Brenda Lee - What A Difference A Day Made (1966)

Released on the 1966 album, "Bye Bye Blues". This song was originally written in Spanish in 1934. The English version became a hit for Harry Roy and his Orchestra. It became the signature song of Dinah Washington after she had a hit with it in the 1950's. Brenda's version uses Dinah's as the template.

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[wowjef]

@acfinney1

OK, this is educational. I thought jazz "originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States [...] .Its West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung notes" (Wikipedia). Nice chattin' to you.

[acfinney1]

@wowjef Elvis's music was copied from Black gospel. Modern Jazz came from Anglo-Saxon Neo-Classical changes. That is why BeBop wasn't popular with the swing crowd, who claimed it lacked the feeling of swing. I'll give credit where credit is due, but music is like food. You cant credit one race solely for anything. Soul food for example, is also poor country peoples food. My grandparents were raised on greens and hog parts. So drawing the line may be a little hard. Look at Nat Cole. 

[wowjef]

@acfinney1

Yeah, maybe, but where do you draw the line? That kind of phrasing did not come out of Anglo-Saxon music culture before slavery and before the early twentieth century, not that I know of anyway. A lot of the jazzy bluesy vocal and instrumental phrasing came out of gospel singing church culture, right, the same that influenced Elvis. She's a great singer nonetheless. Regards

[acfinney1]

@wowjef she was from the south. that is southern phrasing not black.

[bridgeman11]

Nice! Sounds a lot like Dinah Washington.

[wowjef]

she had the black phrasing. Great stuff

[roxaneirene]

Love it!!!

[lateforbreakfast]

What a magnificent version of a great song...Makes one remember the endless sunny days of the lte 50's early 60's

[louisemusiclover]

Wow i didn't know Brenda Lee sung this just love it