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An Entity of Type : wsb:Classic_Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • April In Paris
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  • 1930s jazz standards
  • Andy Williams songs
  • Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
  • Jazz compositions in C major
  • Louis Armstrong songs
  • Songs about Paris
  • Ella Fitzgerald songs
  • 1932 songs
  • Benny Goodman songs
  • Songs with lyrics by Yip Harburg
  • Songs with music by Vernon Duke
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  • %22April in Paris%22 is a song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical Walk a Little Faster. The original 1933 hit was performed by Freddy Martin, and the 1952 remake (inspired by the movie of the same name) was by the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, whose version made the Cashbox Top 50.Composer Alec Wilder writes, %22There are no two ways about it: this is a perfect theater song. If that sounds too reverent, then I'll reduce the praise to 'perfectly wonderful,' or else say that if it's not perfect, show me why it isn't.%22It has been performed by many artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Sinatra, Mary Kaye Trio, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Blossom Dearie, Doris Day, Alex Chilton, Wynton Marsalis, Andy Williams, Amanda Thorpe and Dawn Upshaw. Basie's 1955 recording is the most famous, and that particular performance was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. On this recording, trumpeter Thad Jones played his famous %22Pop Goes the Weasel%22 solo, and Basie directs the band to play the shout chorus %22one more time,%22 then %22one more once.%22 Shirley Bassey recorded the song for her 1959 album %22The Fabulous Shirley Bassey%22. Sammy Davis, Jr. recorded the song for his album %22When the Feeling Hits You!%22 (1965)The song is also featured in the film Blazing Saddles from 1974, being played by Count Basie in a cameo appearance. Basie's recording is also featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, on the fictional jazz radio station JNR 108.5.
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  • April In Paris
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