| Irving Fields | |
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Irving Fields 2005 playing at a concert of Canadian musician Socalled. |
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| Background information | |
| Born | August 4, 1915 New York City, New York, US |
| Genres | Lounge music |
| Instruments | Piano |
Irving Fields (born August 4, 1915) is an American pianist and lounge music artist who was born in New York City, New York.[1] Some of his most noteworthy compositions include "Miami Beach Rhumba", "Managua, Nicaragua" and "Chantez, Chantez," covered by Dinah Shore in 1957.
Fields' most famous album is Bagels & Bongos, recorded for Decca Records in 1959 with his trio, which sold two million copies.[2] The next year he released the sequel More Bagels & Bongos, which was reissued on CD in 2009 by Roman Midnight Music under the direct creative advisement of 94-year old Fields.[3] Fields claims to have recorded nearly 100 albums featuring trios, quartets, orchestras and solo. His most known work is the 1960s output that directly followed Bagels & Bongos and fused international music with Latin, including: Bikinis and Bongos, featuring Hawaiian music, Pizza and Bongos featuring Italian music and Champagne and Bongos featuring French music. He also did an album of songs done in a Twist style called Twistin!.
Fields wrote, upon a fan's request, a YouTube theme song. The song, "YouTube Dot Com Theme Song", which he wrote within fifteen minutes, has subsequently received over 800,000 views and was released on iTunes.[4]
Fields currently plays six nights a week at Nino's Tuscany, an Italian restaurant in New York City. Previously, he performed at the East River Cafe, also in New York City.