A Sleepin' Bee
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"A Sleepin' Bee" is a popular song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Arlen and Truman Capote.[1] It was introduced in the 1954 musical House of Flowers by Diahann Carroll.[1]
Selected recordings[]
- Carol Lawrence - on the album Tonight at 8:30 (1960)
- Carmen McRae - on the album Something to Swing About (1960)
- Mel Tormé - on the album Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960). His performance of the song was called "definitive" in The Penguin Guide to Jazz.[2]
- Tony Bennett - on the album Tony Sings for Two (1961)
- Barbra Streisand - on the album The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
References[]
- ^ a b "A Sleepin' Bee". greatamericansongbook.net. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ The Penguin Guide to Jazz, 7th edition (2004), p. 1580.
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