Stars Fell on Alabama

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"Stars Fell on Alabama" is a popular jazz standard, widely known through its classic duet recording by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

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Stars Fell on Alabama canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
song
composer Frank Perkins
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre jazz
hasCulturalAssociation Alabama
surface form: state of Alabama
hasEnduringPopularity yes
hasKey varies by arrangement
hasMusicalForm ballad
hasNotableLyricTheme romantic night under falling stars
hasNotableRecording Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong duet version
hasNotableVocalStyle vocal jazz
hasStandardStatusBy mid-20th century jazz musicians
includedOnAlbum Ella and Louis
Ella and Louis Again
inspiredBy 1833 Leonid meteor shower
language English
lyricist Mitchell Parish NERFINISHED
partOf Great American Songbook
performedBy Anita O'Day
Billie Holiday
Bing Crosby
Dean Martin
Doris Day
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Jack Teagarden
Louis Armstrong
Mel Tormé
Red Foley
Sarah Vaughan
performedInContext jazz concerts
vocal jazz recordings
publicationYear 1934
recordedAsDuetBy Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
recordLabelOfNotableRecording Verve Records
tempo slow
titleReferences meteor shower over Alabama
usedAs popular song in Great American Songbook repertoire

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Ella and Louis hasTrack Stars Fell on Alabama
Mitchell Parish notableWork Stars Fell on Alabama
Mitchell Parish wroteLyricsFor Stars Fell on Alabama