NIGHTMARE
Created on 08/05/2026Latest update on 08/05/2026
Artist: Artie Shaw
Author: Artie Shaw
Label: Bluebird
Year: 1938
Theme of eponymous film. Used by the BBC as theme for a Raymond Chandler radio series around Philip Marlowe, Martin Scorsese used the theme in his film The Aviator and last but not least same theme inspired John Barry!
Covers:
- 1956:
Guy Mitchell [intro of Ninety Nine Years (Dead Or Alive), with Jimmy Carroll; probably even more inspiring for John Barry than Artie Shaw's theme!]
- 1962:
John Barry [as James Bond Theme; top 20 UK]
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Other originals by artist:
- 1938
- ANY OLD TIME
Covers from artist:
- 1936
- MY BLUE HEAVEN
- 1936
- BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON
- 1936
- THOU SWELL
- 1937
- MILENBERG JOYS
- 1937
- I'LL BE WITH YOU IN APPLE BLOSSOM TIME
- 1938
- BEGIN THE BEGUINE
- 1938
- INDIAN LOVE CALL
- 1938
- CANTO KARABALI
- 1938
- ROOM WITH A VIEW, A
- 1938
- DEEP IN A DREAM
- 1938
- IF I HAD YOU
- 1938
- IT HAD TO BE YOU
- 1939
- COMES LOVE
- 1939
- DAY IN DAY OUT
- 1939
- JEEPERS CREEPERS
- 1939
- WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
- 1939
- MELANCHOLY MOOD
- 1939
- CARIOCA
- 1939
- MY HEART STOOD STILL
- 1939
- CLARINET GETAWAY
- 1940
- OH LADY BE GOOD
- 1940
- SWEET SUE JUST YOU
- 1940
- APRIL IN PARIS
- 1940
- FRENESI
- 1940
- DO I LOVE YOU?
- 1940
- SZOMORÚ VASÁRNAP
- 1940s
- ST. LOUIS BLUES
- 1941
- STARDUST
- 1941
- TEMPTATION
- 1941
- DANCING IN THE DARK
- 1941
- BLUES IN THE NIGHT
- 1941
- THIS TIME THE DREAM'S ON ME
- 1941
- SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
- 1941
- MOONGLOW
- 1942
- ST. JAMES INFIRMARY
- 1944
- LITTLE BUTTERCUP
- 1945
- DANCING ON THE CEILING
- 1945
- AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE
- 1946
- MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY
- 1946
- I COULD WRITE A BOOK
- 1949
- EXACTLY LIKE YOU
- 1949
- HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN?
- 1949
- I COVER THE WATERFRONT
- 1949
- I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
- 1949
- LOVE FOR SALE
- 1949
- TEA FOR TWO
- 1949
- LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING
- 1950
- I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
- 1951
- FEUILLES MORTES, LES
- 1953
- BESAME MUCHO
- 1954
- TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS
- 1956
- IMAGINATION
Some originals by author:
- 1938
- ANY OLD TIME
