Body And Soul'Body and Soul' was written in New York City for the British actress and singer Gertrude Lawrence, who introduced it to London audiences. Published in England, it was first performed in the United States by Libby Holman in the 1930 Broadway revue Three's a Crowd. In Britain the orchestras of Jack Hylton and Ambrose recorded the ballad first in the same week in February 1930. In the United States, the tune grew quickly in popularity, and by the end of 1930 at least 11 American bands had recorded it. Louis Armstrong was the first jazz musician to record 'Body and Soul', in October 1930, but it was Paul Whiteman and Jack Fulton who popularized it in United States. From Wikipedia.
I Won't Dance'I Won't Dance' is a jazz standard song with music by Jerome Kern, that has had two different sets of lyrics, the first written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach in 1934, the second written by Dorothy Fields (though Jimmy McHugh was also credited) in 1935. The two sets of lyrics share little but the common refrain of 'I won't dance'. The second set of lyrics is the much better known one, and the song in this form has been covered by many artists. From Wikipedia.
Out Of Nowhere'Out of Nowhere' is a popular song composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman and published by Famous Music. It was popularized by Bing Crosby, and was the first recording under his Brunswick Records contract. He recorded it on March 30, 1931 and it became his first number one hit as a solo artist. Crosby also sang it in the film Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) and in his short film I Surrender Dear (1931). He recorded it again in 1954 for his album Bing: A Musical Autobiography.
Other 1931 recordings were by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra (vocal by Frank Munn) which reached No. 6 in the charts of the day, Smith Ballew and his Orchestra, Ruth Etting, and Roy Fox and His band (vocal: Al Bowlly) recorded July 31, 1931. (Al Bowlly Discography).
The song's harmonic progression has been used in several later songs, such as Alexander Courage's 'Theme from Star Trek', Tadd Dameron's 'Casbah', Fats Navarro's 'Nostalgia', Gigi Gryce's 'Sans Souci', and Lennie Tristano's '317 East 32nd Street.' From Wikipedia.
Other 1931 recordings were by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra (vocal by Frank Munn) which reached No. 6 in the charts of the day, Smith Ballew and his Orchestra, Ruth Etting, and Roy Fox and His band (vocal: Al Bowlly) recorded July 31, 1931. (Al Bowlly Discography).
The song's harmonic progression has been used in several later songs, such as Alexander Courage's 'Theme from Star Trek', Tadd Dameron's 'Casbah', Fats Navarro's 'Nostalgia', Gigi Gryce's 'Sans Souci', and Lennie Tristano's '317 East 32nd Street.' From Wikipedia.
