MEMORIES OF YOU
Music: Eubie Blake- Lyrics: Andy Razaf
Year: 1930
Origin of the song
The music magazine Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1930 was released on October 22 of that same year in the Royale Theatre of New York. Its authors were Flournoy Miller (script), Eubie Blake (music) and Andy Razaf (lyrics). The actor and singer Minto Cato performed ‘Memories of You’ in the already mentioned performance. Ethel Waters figured among the show’s cast, too. There were only fifty seven performances of the play.
‘Memories of You’ was the only collaboration of Blake and Razaf. The first also wrote ‘Charleston Rag’ (1899), 'Love Will Find A Way' (1921), 'I'm Just Wild About Harry' (1921) and 'Bandana Days' (1922). Meanwhile, Andy Razaf had a long and brilliant career as a songwriter, with successes such as 'Honeysuckle Rose' (1929), 'Black and Blue (What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue)' (1929), 'Ain’t Misbehavin’' (1929), 'Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now' (1932), and 'The Joint is Jumpin’' (1940), all of them with Fats Waller. He also worked alongside with Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb in ‘Stompin’ at the Savoy’ (1936) and Joseph C. Garland in ‘In the Mood’ (1939).
Versions in the top charts
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
DAY OF ENTRANCE |
PERMANENCE WEEKS |
HIGH POSITION REACHED |
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Louis Armstrong Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra |
1930.10.16 |
1930.11.29 |
1 |
18 |
Louis Armstrong (voc) |
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1939.10.03 |
1940.04.27 |
1 |
29 |
Bill Kenny, Orville 'Hoppy' Jones, Charles Fuqua, Ivory Watson (voc) |
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Benny Goodman Trio with Rosemary Clooney |
1955.11.14 |
1956.01.28 |
8 |
20 |
Rosemary Clooney (voc) |
Jazz. Outstanding performances
Instrumental
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
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1932.02.02 |
Garland Wilson (p) |
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1938.07.12 |
Bud Freeman (ts, dir), Bobby Hackett (cnt), Dave Matthews (as), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Jess Stacy (p), Eddie Condon (g), Artie Shapiro (b), Dave Tough (d) |
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1939.06.13 |
Lionel Hampton (vib), Rex Stewart (cnt), Lawrence Brown (tb), Harry Carney (bars), Clyde Hart (p), Billy Taylor (b), Sonny Greer (d) |
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1939.11.22 |
Benny Goodman (cl), Lionel Hampton (vib), Fletcher Henderson (p), Charlie Christian (g), Art Bernstein (b), Nick Fatool (d) |
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1945.08.02 |
Illinois Jacquet (ts), Russell Jacquet (tp), John Brown (as), Arthur Dennis (bars), Bill Doggett (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Charles Mingus (b), Al Wichard (d) |
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1950.09.16 |
Zoot Sims (ts), John Lewis (p), Curly Russell (b), Don Lamond (d) |
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1956.02.06 |
Art Tatum (p), Buddy DeFranco (cl), Red Callender (b), Bill Douglas (d) |
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1956.03.17 |
Thelonious Monk (p) |
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1957.08.16 |
Charles Mingus (b), Clarence Shaw (tp), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Shafi Hadi (as, ts), Bill Evans (p), Dannie Richmond (d) |
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Ray Brown Orchestra |
1960.08.31 |
Ray Brown (vc), Don Fagerquist (tp), Harry Betts (tb), Jack Cave (tpa), Bob Cooper, Med Flory, Bill Hood, Paul Horn (r), Jimmy Rowles (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Dick Shanahan (d), Russ Garcia (dir) |
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1963.06.30 |
Charles Mingus (p) |
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1968.09.17 |
Jaki Byard (p), Roland Kirk (ts, cl, manz), Richard Davis (b), Alan Dawson (d) |
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1973.07.07 |
Eubie Blake (p) |
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Hank Jones |
1991.11.11 |
Hank Jones (p) In Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley (California) |
Vocal
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
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1930.10.16 |
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), George Orendorff, Harold Scott (tp), Luther Graven (tb), Les Hite (as, bars), Marvin Johnson (as), Charlie Jones (cl, ts), Henry Prince (p), Bill Perkins (bjo, g), Joe Balley (b), Lionel Hampton (d, vib) |
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The Ink Spots |
1939.10.03 |
Bill Kenny, Orville 'Hoppy' Jones, Charles Fuqua, Ivory Watson (voc) |
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1955.11.14 |
Benny Goodman (cl), Dick Hyman (p), Bobby Donaldson (d), Rosemary Clooney (voc) |
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Shirley Horn |
1988.11.16 |
Shirley Horn (p, voc), Buck Hill (ts), Charles Ables (b), Steve Williams (d) |
On cinemas
The song 'Memories of You' is included in the soundtrack of the following movies:
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ORIGINAL
TITLE |
TITLE IN
SPAIN |
YEAR OF
PRODUCTION |
PERFORMERS OF THE SONG IN THE FILM |
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The Benny Goodman Story |
La historia de Benny Goodman |
1955 |
Benny Goodman Trio |
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The Gene Krupa Story |
La historia de Gene Krupa |
1959 |
Anita O'Day |
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True Confessions |
Confesiones verdaderas |
1981 |
Benny Goodman Trio |
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They All Laughed |
Todos rieron |
1981 |
Louis Armstrong |
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The Philadelphia Experiment |
El experimento Philadelphia |
1984 |
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In the Mood |
Ellas los prefieren jóvenes |
1987 |
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Melinda and Melinda |
Melinda y Melinda |
2004 |
Dick Hyman |