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"Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross (1909-1967) and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. It became a jazz standard.
"Tenderly" has been recorded by many artists, but perhaps the best-known version was by Rosemary Clooney. Clooney's recorded version reached only #17 on the Billboard magazine pop charts in early 1952, but is more popular than the chart data would suggest, as is evidenced by the fact that Tenderly served as the theme song for Clooney's 1956-1957 TV variety show.
Randolph E. "Randy" Brooks (1919-1967), trumpeter and leader of the top rated Randy Brooks Band, may be best known for their rendition of Tenderly as a most requested song of 1947
Recorded versions
Ray Anthony
Louis Armstrong
Chet Atkins
Chet Baker
Tex Beneke
Tony Bennett
George Benson
Stanley Black
Pat Boone
Les Brown and his Band of Renown
Clifford Brown
Benny Carter
Rosemary Clooney
Eddie Cochran
Nat King Cole
Vic Damone
Miles Davis
Buddy DeFranco
Johnny Desmond
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem
Billy Eckstine
Duke Ellington
Percy Faith
Ella Fitzgerald
The Four Freshmen
Erroll Garner
Jackie Gleason
Stéphane Grappelli
Lionel Hampton
Ted Heath
Jim Henson
Woody Herman
Al Hirt
Billie Holiday
Etta James
Harry James
Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra
Stan Kenton
Gene Krupa
Cleo Laine
James Last
Henry Mancini
The Mantovani Orchestra
Johnny Mathis
Billy May and his Orchestra
The McGuire Sisters
Carmen McRae
Bette Midler
Vaughn Monroe
Willie Nelson
Red Nichols
Red Norvo Trio
Anita O'Day
Oscar Peterson
Bud Powell
Artie Shaw
George Shearing
Bobby Short
Frank Sinatra
Art Tatum
Toni Tennille
Mel Tormé
Caterina Valente
Sarah Vaughan
Ben Webster
Paul Weston and his Orchestra
Roger Whittaker
Jackie Wilson
Soulstice
Dianne Reeves
More about the composer:
Walter Gross (July 14 1909 November 27, 1967) is best known for having composed the music for the popular song "Tenderly." In addition to composing dozens of other titles, he was also a pianist, arranger, orchestra leader, and record industry executive.
Born in New York, Gross gave his first piano recital at age 10. He began performing professionally in the early 1930s, and played piano in bands led by Paul Whiteman, Andre Kostelanetz, Tommy Dorsey, and Raymond Scott. He was also a staff pianist on CBS radio in the 1930s. After serving in the military during World War II, Gross became an executive at Musicraft Records, where he served as conductor/arranger/pianist for recording sessions.
In 1946, he was approached by noted lyricist Jack Lawrence, who asked permission to add words to an untitled melody Gross had composed. At first Gross was reluctant to cooperate, and after Lawrence presented his finished lyrics, Gross expressed dissatisfaction with the words and title. Lawrence eventually succeeded in finding a publisher for the new work, and shortly thereafter it was recorded by Sarah Vaughan. While it was a modest hit, the song was Vaughan's first solo chart success and marked her transition from jazz artist to popular singing star.
"Tenderly" continued to find favor with jazz and pop musicians over the next few years. However, when vocalist Rosemary Clooney recorded it for Columbia Records in 1952, it became a million-seller and entered the repertoire of pop standards. Clooney later remarked, Technically, its the most satisfying record I ever made. Over the years the composition has been recorded by Billie Holiday, Nat "King" Cole, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Kenny Burrell, Lionel Hampton, Stan Kenton, Eric Dolphy, The Dominoes, Vic Damone, and Chet Atkins. Joan Crawford sang it over the opening credits in the 1953 film Torch Song.
Some of Gross's other compositions include "Your Love," "I'm in a Fog About You," "Mexican Moon," and "Just a Moon Ago." His lyric collaborators included Carl Sigman, Bobby Troup, and Ned Washington. He played piano for Maxine Sullivan, Alec Wilder (as a member of his Octet), and others, and conducted orchestra for singers Gordon MacRae, Mel Tormé, and Phil Brito. He recorded solo piano singles in the early 1940s for the Bluebird label, including his original compositions "Creepy Weepy," "Improvisation in Several Keys," and "A Slight Case of Ivory." He also recorded for the MGM, ABC-Paramount, and Royale labels.
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what piano are you playing? thanx! :)
avestjazz 1 month ago
@avestjazz this is a Black Grand from sampletekk
PianistaItaliano 1 month ago
Absolutely beautiful. I just bought your CD "Love Expressions". Amazing. Thanks for creating great, timeless music.
tabbrown0512 3 months ago
@tabbrown0512 Thank you very much
PianistaItaliano 3 months ago
i love how the title of this song matches how you express the way you play. "tenderly", i admire your work and i hope i may be as good as you one day (im still in the process of learning my intermediate chords and chromatic scales) But as a 15 year old in San Diego your one of my main inspirations in jazz. Thanks again and keep up the good work
kghe133r 3 months ago
@kghe133r Thanks for the nice comment :)
PianistaItaliano 3 months ago