10-12)
guitar:
Wim Overgaauw (on 1961-10-12)
piano:
Pim Jacobs (on 1961-10-12)
vocals:
Rita Reys (on 1961-10-12)
recording of:
I Remember Clifford (on 1961-10-12)
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Benny Golson
version of:
I Remember Clifford (instrumental original)
Rita Reys2:57
18I Won’t Dance
recording of:
I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”)
lyricist:
Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (in 1935)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., T.B. Harms Co. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
is based on:
I Won’t Dance (1934, lyrics by Hammerstein/Harbach, from “Three Sisters”)
Blossom Dearie2:47
19Crazy, He Calls MeDinah Washington4:48
20Three Little Words
cover recording of:
Three Little Words
lyricist:
Bert Kalmar (in 1930)
composer:
Harry Ruby (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Chappell and MPL Music Publishing Inc.
Sarah Vaughan3:49
21I’m Gonna Sit Right DownRita Reys2:58
22Like Someone in LoveSarah Vaughan3:09
23Little Girl BlueNina Simone4:18