OUT OF NOWHERE
Music: Johnny Green- Lyrics: Edward Heyman
Year: 1931
Origin of the song
Bing Crosby recorded this song for the label Brunswick on 30 March 1931 in Los Angeles, California. A month later, the recording hit the popularity charts and on May 16 reached first place, in which it remained three weeks. It was his first number one hit as a solo artist.
The melody of ‘Out of Nowhere’ was included in the score of the film Dude Ranch, produced by Paramount Picture, directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette and Mitzi Green, which was premiered on 16 May 1931 in the US.
The compositor, orchestra director and arranger Johnny Green was the musical director of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1949 and 1959. He is the author, among other songs, of 'Coquette' (1928), 'Body and Soul' (1930), 'I’m Yours' (1930), 'I Wanna Be Loved' (1932), and 'I Cover the Waterfront' (1933). He won the Oscar for best score four times: Easter Parade (1949), An American in Paris (1951), West Side Story (1961) together with Saul Chaplin, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal, and Oliver! (Oliver, 1968). As a composer, Nathaniel Shilkret and Paul Whiteman asked him to write big orchestra works such as ‘Night Club (Six Impressions for Orchestra with Three Pianos)’, which Whiteman released on 25 January 1933 in the Carnegie Hall of New York.
Versions in the top charts
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
DATE OF
ENTRANCE |
PERMANENCE WEEKS |
HIGH POSITION REACHED |
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1931.03.30 |
1931.04.25 |
8 |
1 (three weeks) |
Bing Crosby (voc), Brunswick Studio Orchestra |
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1931.04.07 |
1931.05.16 |
4 |
6 |
Frank Munn (voc) |
Jazz. Oustanding performances
Instrumental
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
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1937.04.28 |
Coleman Hawkins (ts), Benny Carter (tp, as), André Ekyan (as), Alix Combelle (ts, cl), Stéphane Grappelli (p), Django Reinhardt (g), Eugene d’Hellemes (b), Tommy Benford (d) |
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1939.06.30 |
Stéphane Grapelli (vn), Django Reinhardt (g) |
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1942.12.12 |
George Shearing (p) |
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1945.06.27 |
Buck Clayton (tp), Don Byas (ts), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Eddie Safranski (b), Denzil Best (d) |
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1947.11.04 |
Charlie Parker (as), Miles Davis (tp), Duke Jordan (p), Tommy Potter (b), Max Roach (d) |
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1949.10.20 |
Sidney Bechet (ss), Charlie Lewis (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (d) |
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1950.07.05 |
Charlie Parker (as), Bernie Leighton (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d), Joe Lippman Orchestra |
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1950.12.10 |
Stan Getz (ts), Horace Silver (p), Joe Calloway (b), Walter Bolden (d) |
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1954.03.?? |
Dave Brubeck (p), Paul Desmond (as), Bob Bates (b), Joe Dodge (d) |
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1955.05.04 |
Bob Enevoldsen (tb), Bill Perkins (ts), Bob Gordon (bars), Tal Farlow (g), Monty Budwig (b), Lawrence Marable (d) |
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The Prestige All Stars |
1957.03.05 |
Mal Waldron (p), Jimmy Raney (g), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (d) |
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James Moody Orchestra |
1959.08.?? |
James Moody (as, ts, fl, dir), Johnny Coles (tp), Tom McIntosh (tb), Musa Kaliem (bars), Gene Kee (p), John Latham (b), Clarence Johnston (d) |
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1961.05.23 |
Tommy Turrentine (tp), Bilal Abdurrahman (cl, per), Eric Dixon (ts), Calo Scott (vc), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b), Andrew Cyrille (d) |
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Johnny Smith Quartet |
1961.??.?? |
Johnny Smith (g), Bob Pancoast (p), George Roumanis (b), Mousey Alexander (d) |
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Sonny Stitt Quintet |
1982.06.09 |
Sonny Stitt (ts), Bill Hardman (tp), Walter Davis (p), George Duvivier (b), Jimmy Cobb (d) |
Vocal
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PEFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
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1939.06.29 |
Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Taft Jordan, Bobby Stark, Dick Vance (tp), Georges Matthews, Nat Story, Sandy Williams (tb), Garvin Bushell, Hilton Jefferson (as), Wayman Carver (as, ts, fl), Ted McRae (ts), Tommy Fulford (p), John Trueheart (g), Beverly Peer (b), Bill Beason (d) |
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1941.09.16 |
Lena Horne (voc), Emmett Berry (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Teddy Wilson (p), Johnny Williams (b), J.C. Heard (d) |
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1949.01.18 |
Tadd Dameron (p, dir), Fats Navarro (tp), Kai Winding (tb), Sahib Shihab (as), Dexter Gordon (ts), Cecil Payne (bars), Curley Russell (b), Kenny Clarke (d), Diego Ibarra (bjo), Carlos Vidal Bolado (cng), Rae Pearl (voc) |
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1961.01.31 |
Joe Williams (voc), Harry 'Sweets' Edison (tp), Jimmy Forrest (ts), Frank Strazzeri (p), Tommy Potter (b), Clarence Johnston (d) |
On cinemas
The song 'Out of Nowhere' 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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Dude Ranch |
No se estrenó en España |
1931 |
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I Married a Witch |
Me casé con una bruja |
1942 |
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A Place In The Sun |
Un lugar en el sol |
1951 |
On a
radio |
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The Rose Tattoo |
La rosa tatuada |
1955 |
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The Joker Is Wild |
La máscara del dolor |
1957 |
Frank Sinatra |
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The Five Pennies |
Tu mano en la mía |
1959 |
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The Rat Race |
Perdidos en la gran ciudad |
1960 |
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The Busy Body |
Un millón en un cadáver |
1967 |
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They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? |
Danzad, danzad, malditos |
1969 |
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The Conversation |
La conversación |
1974 |
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The Last Tycoon |
El último magnate |
1976 |
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All Of Me |
Dos veces yo |
1984 |
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September |
Septiembre |
1987 |
Ambrose Orchestra |
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood |
Viernes 13 VII: Sangre nueva |
1988 |
Stan Meissner |
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Funny About Love |
Funny Baby |
1990 |
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Manhattan Murder Mistery |
Misterioso asesinato en Manhattan |
1993 |
Coleman Hawkins All Star Jam Band |
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Deconstructing Harry |
Desmontando a Harry |
1997 |
Coleman Hawkins All Star Jam Band |
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Sweet And Lowdown |
Acordes y desacuerdos |
1999 |
Dick Hyman |
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Pepe Guindo |
Pepe Guindo |
1999 |
Santi Arisa |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
El curioso caso de Benjamin Button |
2008 |
Sidney Bechet |