Darn That Dream

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Darn That Dream is a popular jazz and pop standard from the late 1930s, known for its lush melody and frequent performances by prominent vocalists and instrumentalists.

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Darn That Dream canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
pop standard
song
composer Jimmy Van Heusen
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1930s
era Big band era
surface form: Swing Era
firstIntroducedIn Broadway musical
Swingin’ the Dream
firstIntroducedYear 1939
frequentlyPerformedBy instrumentalists
vocalists
genre jazz
traditional pop
hasCharacteristic harmonically rich
lush melody
romantic lyrics
hasMusicalForm ballad
hasNotableRecording Billie Holiday recording of Darn That Dream
Chet Baker recording of Darn That Dream
Dexter Gordon recording of Darn That Dream
Miles Davis recording of Darn That Dream
Sarah Vaughan recording of Darn That Dream
includedIn Great American Songbook
isStandardIn bebop repertoire
jazz repertoire
vocal jazz repertoire
language English
lyricist Eddie DeLange
notablePerformer Art Blakey
Benny Goodman
Billie Holiday
Chet Baker
Dexter Gordon
Dinah Washington
Ella Fitzgerald
Miles Davis
Sarah Vaughan
Stan Getz
Thelonious Monk
publicationYear 1939
style ballad
subjectMatter dreams
romantic longing
tempo slow
typicalPerformanceContext concert
jazz club
recording studio

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Jimmy Van Heusen notableWork Darn That Dream
Birth of the Cool hasPart Darn That Dream