My Favorite Songs–Lullaby of Birdland

Lullaby of Birdland

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"Lullaby of Birdland" is a 1952 popular song with music by George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster" in order to circumvent the rule that ASCAP andBMI composers could not collaborate.

The title refers to Charlie "Bird" Parker and the Birdland jazz club named after him.

The song has been recorded by many vocal and instrumental performers, including Ella Fitzgerald (her version being a 1954 chart record),

a live version is incliuded in the album "Live At The BBC" byAmy Winehouse, the Blue Stars of France,

Chris Connor,

Sarah Vaughan,

Chaka Khan,

 Aoi Teshima,

 

Mel Tormé,

 Erroll Garner, Japanese R&B singer DOUBLE,

Nikki Yanofsky,

pianist Friedrich Gulda, Korean singer Insooni,

J Rabbit / 제이레빗 - Lullaby of Birdland (Cover)
Korean band J. Rabbit,

Finnish singer Olavi Virta (in Finnish) and Italian singer Mina. In Stan Freberg's comic version of "The Great Pretender", the jazz pianist ad libs the first six notes of "Lullaby of Birdland", before the singer angrily shouts "WATCH IT!!"

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アップロード日: 2009/05/25

Natsuki Morikawa - Lullaby of Birdland

 

JUJU -Lullaby of Birdland- [Blue Note Tokyo]

公開日: 2013/06/01

2011.10.10 at BLUE NOTE TOKYO

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公開日: 2012/11/14

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