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[[File:Ill Wing Song Music Cover, 1934.jpg|thumb|right|Ill Wing Song Music Cover, 1934]]
[[File:Ill Wing Song Music Cover, 1934.jpg|thumb|right|Ill Wing Song Music Cover, 1934]]
"'''Ill Wind'''" ("'''You're Blowin' Me No Good'''") is a song composed by [[Harold Arlen]] with lyrics by [[Ted Koehler]]. It was written for their last show at the [[Cotton Club]] in 1934 and was sung by [[Adelaide Hall]]<ref name="Williams 2003" /> In an interview, [[Adelaide Hall]] explained how she performed the song to great effect during the show:
"'''Ill Wind'''" ("'''You're Blowin' Me No Good'''") is a song composed by [[Harold Arlen]] with lyrics by [[Ted Koehler]]. It was written for their last show at the [[Cotton Club]] in 1934 and was sung by [[Adelaide Hall]]<ref>Williams, Iain Cameron (2002),[https://www.worldcat.org/title/underneath-a-harlem-moon-the-harlem-to-paris-years-of-adelaide-hall/oclc/51780394 Underneath A Harlem Moon] {{ISBN|0-8264-5893-9}}</ref> In an interview, [[Adelaide Hall]] explained how she performed the song to great effect during the show:


{{quote|I starred in the ''[[Cotton Club|Cotton Club Parade]]'' where I sang "Ill Wind," which Harold Arlen had written for me. There were twenty-four girl dancers behind me all dressed in grey and I was in pink. It was the first show ever that had [[Theatrical smoke and fog|nitrogen smoke]] rise from the floor on stage. |source=[[Adelaide Hall]]<ref name="Independent 1993 Nov 8" />}}
{{quote|I starred in the ''[[Cotton Club|Cotton Club Parade]]'' where I sang "Ill Wind," which Harold Arlen had written for me. There were twenty-four girl dancers behind me all dressed in grey and I was in pink. It was the first show ever that had [[Theatrical smoke and fog|nitrogen smoke]] rise from the floor on stage. |source=[[Adelaide Hall]]<ref name="Independent 1993 Nov 8" />}}

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Ill Wing Song Music Cover, 1934

"Ill Wind" ("You're Blowin' Me No Good") is a song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Ted Koehler. It was written for their last show at the Cotton Club in 1934 and was sung by Adelaide Hall[1] In an interview, Adelaide Hall explained how she performed the song to great effect during the show:

I starred in the Cotton Club Parade where I sang "Ill Wind," which Harold Arlen had written for me. There were twenty-four girl dancers behind me all dressed in grey and I was in pink. It was the first show ever that had nitrogen smoke rise from the floor on stage.

— Adelaide Hall[2]

The melody came to Arlen while he was visiting Anya Taranda, then a model who later became his wife.[3]

The song is also featured in the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola movie The Cotton Club sung by the actress Lonette McKee. McKee plays a character with similarities to Adelaide Hall in real life.

Notable recordings

External links

References

  1. ^ Williams, Iain Cameron (2002),Underneath A Harlem Moon ISBN 0-8264-5893-9
  2. ^ "Obituary: Adelaide Hall," by Steve Voce, The Independent, November 8, 1993
    Note: Hall is quoted about her time spent at the Cotton Club and singing "Ill Wind"
    (retrieved 26 December 2014)
  3. ^ Liner notes: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (LP), Verve MGV 4046-2 (1961)
  4. ^ "Together overview". Allmusic.com.
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