Artist: Charley Straight Orch.
Author: Victor Young/Will Harris
Label: Brunswick
Year: 1928
Written for silent film starlet Sue Carol, the future Mrs Alan Ladd. Vocal: Frank Sylvano.
Covers:
Mills Brothers [sang it live at the Apollo Theatre in '27]
Louis Armstrong [scatting: Budd Johnson]
Victor Young Orch. [vocal: Connie Boswell]
Hurriganes [from Finland; as Sweet Sue]
And all other usual suspects: Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Chick Webb, Erroll Garner, Nat King Cole, Chet Baker, Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Christian, Teddy Wilson.
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)