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"How High the Moon" is a 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....
 with lyrics
Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song, either by speaking or singing. The word 'lyric' comes from the Greek word ,lyricos, meaning "singing to the lyre"....
 by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis (songwriter)

Morgan Lewis was a writer of jazz songs, some of which were also recorded in the pop music genre.External links...
. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show
Two for the Show (musical)

Two for the Show was a musical play which played on Broadway theater from February 8 to May 25, 1940.It was produced by Gertrude Macy and Stanley Gilkey....
, where it was sung by Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake

Alfred Drake was an United States actor and singer.Born Alfred Capurro in New York City, the son of parents emigrated from the town of Recco, in the Province of Genoa, Drake began his Broadway theatre career while still a student at Brooklyn College....
 and Frances Comstock.

Most notable recordings
The earliest recorded hit version was by Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman, was an United States jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing ", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman"....
 & His Orchestra. It was recorded February 7, 1940 and released by Columbia Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 as catalog number
Catalog numbering systems for single records

This article presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single gramophone records....
 35391, with the flip side "Fable of the Rose".






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"How High the Moon" is a 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....
 with lyrics
Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song, either by speaking or singing. The word 'lyric' comes from the Greek word ,lyricos, meaning "singing to the lyre"....
 by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis (songwriter)

Morgan Lewis was a writer of jazz songs, some of which were also recorded in the pop music genre.External links...
. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show
Two for the Show (musical)

Two for the Show was a musical play which played on Broadway theater from February 8 to May 25, 1940.It was produced by Gertrude Macy and Stanley Gilkey....
, where it was sung by Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake

Alfred Drake was an United States actor and singer.Born Alfred Capurro in New York City, the son of parents emigrated from the town of Recco, in the Province of Genoa, Drake began his Broadway theatre career while still a student at Brooklyn College....
 and Frances Comstock.

Most notable recordings


The earliest recorded hit version was by Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman, was an United States jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing ", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman"....
 & His Orchestra. It was recorded February 7, 1940 and released by Columbia Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 as catalog number
Catalog numbering systems for single records

This article presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single gramophone records....
 35391, with the flip side "Fable of the Rose". In 1948, bandleader Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton

Stanley Newcomb Kenton was a pianist who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial United States jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....
 enjoyed some success with his version of the tune. The recording, with a vocal by June Christy, was released by Capitol Records
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
 as catalog number 911 (with the flip side "Willow, Weep for Me") and 15117( with the flip side "Interlude"). It reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 9, 1948, its only week on the chart, at #27.

The best-known recording of the song is by Les Paul
Les Paul

Les Paul is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which "made the sound of rock and roll possible." His many recording innovations include overdubbing, Delay such as "sound on sound" and Delay , Phaser , and multitrack recording....
 and Mary Ford
Mary Ford

Mary Ford , vocalist and guitarist, was one-half of the popular husband-and-wife musical team, Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hits; in 1951 alone, they sold six million records....
, made on January 4, 1951. The record was released by Capitol Records
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
 as catalog number 1451, with the flip side "Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues", and spent 25 weeks (beginning on March 23, 1951) on the Billboard chart, 9 weeks at #1. The record was subsequently re-released by Capitol as catalog number 1675, with "Josephine" on the B-side
A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
..

The song was sung in various recordings by Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
, becoming (with the Gershwin
George Gershwin

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin....
's "Lady Be Good!") Ella's signature tune. She first performed the song at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue , occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street , two blocks south of Central Park....
 on September 29, 1947. Her first recording, backed by the Daydreamers, was recorded December 20, 1947 and released by Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 as catalog number 24387, with the flip side "You Turned the Tables on Me". Her most celebrated recording of "How High the Moon" is on her 1960 album Ella in Berlin
Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife

Ella in Berlin is a live 1960 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."...
, and her version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
Grammy Hall of Fame Award

The Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance"....
 in 2002, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."

Other versions


  • Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong

    Louis Daniel Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer.Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an innovative cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence on jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performers....
     and his orchestra (recorded in two parts November 30, 1947, released by Decca Records
    Decca Records

    Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
     as catalog numbers 28103 & 28104, each with the flip side being a part of a two part recording of "Body and Soul")
  • Mitchel Ayres' orchestra (vocal: Mary Ann Mercer: recorded February 8, 1940, released by Bluebird Records
    Bluebird Records

    Bluebird Records is a sub-record label of RCA Victor Records originally created in 1932 in music to counter ARC Records in the "3 records for a dollar" market....
     as catalog number 10609B, with the flip side "A House with a Little Red Barn")
  • Chet Baker
    Chet Baker

    Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. was an United States jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and singer.Specializing in relaxed, even melancholy music, Baker rose to prominence as a leading name in cool jazz in the 1950s....
     (trumpet)on the album Chet
  • Bonnemere (released 1949
    1949 in music

    Events*December 24 - At the start of the Holy Year, Charles Gounod's Inno e Marcia Pontificale is adopted as the new papal anthem.*December 29 - Les Paul and Mary Ford marry....
     by Royal Roost Records as catalog number 582, with the flip side "Autumn Leaves
    Autumn Leaves (song)

    "Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular song. Originally a 1945 French language song "Les feuilles mortes" with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Pr?vert, English lyrics were written in 1947 by the American songwriter Johnny Mercer, and Jo Stafford was among the first to perform this version....
    ")
  • Randy Brooks and his orchestra (recorded March 22, 1946, released by Decca Records
    Decca Records

    Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
     as catalog number 29479, with the flip side "Thunder Rock")
  • Charles Brown
    Charles Brown

    Charles Brown is the name of:...
     Trio (recorded November 11, 1948, released by Aladdin Records
    Aladdin Records

    Aladdin Records may refer to:* Aladdin Records * Aladdin Records ...
     as catalog number 3071, with the flip side "Texas Blues")
  • The Dave Brubeck
    Dave Brubeck

    David Warren Brubeck , better known as Dave Brubeck, is an United States Jazz piano. Regarded as a jazz icon, he has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke"....
     Octet recorded a lengthy track, with narration, where they play "How High The Moon" in various jazz styles.
  • Don Byas
    Don Byas

    Carlos Wesley Byas was an African American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in the United States. Although his long residence in Europe kept him out of the public eye in the United States, he is a significant influence on later players of his instrument....
     Quintet (recorded November 26, 1945, released by Savoy Records
    Savoy Records

    Savoy Records is the name of a United States jazz music record label. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop....
     as catalog numbers 597A and 916A, both with the flip side "Ko Ko")
  • Lilyann Carol with Charlie Ventura
    Charlie Ventura

    Charlie Ventura was a tenor saxophone and bandleader.Ventura was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had his first successes working with Gene Krupa....
     and Orchestra (released by National Records
    National Records

    National Records was a record label that was started in New York by Albert Green in 1945 in music and lasted till sometime in 1950 in music.Big Joe Turner was signed at the outset and remained until 1947 in music....
     as catalog number 7015, with the flip side "Please Be Kind")
  • Al Casey
    Al Casey

    Albert Aloysius Casey known professional as Al Casey, was an African American swing music guitarist who played with Fats Waller on some of his famous recordings....
    's Sextet (recorded January 19, 1945, released by Capitol Records
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
     as catalog number 10034, with the flip side "Sometimes I'm Happy
    Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)

    "Sometimes I'm Happy " is a popular music song.The music was written by Vincent Youmans, the lyrics by Irving Caesar. The song was published in 1927 and introduced in the Broadway theater musical theatre Hit the Deck , which opened in April, 1927....
    ")
  • Herman Chittison
    Herman Chittison

    Herman Chittison was an United States jazz piano.He began in Zack Whyte's band in 1928. In his early days he worked with Ethel Waters, Adelaide Hall, and Clarence Williams....
     Trio (released by Musicraft Records
    Musicraft Records

    Musicraft Records was a United States based record label active in the 1930s and 1940s.Musicraft's catalog encompassed many different musical styles, including classical, folk, jazz, Latin, popular vocal, and calypso....
     as catalog number 315, with the flip side "The Song Is Ended")
  • Larry Clinton
    Larry Clinton

    Larry Clinton was a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader.Clinton was born in Brooklyn, New York. His first stint as a bandleader was from 1937 to 1941, but he worked as a flight instructor during World War II, resuming his musical career and enjoying further success as a bandleader from 1948 to 1950....
     and his orchestra (recorded February 20, 1940, released by Victor Records as catalog number 26521, with the flip side "Bread and Butter")
  • Nat King Cole
    Nat King Cole

    Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an United States musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist....
     (released by Capitol Records
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
     as catalog number 10191, with the flip side "Blues in My Shower")
  • Kaye Connor (released by Cosmo Records as catalog number 485, with the flip side "Derry Dum")
  • Duke Ellington
    Duke Ellington

    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
     and his orchestra (recorded November 14, 1947, released by Columbia Records
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
     as catalog number 38950, with the flip side "Cowboy Rhumba")
  • Ziggy Elman
    Ziggy Elman

    Harry Aaron Finkelman , better known by the stage name Ziggy Elman, was an United States jazz trumpeter most associated with Benny Goodman, though he also led his own Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra....
     (recorded 1947
    1947 in music

    Events*August 7 - Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Boh?me at the Arena Argentina in Catania.*October - Enrico De Angelis leaves Quartetto Cetra to join the army....
    , released by MGM Records
    MGM Records

    MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films....
     as catalog number 10332, with the flip side "The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful")
  • Erroll Garner
    Erroll Garner

    Erroll Louis Garner was an United States jazz pianist and composer known for his Swung note playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad Misty became a jazz standard with singers....
     (released by Arco Records as catalog number 1214, with the flip side "Don't Blame Me
    Don't Blame Me (song)

    "Don't Blame Me" is a popular music song.The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was published in 1933 in music....
    ")
  • Erroll Garner
    Erroll Garner

    Erroll Louis Garner was an United States jazz pianist and composer known for his Swung note playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad Misty became a jazz standard with singers....
     Trio (recorded October 7, 1950, released by Columbia Records
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
     as catalog number 39145, with the flip side "Poor Butterfly
    Poor Butterfly

    "Poor Butterfly" is a popular music song. It was inspired by Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly and contains a brief musical quote from the act 2 duet Tutti i fior in the verse....
    ")
  • Marvin Gaye
    Marvin Gaye

    Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye was an United States singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range....
     (on Tamla Records album The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye, catalog number TM 221, released June 1961
    1961 in music

    Events*January 15 - Motown Records signs The Supremes*January 20 - Francis Poulenc's Gloria is premiered in Boston*February 12 - The Miracles' "Shop Around" becomes Motown's first million-selling single...
    )
  • Gloria Gaynor
    Gloria Gaynor

    Gloria Gaynor is an United States singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye " , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am " ....
     (Disco
    Disco

    Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic and Latino Americans communities in the United States in the late 1960s....
     version of the song, on 1975
    1975 in music

    Events*January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former The Beatles John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case....
     MGM Records
    MGM Records

    MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films....
     album Experience Gloria Gaynor, catalog number M3G 4997)
  • Dizzy Gillespie
    Dizzy Gillespie

    John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie [/g?'l?spi/] was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children....
     (released by MGM Records
    MGM Records

    MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films....
     as catalog number 30742, with another recording of the same song by Jimmy McPartland
    Jimmy McPartland

    Jimmy McPartland was an American cornetist and one of the originators of Chicago Jazz. McPartland worked with Eddie Condon, Art Hodes, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey and other jazz veterans, often leading his own bands....
     on the flip side)
  • Benny Goodman
    Benny Goodman

    Benjamin David Goodman, was an United States jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing ", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman"....
     Septet (released by Capitol Records
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
     as catalog number 20126, with the flip side "Benny's Boogie")
  • Larry Green (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-2119, with the flip side "Far Away Island")
  • Lionel Hampton
    Lionel Hampton

    Lionel Leo Hampton , was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players....
     Quintet (recorded April 2, 1947, released by Decca Records
    Decca Records

    Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
     as catalog number 24513, with the flip side "Ribs and Hot Sauce")
  • Bill Harris
    Bill Harris

    Bill Harris may refer to:In arts*Bill Harris , American painter*Bill Harris , American jazz trombonistIn sports:*Bill Harris , New Zealand soccer player...
     (released by Capitol Records
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
     as catalog number 60004, with the flip side "The Moon Is Low")
  • Emmylou Harris
    Emmylou Harris

    Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
     (on 1981
    1981 in music

    See also:* :Category:Record labels established in 1981* list of 'years in music'...
     album Evangeline)
  • Eddie Heywood
    Eddie Heywood

    Eddie Heywood was a jazz pianist who became very popular in the 1940s. His father, Eddie Heyward, Sr. was also a jazz musician from the 1920s. Heywood, Jr....
     and his orchestra (recorded May 2, 1944, released by Signature Records
    Signature Records

    Signature Records was a mid-20th century United States based record label. Noted Signature recording artists included Anita O'Day, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Lawrence, Ray Anthony, Barbara McNair, Monica Lewis, Dickie Thompson, and Alan Dale ....
     as catalog number 40002A, with the flip side "Sarcastic Lady")
  • Harry James
    Harry James

    Harry James was an United States musician and band leader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. James was one of the most outstanding instrumentalists of the swing era, employing a bravura playing style that made his trumpet work instantly identifiable....
    ' orchestra (recorded March 1940
    1940 in music

    Events*January - Frank Sinatra joins the Tommy Dorsey orchestra*July 20 - Billboard magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart"*May 27 - Quartetto Egie make their debut performance...
    , released by Varsity Records as catalog number 8221 and by Montgomery Ward
    Montgomery Ward

    Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that is somewhat connected to the former American department store chain, founded as the world's first mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward....
     as catalog number 10004, both with the flip side "You've Got Me Out on a Limb")
  • Jazz at the Philharmonic
    Jazz at the Philharmonic

    Jazz at the Philharmonic or JATP was the title of a series of concerts and recordings produced by Norman Granz . The very first concert was held on July 2, 1944 at Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, and featured Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea, J....
     (recorded in four parts October 7, 1946, released by Mercury Records
    Mercury Records

    Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
     as catalog numbers 11009 & 11010)
  • Bibbi Johnson and Thore Swanerud (recorded September 19, 1949 in Stockholm
    Stockholm

    is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
    , Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    ; released by Savoy Records
    Savoy Records

    Savoy Records is the name of a United States jazz music record label. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop....
     as catalog number 965, with the flip side "Tout Desire") (also listed as by the Thore Swanerud Sextet, issued by Discovery Records
    Discovery Records

    Discovery Records was a United States based record label known for its recordings of jazz music.Discovery was founded in 1948 in music by jazz fan and promoter Albert Marx....
     as catalog number 173, with the flip side "Tout D'Suite")
  • King Cole Trio (released by Capitol Records
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
     as catalog number 531, with the flip side "I'll Never Be the Same")
  • Gene Krupa
    Gene Krupa

    Gene Krupa was an influentialUnited States jazz and big band drummer and composer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style....
     and his orchestra (recorded May 27, 1946, released by Columbia Records
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
     as catalog number 38345, with the flip side "Tea for Two
    Tea for Two (song)

    "Tea for Two" is a song from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar. The song is sung from the viewpoint of a lovestruck man, who plans the future with his new woman in mind....
    ")
  • Manhattan Transfer
    Manhattan Transfer

    Manhattan Transfer may refer to:* Manhattan Transfer , a Pennsylvania Railroad station in New Jersey* Manhattan Transfer , a 1925 novel by John dos Passos...
  • Johnny Mathis
    Johnny Mathis

    Johnny Mathis is an United States singer of popular music.One of the last in a long line of traditional male vocalists who emerged before the 1960s, Mathis concentrated on romantic jazz and pop standards for the adult contemporary audience through to the 1980s....
     (1960
    1960 in music

    Events*January 14 - Elvis Presley is promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army*February 6 - Songwriter Jesse Belvin dies in an automobile accident in Los Angeles, California....
    , on album Johnny's Mood)
  • Jimmy McPartland
    Jimmy McPartland

    Jimmy McPartland was an American cornetist and one of the originators of Chicago Jazz. McPartland worked with Eddie Condon, Art Hodes, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey and other jazz veterans, often leading his own bands....
     (issued back to back with the Dizzy Gillespie
    Dizzy Gillespie

    John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie [/g?'l?spi/] was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children....
     recording by MGM Records
    MGM Records

    MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films....
     as catalog number 30742)
  • Chris Montez
    Chris Montez

    Chris Montez , is a Mexican American singer....
     (on 1966
    1966 in music

    Events*January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".*January 8 - Shindig! airs for the last time on American Broadcasting Company, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who...
     A&M Records
    A&M Records

    A&M Records is an United States record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division....
     album The More I See You/Call Me, catalog number SP 4115)
  • Russ Morgan
    Russ Morgan

    Russ Morgan was a Big Band orchestra leader....
     and his orchestra (recorded February 20, 1940, released by Decca Records
    Decca Records

    Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
     as catalog number 3030A, with the flip side "Rose of the World")
  • Anita O'Day
    Anita O'Day

    Anita O'Day was an United States jazz singer. Jazz Critic Will Friedwald has said ?When you think of the great jazz singers, I would think that Anita is the only white woman that belongs in the same breath as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan.?...
     (with Ralph Burns
    Ralph Burns

    Ralph Burns was a songwriter, bandleader, composer, Conductor , arranger and bebop pianist....
     orchestra; released by Signature Records
    Signature Records

    Signature Records was a mid-20th century United States based record label. Noted Signature recording artists included Anita O'Day, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Lawrence, Ray Anthony, Barbara McNair, Monica Lewis, Dickie Thompson, and Alan Dale ....
     as catalog number 15185A, with the flip side "Key Largo")
  • Oscar Peterson
    Oscar Peterson

    Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec, Order of Ontario was a Canada jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends, and was a member of jazz royalty....
     (released by Mercury Records
    Mercury Records

    Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
     as catalog number 8943, with the flip side "Nameless Blues")
  • Bud Powell
    Bud Powell

    Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American Jazz piano. Powell has been described as one of "the two most significant pianists of the style of modern jazz that came to be known as bebop", the other being his friend and contemporary Thelonious Monk....
     (piano) on the album 'Spring Broadcasts 1953', with Oscar Pettiford on bass and Roy Haynes on drums. This broadcast was recorded March 21, 1953.
  • Boyd Raeburn
    Boyd Raeburn

    Boyd Raeburn was an American jazz bandleader and bass saxophone.His big band, which was active ca. 1944-1947, performed arrangements that were often quite avant-garde, like the arrangements of Stan Kenton during the same period....
     and his orchestra (recorded August 14, 1947, released by Atlantic Records
    Atlantic Records

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     as catalog number 860, with the flip side "Trouble Is a Man")
  • Dianne Reeves
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     (on 1991
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     Blue Note Records
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     album I Remember, catalog number B2 90264, also recorded for the Good Night and Good Luck soundtrack in 2005)
  • Freddie Rich and his orchestra (vocal: Rosemary Calvin; recorded February 14, 1940, released by Vocalion Records
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     as catalog number 5420, with the flip side "House with a Little Red Barn")
  • David Rose
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     and his orchestra (released by MGM Records
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     as catalog numbers 30012B (with the flip side "Gay Spirits") and 30303 (with the flip side "Bewitched"))
  • Diane Schuur
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     (on 1992
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     GRP Records
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     album In Tribute, catalog number GRD 2006)
  • Hazel Scott
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    Hazel Dorothy Scott was a jazz and european classical music pianist and singer....
     (piano
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     instrumental solo; released by Signature Records
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     as catalog number 15025B, with the flip side "A Rainy Night in Georgia")
  • George Shearing
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     Quintet (recorded December 18, 1951, released by MGM Records
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     as catalog number 30627, with the flip side "Ghost of a Chance")
  • Janis Siegel (on 1982
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     Atlantic Records
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     album Experiment in White, catalog number 80007 1)
  • Jimmy Smith
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     (released by Blue Note Records
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     as catalog number 1667, with the flip side "Summertime
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    ")
  • Japanese American
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     singer Pat Suzuki
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    's 1950s recording of "How High the Moon" plays during the opening scenes of the movie Biloxi Blues
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    , and is also featured in the movie Eat a Bowl of Tea
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    .
  • Art Tatum
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     (solo piano) on the compilation album Piano Starts Here, released by Columbia Records
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     in 1987
  • Charlie Ventura
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     (recorded September 6, 1946, released by National Records
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     as catalog number 7015, with the flip side "Please Be Kind")
  • Paul Weston
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     and his orchestra (released by Columbia Records
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     as catalog number 39299 and 39647, both with the flip side "Over the Rainbow
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    "; also issued on the album Dream Time Music, Columbia catalog number CL 528, released November 2, 1953)
  • Mary Lou Williams
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     (released by Disc Records as catalog number 5025, with the flip side "Cloudy"


Songs based on "How High the Moon"


Another jazz standard, "Ornithology
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" by Charlie Parker
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, is based on the chords
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 of "How High the Moon". It was common among jazz musicians (Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton

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 and others) to seamlessly include 'Ornithology' in the solo when performing "How High the Moon". Miles Davis
Miles Davis

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' "Solar
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" is also based on part of the chord structure.

John Coltrane
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's composition "Satellite" is also based on the chords of "How High the Moon", which Coltrane embellished with the three-tonic progression he also used on his composition "Giant Steps
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".

Trivia

Paul McCartney
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 stated during the filming of Les Paul: Chasing Sound that "How High the Moon" was the first song The Beatles
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 played in The Cavern Club
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.

The song was performed by the 2007 Australian Idol
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 winner, Natalie Gauci
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 on the big-band themed performance show. The performance earned Gauci her third consecutive Touchdown from judge Mark Holden
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.