Fact #157592
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Short story:
Tony Bennett records Sweet Georgie Fame and Yesterday I Heard The Rain for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Full article:
Blossom Dearie (jazz performer and songwriter) : told The New York Times in 1981 “I was in London in 1966, when a bass player told me I should go hear the skiffle, rock, blues and jazz singer Georgie Fame, He said I’d like him, and I did – very much. Then I was visiting a friend, where Georgie Fame’s records were on, and her kids were dancing to them. I got a melody from that, and my friend’s sister, Sandra Black (Harris) wrote words to it.
(Source : interview in the New York Times, 1981)
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(Source : interview in the New York Times, 1981)