Uploaded by Shapelander on Sep 29, 2008
Last night I uploaded Harry Nilsson's "Thursday" because it reminds me of fall, and down here in Texas its hot as hell. I wake up craving crisp autumn mornings. It's weather that will make you feel like a strawberry (reference to Lady Salvia). Anyway, Memphis in June reminds me of that, too, despite what an obviously lazy summer song it is, so here it is. I could only find a video with some dude playing it on guitar, and he was badass, but I really dig Hoagy Carmichael's voice and style. Check out "Two Sleepy People." Someone uploaded it to Youtube with a bunch of pictures of little dogs, haha. Hoagy Carmichael is great in it, but Ella Logan steals the show.
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This is really good. It would be a good ploy to play this to unsuspecting listeners versus Johnny Mercer's version then ask the question "who has the more understanding of this song?"
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Thanks for uploading the original Hoagy Carmichael. I hope you don't mind my little addition to Lucy's great rendition of the beautiful "Memphis In June".
Ginnie Powell, one of the most underrated of all jazz vocalists. She did a marvelous job with her interpretation of this gem.
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@broadwayapple You are so right. This an absolutely fabulous recording. Hoagy is so relaxed and at ease with himself. Simply and amazingly beautiful. One of my favorite 50's jazz recordings.
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this song is so great..... RIP Hoagy
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this is so good, can't playing it,
thx :)))
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just love this tune :)))))
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This mid-50s record by Hoagy is a masterpiece - with a great Johnny Mandel arrangement. The version recorded around the same time by his frequent songwriting collaborator Johnny Mercer (and ace arranger Billy May) is another gem!
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The song may well be Nina's but Hoagy wrote it!
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yeeeeeeeees, I'm lookin for nina simone version too...the songs hers man xx
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seek out Nina Simone's version-and it's a blueberry pie from Ms/ Simone
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Beautiful, thanks so much for posting.
darkhorse1992 3 years ago 7
Thanks for posting this, Hoagy's one of my favorites.
bvon44 3 years ago 4