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New Orleans (Hoagy Carmichael song)
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"'New Orleans'" is a 1932 popular song written by Hoagy Carmichael. The song is now considered a jazz standard, along with several other Carmichael compositions such as "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" and "Lazy River".[ Hoagy Carmichael biography] on 'Allmusic' - retrieved on 25 May 2009
The song was recorded by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra and the Casa Loma Orchestra as an up-tempo number, but failed to achieve success until Carmichael released a slower version of the song with Scottish vocalist Ella Logan.Richard M. Sudhalter: 'Stardust Melody: The Life and Music of Hoagy Carmichael'. Oxford University Press US, 2003. . p. 151 It was based on the chord progression from the bridge of two earlier standards: "You Took Advantage of Me" and "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams".
A classic recording is by Ella Logan and Carmichael. Another is by Dorothy Loudon in her album entitled "Saloon." Al Hirt released a version on his 1963 album, 'Our Man in New Orleans'.[http://www.discogs.com/Al-Hirt-Our-Man-In-New-Orleans/release/1528310 Al Hirt, 'Our Man in New Orleans'] Retrieved April 10, 2013. Canadian rock band Stampeders included a cover of the song on their 1975 album 'Steamin', and Teddi King also covered it on her 2008 album 'Round Midnight'.
The song was re-done in the 1998 film 'Blues Brothers 2000' with the fictitious supergroup The Louisiana Gator Boys and The Blues Brothers (including original keyboardist Paul Shaffer, who guest-starred in the film and was the original Blues Brothers keyboardist on 'Saturday Night Live').
See also
*List of 1930s jazz standards
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