Flamingo (song)
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"Flamingo" is a popular song and jazz standard
written by
Ted Grouya
and Edmund Anderson
and first performed by Herb Jeffries and Duke Ellington
. Famous versions were recorded by Earl Bostic
in 1951, where it hit number one on the R&B chart
"Flamingo" (1941
) is a popular song and jazz standard
written by
Ted Grouya
and Edmund Anderson
and first performed by Herb Jeffries and Duke Ellington
. Famous versions were recorded by Earl Bostic
in 1951, where it hit number one on the R&B chart
"Flamingo" (1941
) is a popular song and jazz standard
written by
Ted Grouya
and Edmund Anderson
and first performed by Herb Jeffries and Duke Ellington
. Famous versions were recorded by Earl Bostic
in 1951, where it hit number one on the R&B chart , and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass on the album S.R.O.
(1966).
Arild Andresen, piano with guitar and bass recorded it in Oslo on March 11, 1955 as the third melody of the medley "Klaver-Cocktail Nr. 3" along with "Sophisticated Lady
" and "With a Song in My Heart
". The medley was released on the 78 rpm record His Master's Voice A.L. 3514.
Jazz standard
Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...
written by
Ted Grouya
Ted Grouya
Ted Grouya born Theodor Grouya in Bucharest, Romania, was a composer who studied composition with Nadia Boulanger...
and Edmund Anderson
Edmund Anderson
Sir Edmund Anderson , Chief Justice of the Common Pleas under Elizabeth I, sat as judge at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots.-Life:The Anderson family originated in Scotland and then came to Northumberland...
and first performed by Herb Jeffries and Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
. Famous versions were recorded by Earl Bostic
Earl Bostic
Earl Bostic was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist, and a pioneer of the post-war American Rhythm and Blues style. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep", "Special Delivery Stomp", and "Where or When", which showed off his...
in 1951, where it hit number one on the R&B chart
"Flamingo" (1941
1941 in music
-Events:*January 5 – Ernesto Bonino makes his début on Italian radio.*January 15 – Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps is premiered in Stalag VIIIA in Silesia.*January 20 – Béla Bartók's String Quartet No...
) is a popular song and jazz standard
Jazz standard
Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...
written by
Ted Grouya
Ted Grouya
Ted Grouya born Theodor Grouya in Bucharest, Romania, was a composer who studied composition with Nadia Boulanger...
and Edmund Anderson
Edmund Anderson
Sir Edmund Anderson , Chief Justice of the Common Pleas under Elizabeth I, sat as judge at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots.-Life:The Anderson family originated in Scotland and then came to Northumberland...
and first performed by Herb Jeffries and Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
. Famous versions were recorded by Earl Bostic
Earl Bostic
Earl Bostic was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist, and a pioneer of the post-war American Rhythm and Blues style. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep", "Special Delivery Stomp", and "Where or When", which showed off his...
in 1951, where it hit number one on the R&B chart
"Flamingo" (1941
1941 in music
-Events:*January 5 – Ernesto Bonino makes his début on Italian radio.*January 15 – Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps is premiered in Stalag VIIIA in Silesia.*January 20 – Béla Bartók's String Quartet No...
) is a popular song and jazz standard
Jazz standard
Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...
written by
Ted Grouya
Ted Grouya
Ted Grouya born Theodor Grouya in Bucharest, Romania, was a composer who studied composition with Nadia Boulanger...
and Edmund Anderson
Edmund Anderson
Sir Edmund Anderson , Chief Justice of the Common Pleas under Elizabeth I, sat as judge at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots.-Life:The Anderson family originated in Scotland and then came to Northumberland...
and first performed by Herb Jeffries and Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
. Famous versions were recorded by Earl Bostic
Earl Bostic
Earl Bostic was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist, and a pioneer of the post-war American Rhythm and Blues style. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep", "Special Delivery Stomp", and "Where or When", which showed off his...
in 1951, where it hit number one on the R&B chart , and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass on the album S.R.O.
S.R.O.
S.R.O., issued in 1966, was Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' seventh album. It included work by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as well as the band's cover of "Mame" , one of the first TJB recordings to include vocals from Alpert, as he and the group sang the song's chorus in the middle of the...
(1966).
Arild Andresen, piano with guitar and bass recorded it in Oslo on March 11, 1955 as the third melody of the medley "Klaver-Cocktail Nr. 3" along with "Sophisticated Lady
Sophisticated Lady
"Sophisticated Lady" is a jazz standard, composed as an instrumental in 1932 by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills, to which words were added by Mitchell Parish. The words met with approval from Ellington, who described them as "wonderful—but not entirely fitted to my original conception".That...
" and "With a Song in My Heart
With a Song in My Heart (song)
"With a Song in My Heart" is a show tune from the 1929 Rodgers and Hart musical Spring is Here.In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz...
". The medley was released on the 78 rpm record His Master's Voice A.L. 3514.