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"Have You Met Miss Jones?" is a popular
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
.

The music was written by Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers was an United States Musical compositionr of the music for more than 900 songs and 40 Broadway theatre musicals. He also composed music for films and television....
, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Hart

Lorenz "Larry" Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway theatre songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include, "Blue Moon ", "Isn't It Romantic?", "Mountain Greenery", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", "Where or When", "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered", "Falling in Love with Love", "I%27ll_Tell_the_M...
. The song was written for the musical comedy I'd Rather Be Right
I'd Rather Be Right

I'd Rather Be Right is a musical theatre with a book by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart and music by Richard Rodgers....
 and was published in 1937
1937 in music

Events* January 21 - Paul Sacher conducts the world premiere of B?la Bart?k's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta in Basel* June 2 - The incomplete version of Alban Berg's opera Lulu is premiered in Z?rich ...
.

It featured on the soundtrack
Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
 of the film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)

Bridget Jones's Diary is a United Kingdom 2001 in film romantic comedy film, based on the Bridget Jones's Diary written by Helen Fielding. The adaptation starred Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's 'true love' Mark Darcy....
 as sung by Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams is a Grammy Award-nominated and ten time BRIT Awards-winning England singer-songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 to begin his solo career....
, and his cabaret
Cabaret

Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance being introduced by a master of ceremonies, or MC....
 covers concept album Swing When You're Winning
Swing When You're Winning

Swing When You're Winning is a jazz album by England pop singer Robbie Williams, released in 2001. Consisting mainly of pop standard song covers common to the Great American Songbook, this album is his fourth solo album released in the United Kingdom and his fifth solo album overall....
.

It was once covered by John Larkin, better known as Scatman John
Scatman John

John Paul Larkin , better known as Scatman John , was a famous United States stuttering Jazz and poet who created a unique fusion of scat singing and house music, best known for his 1994 hit "Scatman "....
.

It has been speculated that the cycle of major third
Major third

A major third is one of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span three diatonic scale degrees, the other being the minor third. It is denoted 'major' because it is the larger of the two: the major third is a leap of four semitones, the minor third three....
 root movement in the song's bridge was an inspiration for jazz musician John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
, who developed a pattern of chord substitution
Chord substitution

A chord substitution is the use of a chord in the place of another related chord in a chord progression. Jazz musicians often substitute chords in the original progression to create variety and add interest to a piece....
s known as the "Coltrane changes
Coltrane changes

In jazz harmony, the Coltrane changes are a chord progression variation using substitute chords over common jazz chord progressions. These substitution patterns were first demonstrated by jazz musician John Coltrane on the album Blue Train_ on the tunes Lazy Bird and Moment's Notice....
" based on these chords.






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"Have You Met Miss Jones?" is a popular
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
.

The music was written by Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers was an United States Musical compositionr of the music for more than 900 songs and 40 Broadway theatre musicals. He also composed music for films and television....
, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Hart

Lorenz "Larry" Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway theatre songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include, "Blue Moon ", "Isn't It Romantic?", "Mountain Greenery", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", "Where or When", "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered", "Falling in Love with Love", "I%27ll_Tell_the_M...
. The song was written for the musical comedy I'd Rather Be Right
I'd Rather Be Right

I'd Rather Be Right is a musical theatre with a book by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart and music by Richard Rodgers....
 and was published in 1937
1937 in music

Events* January 21 - Paul Sacher conducts the world premiere of B?la Bart?k's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta in Basel* June 2 - The incomplete version of Alban Berg's opera Lulu is premiered in Z?rich ...
.

It featured on the soundtrack
Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
 of the film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)

Bridget Jones's Diary is a United Kingdom 2001 in film romantic comedy film, based on the Bridget Jones's Diary written by Helen Fielding. The adaptation starred Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's 'true love' Mark Darcy....
 as sung by Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams is a Grammy Award-nominated and ten time BRIT Awards-winning England singer-songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 to begin his solo career....
, and his cabaret
Cabaret

Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance being introduced by a master of ceremonies, or MC....
 covers concept album Swing When You're Winning
Swing When You're Winning

Swing When You're Winning is a jazz album by England pop singer Robbie Williams, released in 2001. Consisting mainly of pop standard song covers common to the Great American Songbook, this album is his fourth solo album released in the United Kingdom and his fifth solo album overall....
.

It was once covered by John Larkin, better known as Scatman John
Scatman John

John Paul Larkin , better known as Scatman John , was a famous United States stuttering Jazz and poet who created a unique fusion of scat singing and house music, best known for his 1994 hit "Scatman "....
.

It has been speculated that the cycle of major third
Major third

A major third is one of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span three diatonic scale degrees, the other being the minor third. It is denoted 'major' because it is the larger of the two: the major third is a leap of four semitones, the minor third three....
 root movement in the song's bridge was an inspiration for jazz musician John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
, who developed a pattern of chord substitution
Chord substitution

A chord substitution is the use of a chord in the place of another related chord in a chord progression. Jazz musicians often substitute chords in the original progression to create variety and add interest to a piece....
s known as the "Coltrane changes
Coltrane changes

In jazz harmony, the Coltrane changes are a chord progression variation using substitute chords over common jazz chord progressions. These substitution patterns were first demonstrated by jazz musician John Coltrane on the album Blue Train_ on the tunes Lazy Bird and Moment's Notice....
" based on these chords. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" is cited as the only jazz standard
Jazz standard

A jazz standard is a jazz tune that is held in continuing esteem and which is widely known, performed, and recorded among jazz musicians as part of the jazz musical repertoire....
 incorporating this cycle of chords.