Autumn in New York (song)

Autumn in New York is a composition that Vernon Duke wrote in 1934. The text is also from Duke.

Autumn in New York was originally a song for the Broadway revue Thumbs Up to December 27, 1934 at the St. James Theatre on Broadway premiered and ran there until May 1935. "Autumn In New York " was the big finale of the show, to the different composers contributed songs. The 32 -bar ballad was sung there by J. Harold Murray ( 1891-1940 ), one from the twenties quite famous Broadway star. However, for a long time found no one who liked to record the song on record - the Vernon Duke typical, complex melodic structure and the " typical Hit- scheme " run counter text were probably the reasons for it. Only in 1944 Harry James played Autumn In New York several times for the radio. 1946 then appeared a first studio recording of Louanne Hogan, 1947 by Jo Stafford. Frank Sinatra's recording from 1947 was not published until 1949, but then reached # 27 on the Billboard charts.

Over 400 different artists to date have recorded the song, which is now one of the most popular titles from the Great American Songbook. In 2000 there was even an entire Hollywood movie of the same title ( German under the title It began in September, directed by Joan Chen ), in which Yvonne Washington interpreted the Song.

The piece has also become the Jazz Standard. It was first interpreted by Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and Bud Powell. Other relevant jazz versions originate for example from Bob Brookmeyer, Billie Holiday, Sheila Jordan and Sarah Vaughan. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald made ​​that title in duet known. He also contributed significantly to the popularity of the Modern Jazz Quartet, it grossed in 1953 and published on its LP Django.