Darn That Dream
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"Darn That Dream" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Eddie DeLange, published in 1939. It ranked as number one in 1940 when a recording was released sung by Mildred Bailey for Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.[1]
The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Swingin' the Dream.
Recorded versions
- Benny Goodman and his orchestra (vocal: Mildred Bailey) (1940) - Original Version
- Blue Barron and his orchestra (vocal: Russ Carlyle) (1940)
- Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra (vocal: Anita Boyer) (1940)
- Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (vocal by Kenny Hagood) (1950)
- Patti Page - So Many Memories (1953)
- Chet Baker and Stan Getz - West Coast Live (1954)
- Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954)
- Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker - Gerry Mulligan Quartet Featuring Chet Baker (7" EP, 1954)
- Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954)
- Tony Bennett - Cloud 7 (1955)
- Doris Day - Day Dreams (1955)
- Dexter Gordon - Daddy Plays the Horn (1955), One Flight Up with Chet Baker (1964)
- Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad Jamal Plays (1955)
- Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
- Billie Holiday - Body and Soul (1957)
- Chet Baker - Chet Baker Big Band (1958)
- Art Farmer - Modern Art (1958)
- Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie Orchestra - No Count Sarah (1958)
- Petula Clark - Petula Clark in Hollywood (1959)
- Bill Evans and Jim Hall - Undercurrent (1962)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle - Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (1962)
- Sathima Bea Benjamin - "A Night In Paris" (rec. 1963, rel. 1996)
- Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful (1969)
- Martial Solal - En solo (1971)
- Cedar Walton, Clifford Jordan a.o. - The Pentagon (1976)
- Art Pepper and George Cables - Darn That Dream (1982)
- Andrew Hill - Verona Rag (1987)
- Jim Hall Trio with Tom Harrell - These Rooms (1988) (duo: Jim Hall & Steve LaSpina)
- Tom Harrell - Labyrinth (1996)
- Michael Feinstein - Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway (2000)
- Warren Vaché and Bill Charlap - 2gether (2000)
- Quintorigo - In cattività (2003)
- Dianne Reeves - A Little Moonlight (2003)
- Royce Campbell - Six by Six: A Jazz Guitar Celebration (2005)
- Vijay Iyer - Solo (2010)
- Pearl Django - Système D (2010)
See also
External links
- ^ "Songs from the Year 1939". TSort. Retrieved 2016-12-30.