Bye Bye Blues (song)
"Bye Bye Blues" is a popular and jazz standard written by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, and Chauncey Gray and published in 1925.Background
The year it was introduced it was sung by The Vikings on the NBC radio series, The Vikings.
It has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known recording is one made in 1952 by Les Paul and Mary Ford. This recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2316 backed with the Les Paul instrumental composition "Mammy's Boogie". It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on December 27, 1952 and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5.Movie appearances
The song appeared as the title track of the 1989 film Bye Bye Blues. The song also appeared in the 1957 film The Joker is Wild and the 2005 film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.Recorded versions
- Ambrose and his orchestra
- Bert Lown
- Louise Brooks & Frankie Trumbauer
- Nat Gonella and His Georgians
- Cab Calloway and his orchestra
- Oscar Alemán
- Arnold Ross Quintet featuring Benny Carter
- Peggy Lee
- Benny Goodman and his orchestra
- Mary Lou Williams
- Dinah Washington
- Cal Tjader on his album 'Latin Kick'
- Mose Allison
- Ferrante and Teicher
- Jill Corey
- Freddy Cannon
- Ann-Margret
- Duane Eddy
- Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass on Atras Da Porta
- The Chenille Sisters
- Doc Watson for his 1996 album
- Count Basie and his orchestra
- Tex Beneke and his orchestra
- Chas and Dave
- Mark Cosgrove
- Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong for their 1960 album Bing & Satchmo.
- Fred Hamm and His Orchestra >
- Al Hirt
- Harry James and his orchestra
- Rebecca Jenkins in the movie of the same name
- Bert Kaempfert
- The Spotnicks
- Kay Kyser and his orchestra
- Brenda Lee
- Liberace
- Julie London
- Bert Lown and his orchestra
- Helen O'Connell
- Oscar Peterson
- Leo Reisman and his orchestra
- Jimmy Roselli
- Dinah Shore
- Hank Snow
- Nino Tempo and April Stevens
- Merle Travis
- Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra
- Andy Williams in as the B-side to the single, "May Each Day"
- Teddy Wilson
- Doyle Dykes on "Chameleon"
- Henri Salvador in "avec la bouche"
- Juan García Esquivel on "Infinity In Sound Vol. 2"
- James Last
