Bluesette

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"Bluesette"
Toots Thielemans-Bluesette (single cover).jpg
1964 7" vinyl single cover
Single by Toots Thielemans
from the EP The Main From The Mountain
B-side "The Mountain Whistler"
Released1963
Recorded1962
Label ABC-Paramount Records
Songwriter(s) Toots Thielemans

Bluesette is a jazz standard, composed by Toots Thielemans. First recorded by Toots Thielemans in 1962, with lyrics added by Norman Gimbel, the song became an international hit. [1] It has since been covered by over one hundred artists. [2]

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Thielemans received Grammy Award nominations for Best Instrumental Theme in 1964 and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo in 1992 for the song. [3] [4]

In 2000, Bluesette was inducted in the Radio 2 Hall of Fame. [5]

Selected cover versions

Instrumental version

Vocal version, with lyrics by Norman Gimbel

Source: [10]

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