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"Detour Ahead" is a jazz standard with words and music credited to Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, and Lou Carter. [1]

The song was written in 1948 [1] while Carter, Ellis and Frigo were part of The Soft Winds, a group they created after leaving Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra. The lyrics compare love's progress to a motor trip.

Credit for music and lyrics is to Carter, Frigo, and Ellis, based on their mutual agreement when the Soft Winds trio was formed that the three would share credit for any music composed by any of them during the existence of the band. Later in life, Frigo would state at public performances that he had written by himself the music and lyrics for "Detour Ahead".[ citation needed ]

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"I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out" is a popular song composed by Herb Ellis, Lou Carter, and John Frigo. The three men were members of Jimmy Dorsey's big band, but left in 1946 to form the jazz trio "The Soft Winds." While in the group, they composed another jazz standard, "Detour Ahead".

References

  1. 1 2 "Detour Ahead (1948)". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved February 9, 2019.

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