Tenderly
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"Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Lloyd Gross (1909-1967) and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. It became a jazz standard.
"Tenderly" has been recorded by many artists, but perhaps the best-known version was by Rosemary Clooney. Clooney's recorded version reached only #17 on the Billboard magazine pop charts in early 1952, but is more popular than the chart data would suggest, as is evidenced by the fact that Tenderly served as the theme song for Clooney's 1956-1957 TV variety show.
Randolph E. "Randy" Brooks (1919-1967), trumpeter and leader of the top rated Randy Brooks Band, may be best known for their rendition of Tenderly as a most requested song of 1947[1].
[edit] Recorded versions
- Ray Anthony
- Louis Armstrong
- Chet Atkins
- Chet Baker
- Tex Beneke
- Tony Bennett
- George Benson
- Stanley Black
- Pat Boone
- Les Brown and his Band of Renown
- Clifford Brown
- Benny Carter
- Rosemary Clooney
- Eddie Cochran
- Nat King Cole
- Vic Damone
- Miles Davis
- Buddy DeFranco
- Johnny Desmond
- The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
- Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem
- Billy Eckstine
- Duke Ellington
- Percy Faith
- Ella Fitzgerald
- The Four Freshmen
- Erroll Garner
- Jackie Gleason
- Stéphane Grappelli
- Lionel Hampton
- Ted Heath
- Jim Henson
- Woody Herman
- Al Hirt
- Billie Holiday
- Etta James
- Harry James
- Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra
- Stan Kenton
- Gene Krupa
- Cleo Laine
- James Last
- Henry Mancini
- The Mantovani Orchestra
- Johnny Mathis
- Billy May and his Orchestra
- The McGuire Sisters
- Carmen McRae
- Bette Midler
- Vaughn Monroe
- Willie Nelson
- Red Nichols
- Red Norvo Trio
- Anita O'Day
- Oscar Peterson
- Bud Powell
- Artie Shaw
- George Shearing
- Bobby Short
- Frank Sinatra
- Art Tatum
- Toni Tennille
- Mel Tormé
- Caterina Valente
- Sarah Vaughan
- Ben Webster
- Paul Weston and his Orchestra
- Roger Whittaker
- Jackie Wilson
- Soulstice
- Dianne Reeves
