Notes: ~ this Edward Kennedy
"Duke" Ellington and Albany "Barney"
Bigard instrumental was introduced in 1930 under the
title "Dreamy Blues" and performed by the
Ellington Orchestra. The song became a standard after the
lyric was re-titled and written by Mitchell Parish under a
"for hire" contract with the publisher, Mills
Music ( Irving Mills ), for which he received neither
credit or royalties for his contribution. Ellington
recorded the new version for Victor in 1931 and later for
Decca. Among the many recordings are: The Boswell Sisters for
Brunswick; Cab Calloway for Perfect; Jimmie Lunceford for Decca; Clyde McCoy
for Columbia; Lee Morse for Columbia; Dinah Shore for Victor; Sonny Greer
for Capitol; The Como recording was done in full stereophonic
sound, recorded in May, 1959, and benefits from a big spectacular sound
stage. 1958 and 1959 were big years for both Perry and the recording industry. Como's career was at an
all-time high for both television and recordings and at
the same time the industry was in full transition from
black and white to color television and from monaural to
stereophonic sound recordings. Along with his busy weekly
television show, Perry found time to record four major record albums, "Saturday
Night with Mr. C." and "When You Come to the
End of the Day" and "Como Swings" and "Season's
Greetings" which at
the time were released in both monaural and stereophonic
versions. They were released in long play and
extended play album formats.
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