Memories of You

This article is about the song. For the album by Bette Midler, see Memories of You (album).

"Memories of You" is a popular song with lyrics written by Andy Razaf and music composed by Eubie Blake and published in 1930.

Song history

The song was introduced by singer Minto Cato in the Broadway show Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930. A 1930 version recorded by Louis Armstrong featuring Lionel Hampton is the first known use of the vibraphone in popular music.

A version of the song recorded by The Four Coins from the biopic The Benny Goodman Story reached #22 on the Billboard magazine chart in 1955. Robert Wyatt's version appears on his single "Shipbuilding", released in 1982, and was reissued on the CD Mid-Eighties (1993).

Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra performed a moving, melancholy instrumental version on the final airing of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, May 22, 1992. The song played over a five-minute "scrapbook" tribute montage showing brief silent clips of some of Carson's favorite guests - seen interacting with the host through the years.

Notable recordings

Louis Armstrong (1930)
The Ink Spots feat. Bill Kenny (1939)
Duke Ellington (1930)
Ethel Waters (1931)
Lionel Hampton (1937)
Glen Gray (1937)
Anita O'Day (1942)
Erroll Garner (1945)
Billy Eckstine (1947)
Art Tatum (1953)
Thelonious Monk (1955)
Judy Garland - Judy (1956)
Ted Heath (1956)
George Shearing (1956)
Rosemary Clooney and Benny Goodman (1956)
Stan Kenton (1957)
Charles Mingus (1957)
Count Basie (1958)
Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa (1959)
Frank Sinatra (1961)
Al Hirt - Horn A-Plenty (1962)^[1]
Ella Fitzgerald (1964)
Werner Müller (1964)
Jaki Byard (1968)
Robert Wyatt (1982)
Billy Eckstine & Benny Carter with Bobby Tucker (1986)
Shirley Horn (1989)
Mel Tormé (1992)
Terry Trotter & Clare Fischer - It's About Time (1993)
Clare Fischer - The Latin Side (1998), On a Turquoise Cloud (2002)
Bert van den Brink & Clare Fischer - Bert van den Brink Invites Clare Fischer (2001)
Bette Midler (2003) - also the title of her 2010 retrospective, Memories of You

References

↑ Al Hirt, Horn A-Plenty Retrieved April 8, 2013.

External links

"Memories of You" at Jazz Standards

Al Hirt

Studio albums	Al Hirt in New Orleans Al Hirt's Jazz Band Ball Al Hirt and His New Orleans All Stars Blockbustin' Dixie! Swingin' Dixie at Dan's Pier 600 in New Orleans, Vol. 1 Swingin' Dixie, Vol. 3 Swingin' Dixie at Dan's Pier 600 in New Orleans, Vol. 2 He's the King and His Band The Greatest Horn in the World At the Mardi Gras Horn A-Plenty Trumpet and Strings Honey in the Horn Our Man in New Orleans Personalities Beauty and the Beard Sugar Lips Cotton Candy The Best of Al Hirt Live at Carnegie Hall That Honey Horn Sound They're Playing Our Song The Happy Trumpet The Horn Meets The Hornet Soul in the Horn Al Hirt Plays Bert Kaempfert Super Jazz 1 That's a Plenty Cotton Candy Jazzin' at the Pops Al's Place Raw Sugar, Sweet Sauce The Sound of Christmas Have a Merry Little Christmas Bourbon Street Parade Al Hirt & His Golden Trumpet Live on Bourbon Street Music to Watch Girls By

Singles	"Java" "Cotton Candy" "Sugar Lips" "Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)" "Feelin' Fruggy" "Fancy Pants" "Al's Place" "The Silence (Il Silenzio)" "Mame" "Trumpet Pickin'" "The Arena" "Green Hornet Theme" "Ludwig" "Music to Watch Girls By" "Puppet on a String" "Keep the Ball Rollin'" "We Can Fly/Up-Up and Away" "If"

B-sides	"I Can't Get Started" "Walkin'" "Poupee Brisee (Broken Doll)" "September Song" (A-Side) "Louisiana Lullaby" "Star Dust" "Mister Sandman" "Love Theme from The Sandpiper" "Seven Days To Tahiti" "Skillet Lickin'" "Yesterday" (A-Side) "Strawberry Jam" "His Girl" "Big Honey" "Manhattan Safari" "Penny Arcade" (A-Side)

Cover songs	"Alley Cat" "As Time Goes By" "Autumn Leaves" "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" "Baby, It's Cold Outside" "Begin the Beguine" "The Birth of the Blues" "Bye Bye Blues" "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" "Danny Boy" "Dear Old Southland" "Deep Purple" "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" "Down by the Riverside" "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" "Everybody Loves My Baby" "Fly Me to the Moon" "Fools Rush In" "Georgia on My Mind" "The Gypsy in My Soul" "Hello, Dolly!" "How Deep Is the Ocean?" "I Cried for You" "I Had the Craziest Dream" "I Love Paris" "I'll Be Seeing You" "I'll Get By" "I'll Never Smile Again" "I'm Moving On" "I've Heard That Song Before" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" "Jitterbug Waltz" "Just Because" "Last Date" "Laura" "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" "Love for Sale" "Love Makes the World Go 'Round (Theme From ''Carnival!'')" "Lover, Come Back to Me" "Margie" "Memories of You" "Muskrat Ramble" "Mutual Admiration Society" "My Baby Just Cares for Me" "New Orleans" "Ol' Man River" "One O'Clock Jump" "Out of Nowhere" "Panama" "Personality" "Poor Butterfly" "The Song from Moulin Rouge" "Stella by Starlight" "Stompin' at the Savoy" "Stranger in Paradise" "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" "Tenderly" "Tennessee Waltz" "That Old Feeling" "There! I've Said It Again" "Three Little Words" "Till There Was You" "True Love" "Undecided" "Walk Right In" "What's New?" "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" "When the Saints Go Marching In" "Willow Weep for Me" "Bill Bailey" "You Took Advantage of Me" "You'll Never Know"

Memories of You

Song history

Notable recordings

References

See also

External links