Sweet Lorraine

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"Sweet Lorraine" is a popular jazz standard from the 1930s, best known for its many recordings by prominent swing and jazz artists.

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Sweet Lorraine canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
composer Cliff Burwell NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decadeOfPopularization 1930s
era Swing Era NERFINISHED
firstPopularizedBy Isham Jones and his orchestra NERFINISHED
Rudy Vallee NERFINISHED
genre jazz
swing
hasChordProgressionCharacteristic functional harmony
use of secondary dominants
hasCulturalRole jazz standard of the 1930s
popular song in American popular music history
hasForm 32-bar song form
AABA form
hasInstrumentalVersion yes
hasVocalVersion yes
influenced later jazz ballads
isFrequentlyPerformedAs piano feature
vocal feature
isIncludedIn many jazz fake books
isRecordedOn numerous 78 rpm records
isStandardIn Great American Songbook NERFINISHED
jazz repertoire
key B-flat major
language English
lyricist Mitchell Parish NERFINISHED
notableRecordingBy Art Tatum NERFINISHED
Benny Goodman NERFINISHED
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
King Cole Trio NERFINISHED
Nat King Cole NERFINISHED
Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED
performancePractice commonly used for improvisation practice
often reharmonized by jazz musicians
publicationYear 1928
style ballad
subjectMatter romantic love
tempo medium tempo
titleCharacter Lorraine NERFINISHED

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Mitchell Parish notableWork Sweet Lorraine
Mitchell Parish wroteLyricsFor Sweet Lorraine
Nat King Cole Trio notableSong Sweet Lorraine
King Cole Trio notableWork Sweet Lorraine