Yesterdays (1933 song)
| "Yesterdays" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Jerome Kern | |
| Published | 1933 |
| Songwriter(s) | Otto Harbach |
| Composer(s) | Jerome Kern |
"Yesterdays" is a 1933 song about nostalgia[1] composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Otto Harbach. They wrote the song for Roberta, a musical based on the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller. "Yesterdays" was overshadowed by the musical's more popular song, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", which was a number one hit for the Paul Whiteman orchestra.[2]
Other recordings
[edit]- Gato Barbieri -- The Third World Revisited (1988)
- Billie Holiday - 1939 and 1952 recordings
- Larry Coryell – Shining Hour (1989)[3][4]
- Miles Davis (1951, 1965)
- Dorothy Donegan[2]
- Clifford Brown -- Clifford Brown with Strings (1955)
- Booker Ervin -- The Song Book (1964)
- Marianne Faithfull -- Strange Weather (1987)
- Tal Farlow -- Tal (1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald -- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (1963)
- Nnenna Freelon --Nnenna Freelon (1992)
- Four Freshmen -- Voices in Latin (1958)
- Erroll Garner – Magician (1973)[2]
- Stan Getz -- Stan Getz at Storyville Vol. 2 (1951)
- Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band – Act Your Age (2008)[5]
- Stevie Holland (More Than Words Can Say, 2006)[6]
- Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi Menuhin – Tea for Two (1977)[2]
- Tom Harrell with Kenny Werner – Sail Away (1991)[2]
- Coleman Hawkins – (1944)[2]
- Ink Spots -- (1954)
- Stan Kenton -- Contemporary Concepts (1955)
- Lee Konitz with Miles Davis -- Conception (1949)
- Adam Makowicz and George Mraz -- Classic Jazz Duets (1982)[2]
- Marion Marlowe -- Dearly Beloved (1959)
- Helen Merrill -- Helen Merrill (1954)
- Charles Mingus with Hampton Hawes – Mingus Three (1957)[2]
- Modern Jazz Quartet -- Modern Jazz Quartet (1975)
- Anita O'Day -- Waiter, Make Mine Blues (1960)
- Oscar Peterson (1961)[2]
- Bud Powell Bud Powell Piano Solos (1950)
- Buddy Rich and Max Roach – Rich Versus Roach (1959)[2]
- Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins – Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963)[2]
- Artie Shaw with Hank Jones – The Last Recordings: Rare and Unreleased, Vol. 1 (1954)[2]
- Johnny Smith feat. Stan Getz Moonlight in Vermont (1952)
- Paul Smith[2]
- Jo Stafford with Paul Weston Songs by Jo Stafford (1946)
- Barbra Streisand - Color Me Barbra (1966)
- Art Tatum – Piano Starts Here (1949)[2]
- Lennie Tristano -- Crosscurrents (1949)[2]
- Tito Puente -- Puente Goes Jazz (1957)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Browne, Ray Broadus; Ambrosetti, Ronald J. (Sep 11, 1993). Continuities in Popular Culture: The Present in the Past & the Past in the Present and Future. Popular Press. ISBN 9780879725938. Retrieved Sep 11, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ^ "Shining Hour overview". Allmusic.com.
- ^ "Major Jazz Minor Blues". All About Jazz.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. Yesterdays at AllMusic. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ "Stevie Holland | More Than Words Can Say" at AllMusic.
External links
[edit]- "Yesterdays" at Jazzstandards.com
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