Bye Bye Blues (song)
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| "Bye Bye Blues" | |
| Written by | Fred Hamm Dave Bennett Bert Lown Chauncey Gray |
|---|---|
| Published | 1930 |
| Language | English |
| Original artist | Bert Lown and his orchestra |
| Recorded by | Les Paul and Mary Ford Many other artists (see #Recorded versions) |
"Bye Bye Blues" is a popular and jazz standard written by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, and Chauncey Gray and published in 1930[1] (http://www.theguitarguy.com/byebyebl.htm "Bye Bye Blues" on The Guitar Guy" site]</ref>).
It has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known recording is one made in 1952 by Les Paul and Mary Ford. This recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2316. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on December 27, 1952 and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #11. [2]
[edit] Recorded versions
- Oscar Alemán
- Mose Allison (1958)
- Ambrose and his orchestra (1930)
- Ann-Margret (1961)
- Count Basie and his orchestra
- Tex Beneke and his orchestra
- Cab Calloway and his orchestra (1941)
- Freddy Cannon (1960)
- Chas and Dave
- The Chenille Sisters (1992)
- Jill Corey (1957)
- Mark Cosgrove
- Bing Crosby
- Duane Eddy (1967)
- Ferrante and Teicher (1958)
- Nat Gonella and His Georgians (1936)
- Benny Goodman and his orchestra (1948)
- Al Hirt
- Harry James and his orchestra
- Rebecca Jenkins in the movie of the same name (1989)
- Bert Kaempfert (1966 Top 100 single)
- Kay Kyser and his orchestra
- Brenda Lee (1966)
- Peggy Lee (recorded December 26, 1947)
- Liberace
- Julie London (1957)
- Bert Lown and his orchestra (vocal: Biltmore Rhythm Boys) (1930)
- Helen O'Connell
- Les Paul and Mary Ford (1953)
- Oscar Peterson
- Leo Reisman and his orchestra (vocal: Philip Steele) (1930)
- Jimmy Roselli (1981)
- Dinah Shore (1949)
- Hank Snow
- Nino Tempo and April Stevens (1968)
- Merle Travis
- Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra (1930)
- Dinah Washington (1953)
- Andy Williams
- Mary Lou Williams (1949)
- Teddy Wilson
[edit] References
- ^ Bert Lown biography on MSN site
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research.
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