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"'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.[http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/outofnowhere.htm Out of Nowhere] at 'jazzstandards.com' - retrieved on May 7, 2009 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."

It has become a jazz standard, with dozens of instrumental and vocal versions by various artists.

Other recordings



* Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond 'Jazz Goes to College' (1954)

* Don Byas recorded as "You Came Along" on June 27, 1945 for Jamboree

* Vic Damone 'That Towering Feeling' (1956) and 'Closer Than a Kiss' (1959).

* Ella Fitzgerald recorded June 29, 1939 as a single for Decca

* Russell Garcia 'The Johnny Evergreens' (1958), with John Williams on piano and Don Fagerquist on trumpet

* Stephan Grappelli with Django Reinhardt (1939)

* Coleman Hawkins with Benny Carter and Django Reinhardt (1937)

* Lena Horne with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra recorded September 15, 1941 for Columbia

* Bunk Johnson 'Last Testament' (1947)

* Patti Page 'In the Land of Hi-Fi' (1956)

* Charlie Parker with Miles Davis (1947)

* Anthony Perkins 'On a Rainy Afternoon' (1958) (RCA)

* Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra recorded July 30, 1942

* Art Tatum (1947)

* Chet Baker "Rare Chet"

Film appearances



* 1931 'Dude Ranch'

* 1931 'Confessions of a Co-Ed' sung by Bing Crosby

* 1931 'I Surrender Dear' sung by Bing Crosby

* 1945 'You Came Along' sung by Helen Forrest

*1951 A Place in the Sun - arr. by Franz Waxman

* 1954 'Sabrina' instrumental

* 1957 'The Joker Is Wild' sung by Frank Sinatra, parody lyrics by Harry Harris

* 1959 'The Rat Race'

* 1969 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'

* 1974 'The Conversation'

* 1987 'September' Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra

* 1993 'Manhattan Murder Mystery' Coleman Hawkins and His All-Star Jam Band

* 1997 'Deconstructing Harry' Django Reinhardt

* 1999 'Sweet and Lowdown' 'Dick Hyman'

See also



*List of 1930s jazz standards

References



Category:1930s jazz standards

Category:1931 songs

Category:Songs with lyrics by Edward Heyman

Category:Songs with music by Johnny Green

Category:Al Hirt songs

Category:Jazz compositions in G major

Category:Bing Crosby songs

Category:Al Bowlly songs

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