Trav'lin' Light (song)
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"Trav'lin' Light" is a 1942 song composed by Trummy Young and Jimmy Mundy with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. In 1942, with vocals by Billie Holiday, Paul Whiteman hit number one on the Harlem Hit Parade charts for three non consecutive weeks. The song also hit the pop charts at number 23 for one week.[1] The Paul Whiteman release lists Billie Holiday as "Lady Day".[2]
Notable recordings
- Billie Holiday on Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
- André Previn on Columbia LP, The Faraway Part Of Town (1962)
- Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1965)
- Peggy Lee (1949)
- Anita O'Day on Trav'lin' Light (1961)
- Tony Bennett on Tony Bennett on Holiday (1997)
- Queen Latifah on Trav'lin' Light (2007)
See also
References
- ↑ http://tsort.info/music/b7senr.htm
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 622.
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