Artist: Eddy Duchin Orch.
Author: Edward Heyman/Johnny Green
Label: Victor
Year: 1933
Trailer for the film I Cover The Waterfront. Eddy was Leo Reisman's piano player; such a key bandleader in his own right he became the subject for biopic The Eddy Duchin Story. Ben Bernie introduced the song on radio. Top 3 US.
Covers:
Abe Lyman & His Californians [vocal: Grace Barrie]
Joe Haymes [top 20 US]
Billie Holiday [with Teddy Wilson]
Nelly Verschuur [with the Dick Willebrandtse Orch.]
John Lee Hooker [as The Waterfront and in '90 with Van Morrison and Booker T Jones; his versions are considerably different from the original one, apart from the lyrics]
See also: Body And Soul.
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