receive the latest by email: subscribe to steynonline's free weekly mailing list. Auf Facebook teilen Facebook Link twittern Twitter Whatsapp. "Midnight Sun" (1954) was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 and is now considered a jazz standard. But again, apparently not. Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice warmer than the summer night, Subsequently, Johnny Mercer wrote the words to the song. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook, "Hugh Masekela – Almost Like Being In Jazz", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Midnight_Sun_(Lionel_Hampton_and_Sonny_Burke_song)&oldid=987058794, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 November 2020, at 17:21. Even if the tune demands it, a three-way feminine rhyme - "meeting/bleating/greeting" - usually comes out sounding either dull or obtrusive or both, and Mercer's choices - "chalice/palace/borealis" - seemed like an exercise in contrivance. It's as if the lyric itself is a midnight sun, a last blaze of an Alley style extinguishing itself along with the Broadway stage and Hollywood studios its songs once had fueled. But, as I said, he was savvy about songs, and, given that he and Mercer had both worked for Benny Goodman, you'd think there must have been some other half-formed doodles of his Johnny could have written up. Fitzgerald recorded the song again for her 1964 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook. Perhaps that's why singers love it, from Ella, slow and dreamy... ...to Frank Sinatra Jr, flip and swingin': Lorenz Hart, of Rodgers &, used to say that he hated "now singers", as in obtrusive grace notes of thoughtless singers: "Now Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River, now he mus' know somethin'..." "Now It Had To Be You, It Had To Be You, now I wandered around..." "Now God save our gracious Queen..." Junior's doing a fair bit of now singing above, but it's a cracking Billy May arrangement originally written for Junior's dad that Frank Senior never got around to, and so I'll tolerate the nows. It did: "Midnight Sun". He told them who he was and then asked if they'd mind playing the tune again. The clouds were like an alabaster palace, Rising to a snowy height. But no, there's just a "Midnight Sun". by Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke and Johnny Mercer Icy white and crystalline And we may see the meadow in December Conversely, maybe Burke came up with the whole thing, and Hamp demanded a co-writer's credit as the price for playing it. According to Philip Furia,[1] Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Warmer than the summer night Auch Charlie scheint von Katie ziemlich angetan zu sein.
And the stars forget to shine So he pulled into a gas station and called the radio station. It's a thrill I still don't quite Sie ist schon des längeren in den Skater Charlie (Patrick Schwarzenegger) verliebt. Lyrics to 'Midnight Sun' by Ella Fitzgerald. August 30, 2020, https://www.steynonline.com/10601/midnight-sun. Over a career stretching beyond three-quarters of a century, Lionel Hampton wrote just one standard song, which took its sweet time becoming first a song and then a standard. In this song, Pickett is waiting till midnight to meet his girl for a romantic rendezvous. I could see the midnight sun. In der Romanze “Midnight Sun – Alles für dich” geht es um die junge Katie (Bella Thorne). One famous recording of the song with the Mercer lyrics is by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1957 album Like Someone in Love. 28.03.18 18:41 / Isabelle. In song - even in a song written on the freeway heading back to Los Angeles - all things are possible: The flame of it may dwindle to an ember Mercer himself had plenty of hits ahead of him: "Satin Doll", "Moon River", "Days Of Wine And Roses". He had never before played such a thing, but he wandered over and started noodling around, and the guys listening liked it so much they had him play vibes on one of the tracks. She recorded it for a third time in 1975 with jazz pianist Oscar Peterson on the Pablo release Ella and Oscar. Sooner or later someone staples words to just about every popular jazz instrumental. So, when the disc-jockey played it a second time, Mercer knew the tune already had a title. "The first thing I thought of with 'Midnight Sun' was 'aurora borealis'," he said. And, as Mercer hints in the release, the ornate unreality is the point: Was there such a night? Midnight Sun Video: Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, Warmer than the Summer night. Mark, if you could expand your definition of from Kenosha to include people who pretended to be from Kenosha, I could suggest one of the most distributed videos of all times. Doch früher oder später muss Katie ihrem neuen Freund von ihrer Krankheit erzählen. Still, there are a handful of exceptions, and this can just about claim to be one of them. twitter; facebook; Lyrics to Midnight Sun. She recorded it for a third time in 1975 with jazz pianist Oscar Peterson on the Pablo release Ella and Oscar. Johnny Mercer was driving along the freeway from Palm Springs to Hollywood, California, when he heard the instrumental on his car radio and started to set words to the song as he drove. "Midnight Sun" (1954) was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 and is now considered a jazz standard. One famous recording of the song with the Mercer lyrics is by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1957 album Like Someone in Love. I thought, well, what rhymes with aurora borealis?" ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. If you enjoy our Sunday Song of the Week, we have a mini-companion, a Song of the Week Extra, on our audio edition of The Mark Steyn Show - and sometimes with special guests from Mark's archive, including Eurovision's Dana, Ted Nugent, Peter Noone & Herman's Hermits, Patsy Gallant, Paul Simon, Lulu, Tim Rice and Randy Bachman. Mark joins his Australian chum Chris Kenny on The Kenny Report Monday at 5:00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time on Sky News to break down the media's declaration of Joe Biden's presidential win. Einige dieser kommerziellen Songs sind nicht auf dem offiziellen Soundtrack-Album zu finden, werden aber im Film verwendet. The midnight sun. Subsequently, Johnny Mercer wrote the words to the song. If you're a member of The Mark Steyn Club and you take issue with this article, then have at it in our comments section. Each star it's own aurora borealis suddenly you held me tight, View all the name of the songs, who sings them, stream additional tunes playlist, and credits used in the movie. Publisher: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, REGENT MUSIC CORPORATION, MICHAEL H GOLDSEN INC, EMI Music Publishing. Except that the midnight sun is such a particular situation, it's hard to figure it'd be much use in a love song. As one YouTube viewer commented, "Sitting in the 2010's, watching a video from the 1990's, set in a show from the 1970's, which takes place in the 1950's.
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