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 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
composer Cliff Burwell
countryOfOrigin United States
decadeOfPopularization 1930s
era Swing Era
linked to: Big band era
firstPopularizedBy Isham Jones and his orchestra
Rudy Vallee
linked to: Rudy Vallée
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
jazz repertoire
key B-flat major
language English
lyricist Mitchell Parish
notableRecordingBy Art Tatum
Benny Goodman
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
King Cole Trio
Nat King Cole
Thelonious Monk
performancePractice commonly used for improvisation practice
often reharmonized by jazz musicians
publicationYear 1928
style ballad
subjectMatter romantic love
tempo medium tempo
titleCharacter Lorraine

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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
Michael Hyman Pashelinsky notableWork Sweet Lorraine