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Just Friends (John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Just Friends'" is a popular song that has become a jazz standard. The song was written in 1931 by John Klenner with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis. Although introduced by Red McKenzie and His Orchestra in October 1931, it first became a hit when singer Russ Columbo performed it with Leonard Joys Orchestra in 1932. It charted again the same year in a version by Ben Selvin and His Orchestra and has been recorded often since.[http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=JUST%20FRIENDS&search_in=t&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&pagenum=2&start=11 ASCAP]
Other recordings
* Tony Bennett with Stan Getz and Herbie Hancock 'Jazz' (1964)
* Guitarist Larry Coryell 'Toku Do' (1988)
* Dizzy Gillespie with Oscar Peterson, Freddie Hubbard, and Clark Terry 'The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4' (1980)
* Earl Hines 'Fatha Plays Classics' (1977)
* Lee Konitz with Bill Evans 'Live at the Half Note' (1959/1994)
* Red McKenzie 1931
* Charlie Parker 1949
*Chet Baker 1955
* Sonny Rollins with Coleman Hawkins 'Sonny Meets Hawk!' (1963)
* Sun Ra & His Arkestra - 'Just Friends' (Saturn XI, 1983)
* Cecil Taylor with John Coltrane 'Coltrane Time' (1959)
* Pat Martino 'El Hombre' (1967)
* Joe Pass 'I Remember Charlie Parker' (1979)
* Sarah Vaughan 1949
* Joe Williams 'In Good Company' (1989)
* Jack Sheldon - 'Jack Sheldon Sings' (1993)
See also
*List of 1930s jazz standards
References
*[http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/justfriends.htm "Just Friends" at jazzstandards.com]
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