There's a Lull in My Life

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"There's a Lull in My Life" is a 1937 song with lyrics by Mack Gordon and music by Harry Revel, written for the film Wake Up and Live . A "torch ballad", it was released in 1937 as a single and became Alice Faye's only major hit record. [1] Other popular versions from 1937 were by Teddy Wilson (vocal by Helen Ward), George Hall and His Orchestra, and Duke Ellington (with a vocal by Ivie Anderson). [2]

It has also been performed by Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, [3] Ella Fitzgerald, [4] Chet Baker, [5] Kurt Hohenberger, Johnny Hartman, [6] Anita O'Day, [7] Kay Starr, [8] and Tony Bennett.

References

  1. ↑ Green, Stanley (1999). Hollywood Musicals Year by Year. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 67. ISBN   978-0-634-00765-1.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.  593. ISBN   0-89820-083-0.
  3. ↑ "Vibe". Vibe Vixen. Vibe Media Group: 176. December 1996. ISSN   1070-4701.
  4. ↑ Stereo Review. Ziff-Davis. 1959. p. 115.
  5. ↑ Gavin, James (1 July 2011). Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker. Chicago Review Press. p. 142. ISBN   978-1-56976-903-4.
  6. ↑ Akkerman, Gregg (2012). The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story. Studies in Jazz, No. 68. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810882812.
  7. ↑ "Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ "Swingin' with Kay Starr". AllMusic.


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