April in Paris (song)

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"April in Paris" is a song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg in 1932. It has been performed by many artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bill Evans,Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, Glenn Miller, Doris Day, and Tommy Dorsey.

Basie's 1955 recording is the most famous, and that particular performance was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[1]. On this recording, trumpeter Thad Jones played his famous "Pop Goes the Weasel" solo, and Basie directs the band to play the end "one more time," then "one more once."

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  1. ^ Count Basie - April In Paris - Verve Records