April in Paris (song)

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title = April in Paris


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composer = Vernon Duke
lyricist = E.Y. Harburg
published = 1932
language = English
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recorded_by = Louis Armstrong Count Basie (1955) Doris Day Tommy Dorsey Bill Evans Ella Fitzgerald Benny Goodman Coleman Hawkins Billie Holiday Dean Martin Glenn Miller Thelonious Monk Charlie Parker Frank Sinatra Dinah Shore

"April in Paris" is a song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical, "Walk A Little Faster." It has been performed by many artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, Glenn Miller, Doris Day, and Tommy Dorsey.

Basie's 1955 recording is the most famous, and that particular performance was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [ [http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=prd&src=list&pid=9896 Count Basie - April In Paris - Verve Records ] ] . On this recording, trumpeter Thad Jones played his famous "Pop Goes the Weasel" solo, and Basie directs the band to play the end "one more time," then "one more once."

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