HARLEM NOCTURNE

Created on 25/01/2003
Latest update on 19/12/2023

Artist: Ray Noble Orch.
Author: Earle Hagan
Label: Columbia
Year: 1940

Written for a radio series to imitate the Duke Ellington sound. Earl Hagan also wrote the Dick Van Dyke Show theme.

Covers:

1941:

Randy Brooks [his theme song]

1945:

Johnny Otis

1951:

Big Jay McNeely

1951:

Willis 'Gatortail' Jackson

1953:

Herbie Fields

1959:

Viscounts

1959:

Earl Bostic

1960:

Tito Puente

1961:

Ventures

1962:

King Curtis

1969:

Wayne King

1972:

Bill Black Combo

1972:

Oliver Sain

1975:

Danny & The Fat Boys [with Danny Gatton]

1979:

Toots Thielemans

1980s:

Mink DeVille [their live showopener for years]

1981:

Lounge Lizards

1987:

Sultans

1992:

Brian Savage

1993:

Danny Gatton

1997:

Charlie Musselwhite

1997:

5.6.7.8's

1998:

Chevalier Brothers

1999:

Vidar Busk

2000:

Johnny Nocturne Band

2003:

Alicia Keys

2006:

Bonnie Bramlett

Contact


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