Mountain Greenery
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"Mountain Greenery" is a popular
song
composed by Richard Rodgers
, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart
for the musical The Garrick Gaieties
(1926). It was first performed on stage by Sterling Holloway
.
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
composed by Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Hart
Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
for the musical The Garrick Gaieties
The Garrick Gaieties
The Garrick Gaieties is a revue with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, the first of many musicals by this songwriting team....
(1926). It was first performed on stage by Sterling Holloway
Sterling Holloway
Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. was an American character actor who appeared in 150 films and television programs. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company...
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Notable recordings
- Roger Wolfe KahnRoger Wolfe KahnRoger Wolfe Kahn was an American jazz and popular musician, composer, and bandleader ....
and his Orchestra recorded on May 27, 1926.
- Frank CrumitFrank CrumitFrank Crumit was an American singer, composer. radio entertainer and vaudeville star. He shared his radio programs with his wife, Julia Sanderson, and the two were sometimes called "the ideal couple of the air."...
- recorded on July 29, 1926.
- Bing CrosbyBing CrosbyHarry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
- Bing Sings Whilst Bregman SwingsBing Sings Whilst Bregman SwingsBing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings was Bing Crosby's sixth long play album, but the first recorded with Verve.This was Bing Crosby's first LP with a modern, swinging orchestra in accompaniment. The songs, are also among the rare few that Bing had never before recorded up to that point...
(1956) recorded on June 12, 1956.
- Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldElla Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart SongbookElla Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart SongbookElla Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook is a 1956 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in...
(1956)
- Mel TorméMel TorméMelvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
(1956) (a top-five hit in Great Britain)
- The SupremesThe SupremesThe Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
(1966) The Supremes Sing Rodgers and Hart (1966)