I Cover the Waterfront (song): Difference between revisions
Appearance
Content deleted Content added
Carlossfsu (talk | contribs) |
TexasHusker (talk | contribs) |
||
(9 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
| prev_title = [[If You Could See Me Now (1946 song)|If You Could See Me Now]] |
| prev_title = [[If You Could See Me Now (1946 song)|If You Could See Me Now]] |
||
| prev_year = 1946 |
| prev_year = 1946 |
||
| title = I Cover the |
| title = I Cover the Waterfront |
||
| year = 1947 |
| year = 1947 |
||
| next_title = [[Tenderly]] |
| next_title = [[Tenderly]] |
||
Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
}} |
}} |
||
"'''I Cover the Waterfront'''" is a 1933 [[popular song]] and [[jazz standard]] composed by [[Johnny Green]] with lyrics by [[Edward Heyman]]. The song was inspired by Max Miller's 1932 best-selling novel ''I Cover the Waterfront''. |
"'''I Cover the Waterfront'''" is a 1933 [[popular song]] and [[jazz standard]] composed by [[Johnny Green]] with lyrics by [[Edward Heyman]].<ref name="Sarah"/> The song was inspired by Max Miller's 1932 best-selling novel, ''I Cover the Waterfront''.<ref name="Press">{{Cite web|url=https://songbook1.wordpress.com/fx/1933-hits-and-standards/i-cover-the-waterfront/|title=I Cover the Waterfront|website=Songbook1.wordpress.com|date=March 28, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> |
||
==Recordings and interpretations== |
==Recordings and interpretations== |
||
*[[Lucky Thompson]] - ''[[The Complete Vogue Recordings Vol. 1]]'' (1956) |
|||
The song became instantly popular, and many artists have recorded it since 1933: |
|||
The song became popular, and many artists have recorded it since 1933.<ref name="jazz-standards">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/icoverthewaterfront.htm|title=Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (I Cover the Waterfront)|website=Jazzstandards.com|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> Notable artists include: |
|||
*[[Billie Holiday]] |
|||
*[[Billie Holiday]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/3145138592|title=CD Album: Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve - 1945-1959 (1992)|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=45worlds.com}}</ref> |
|||
*[[Frank Sinatra]] |
|||
*[[Frank Sinatra]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/w20034h|title=Vinyl Album: Frank Sinatra - Sinatra's Greatest (1962)|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=45worlds.com}}</ref> |
|||
*[[Sarah Vaughan]] |
|||
*[[Sarah Vaughan]]<ref name="Sarah">{{Cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/30732|title=78 Record: Sarah Vaughan - Once In A While (1953)|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=45worlds.com}}</ref> |
|||
*[[Annette Hanshaw]] |
*[[Annette Hanshaw]]<ref name="Press"/> |
||
*[[Abe Lyman]]'s California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra |
*[[Abe Lyman]]'s California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra<ref name="Press"/> |
||
*[[Connee Boswell]] |
*[[Connee Boswell]]<ref name="Press"/> |
||
*[[Harry James]] |
|||
*[[Harry James]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/america-swings-the-great-harry-james-mw0000080946|title=America Swings: The Great Harry James - Harry James | Songs, Reviews, Credits|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |
|||
*[[Lester Young|The Lester Young Trio]] with [[Nat King Cole]] |
|||
*[[Lester Young|The Lester Young Trio]] with [[Nat King Cole]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/aj501|title=Vinyl Album: Lester Young - Archives Of Jazz - Vol. 1 (1972)|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=45worlds.com}}</ref> |
|||
*[[Buddy Rich]] |
|||
*[[Ray Conniff]] recorded the song in 1958, and was included on his "Awful Nice" LP.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.rayconniff.info|url=https://www.rayconniff.info/discography/recordings/i-cover-waterfront|website=www.rayconniff.info|accessdate=June 15, 2021}}</ref> |
|||
⚫ | |||
*[[Buddy Rich]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/or0080|title=CD Album: Buddy Rich - Rags To Riches (1989)|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=45worlds.com}}</ref> |
|||
among others.<ref name="jazz-standards">[http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/icoverthewaterfront.htm "I Cover the Waterfront"] at ''jazzstandards.com'' - retrieved 24 May 2009.</ref> |
|||
⚫ | |||
*Years later, [[Ella Fitzgerald]] recorded this song in her 1979 live album ''[[Digital III at Montreux]]'' on [[Pablo Records]]. *R&B/soul singer/actress [[Miki Howard]], portraying Billie Holiday, performs the song in the 1992 bio film ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]''. |
|||
*Years later, [[Ella Fitzgerald]] recorded this song in her 1979 live album ''[[Digital III at Montreux]]'' on [[Pablo Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/digital-3-at-montreux-mw0000099913|title=Digital 3 at Montreux - Ella Fitzgerald | Songs, Reviews, Credits |access-date=May 31, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |
|||
*[[Annie Lennox]] gave her interpretation of the song on her 2014 studio album ''[[Nostalgia (Annie Lennox album)|Nostalgia]]''. |
*[[Annie Lennox]] gave her interpretation of the song on her 2014 studio album ''[[Nostalgia (Annie Lennox album)|Nostalgia]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/nostalgia-mw0002738886|title=Nostalgia - Annie Lennox | Songs, Reviews, Credits |access-date=May 31, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |
||
*[[John Lee Hooker]] recorded several versions of the song. One appears on the 1991 compilation ''[[The Ultimate Collection (John Lee Hooker album)|The Ultimate Collection]]'' and another with [[Van Morrison]] on Hooker's 1991 album ''[[Mr. Lucky (John Lee Hooker album)|Mr. Lucky]]''. Hooker's versions make such |
*[[John Lee Hooker]] recorded several versions of the song. One appears on the 1991 compilation ''[[The Ultimate Collection (John Lee Hooker album)|The Ultimate Collection]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ultimate-collection-1948-1990-mw0000268955|title=The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) - John Lee Hooker | Songs, Reviews, Credits |access-date=May 31, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> and another with [[Van Morrison]] on Hooker's 1991 album ''[[Mr. Lucky (John Lee Hooker album)|Mr. Lucky]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mr-lucky-mw0000268507|title=Mr. Lucky - John Lee Hooker | Songs, Reviews, Credits |access-date=May 31, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Hooker's versions make such changes from the original melody and lyrics that his label credits him as the songwriter.<ref name="Press"/> |
||
*In 2017, the musicians [[Chris Thile]] and [[Brad Mehldau]] collaborated on an album. Recording I Cover the Waterfront with vocal, piano and mandolin. Released on Nonesuch records. |
|||
*In 2017, the musicians [[Chris Thile]] and [[Brad Mehldau]] collaborated on an album recording of the track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chris-thile-brad-mehldau-mw0003003468|title=Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau - Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau | Songs, Reviews, Credits |access-date=May 31, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |
|||
==Film role== |
==Film role== |
||
Line 66: | Line 67: | ||
==Radio program theme== |
==Radio program theme== |
||
''I Cover the Waterfront'' was the theme for the ''[[Johnny Modero, Pier 23]]'' radio program, which starred [[Jack Webb]] and was broadcast on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]] in 1947.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972|date=2003|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=978-0-7864-4925-5|page=123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rveCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Johnny+Madero%22&pg=PA123}}</ref> |
*''I Cover the Waterfront'' was the theme for the ''[[Johnny Modero, Pier 23]]'' radio program, which starred [[Jack Webb]] and was broadcast on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]] in 1947.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972|date=2003|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=978-0-7864-4925-5|page=123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rveCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Johnny+Madero%22&pg=PA123}}</ref> |
||
== |
==Popular culture== |
||
*R&B/soul singer/actress [[Miki Howard]], portraying Billie Holiday, performed the song in the 1992 bio film ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104797/fullcredits|title=Malcolm X (1992) - IMDb|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=IMDb.com}}</ref> |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
==See also== |
==See also== |
||
*[[List of 1930s jazz standards]] |
*[[List of 1930s jazz standards]] |
||
==References== |
|||
{{Reflist}} |
|||
{{Billie Holiday}} |
{{Billie Holiday}} |
||
{{John Lee Hooker}} |
{{John Lee Hooker}} |
||
{{authority control}} |
{{authority control}} |
Latest revision as of 06:15, 17 December 2023
"I Cover the Waterfront" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Sarah Vaughan | ||||
Genre | Jazz blues | |||
Songwriter(s) | Edward Heyman | |||
Producer(s) | Johnny Green | |||
Sarah Vaughan singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Billie Holiday singles chronology | ||||
|
"I Cover the Waterfront" is a 1933 popular song and jazz standard composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman.[1] The song was inspired by Max Miller's 1932 best-selling novel, I Cover the Waterfront.[2]
Recordings and interpretations
[edit]The song became popular, and many artists have recorded it since 1933.[3] Notable artists include:
- Billie Holiday[4]
- Frank Sinatra[5]
- Sarah Vaughan[1]
- Annette Hanshaw[2]
- Abe Lyman's California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra[2]
- Connee Boswell[2]
- Harry James[6]
- The Lester Young Trio with Nat King Cole[7]
- Ray Conniff recorded the song in 1958, and was included on his "Awful Nice" LP.[8]
- Buddy Rich[9]
- Louis Armstrong[2]
- Years later, Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song in her 1979 live album Digital III at Montreux on Pablo Records.[10]
- Annie Lennox gave her interpretation of the song on her 2014 studio album Nostalgia.[11]
- John Lee Hooker recorded several versions of the song. One appears on the 1991 compilation The Ultimate Collection[12] and another with Van Morrison on Hooker's 1991 album Mr. Lucky.[13] Hooker's versions make such changes from the original melody and lyrics that his label credits him as the songwriter.[2]
- In 2017, the musicians Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau collaborated on an album recording of the track.[14]
Film role
[edit]A 1933 motion picture, also inspired by Miller's book and also titled I Cover the Waterfront, was re-scored at the last minute to include the tune. Sheet music publishers later used the film's success by claiming that the song was "[i]nspired by the United Artist Picture of the same name".[3]
Radio program theme
[edit]- I Cover the Waterfront was the theme for the Johnny Modero, Pier 23 radio program, which starred Jack Webb and was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1947.[15]
Popular culture
[edit]- R&B/soul singer/actress Miki Howard, portraying Billie Holiday, performed the song in the 1992 bio film Malcolm X.[16]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "78 Record: Sarah Vaughan - Once In A While (1953)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "I Cover the Waterfront". Songbook1.wordpress.com. March 28, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ a b "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (I Cover the Waterfront)". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "CD Album: Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve - 1945-1959 (1992)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Vinyl Album: Frank Sinatra - Sinatra's Greatest (1962)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "America Swings: The Great Harry James - Harry James | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Vinyl Album: Lester Young - Archives Of Jazz - Vol. 1 (1972)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "www.rayconniff.info". www.rayconniff.info. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "CD Album: Buddy Rich - Rags To Riches (1989)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Digital 3 at Montreux - Ella Fitzgerald | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Nostalgia - Annie Lennox | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) - John Lee Hooker | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Mr. Lucky - John Lee Hooker | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau - Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2003). Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7864-4925-5.
- ^ "Malcolm X (1992) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.