Artist: Minto Cato
Author: Eubie Blake/Andy Razaf
Year: 1930
In all-black revue Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Of 1930, cowritten by Andy Razaf. She was Andy's sweetheart. The tune was inspired by Edward MacDowell's 1896 piano sketch To A Wild Rose.
Covers:
Ethel Waters [first recording for Columbia]
Duke Ellington [vocal: Dick Robertson]
Benny Goodman [with Rosemary Clooney]
Carmen Déziel [as Souvenirs de vous]
Robert Wyatt [B-side of Shipbuilding]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)