Benny Goodman - Memories Of You
The song was introduced by singer Minto Cato in the Broadway show Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930. However, the first well-known recording of the song was done by the Benny Goodman orchestra. A great version was recorded in 1956 by the Benny Goodman Trio with Rosemary Clooney singing. 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). A 1930 version recorded by Louis Armstrong featuring Lionel Hampton is the first known use of the vibraphone in popular music. 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 tribute montage showing brief silent clips of some of Carson's favorite guests - seen interacting with the host through the years.
About Benny Goodman
Born May 30, 1909 in Chicago, IL, died of a cardiac arrest June 13, 1986 in New York City, NY. American jazz clarinetist, known as "The King Of Swing". He learned to play clarinet at age of 10 and played in Jazz bands at a young age. He formed a band in 1934 and toured the world. Benny Goodman contributed to the development of the "Swing" style of Jazz. Only very rarely was he recorded playing the alto sax. Brother of Harry Goodman, [a312544], and Freddy Goodman.
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