I’m Beginning to See the Light

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"I’m Beginning to See the Light" is a popular jazz standard from the 1940s, famously associated with Duke Ellington and covered by numerous vocalists and big bands.

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instanceOf song
composer Don George NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Harry James NERFINISHED
Johnny Hodges NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1940s
firstRecordingArtist Harry James and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
genre jazz
swing
hasForm 32-bar song form
hasNotableRecording Bobby Darin version
Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington version
Frank Sinatra version
Harry James and His Orchestra version
Nat King Cole version
Peggy Lee version
The Ink Spots version
Tony Bennett version
hasTitleWord Beginning
Light
influencedBy swing era big band style
isStandardRepertoireFor big bands
jazz vocalists
language English
lyricalTheme falling in love
romantic realization
lyricist Don George NERFINISHED
notablePerformer Bobby Darin NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED
Nat King Cole NERFINISHED
Peggy Lee NERFINISHED
The Ink Spots NERFINISHED
Tony Bennett NERFINISHED
partOf Great American Songbook NERFINISHED
performanceContext ballrooms
concert halls
jazz clubs
publicationYear 1944
style big band
typicalInstrumentation big band with vocal
typicalTempo medium-up swing
usedAs vocal feature for big bands

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Sophisticated Ladies includesSong I’m Beginning to See the Light