Harry James, Sleepy Lagoon..wmv
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- Опубликовано: 26 дек 2009
- From the three disc set Harry James & his Orchestra, Bandstand Memories 1938-1948.
Hindsight Records.
1994.
Recorded on Oct 1, 1942 from a live performance on the Chesterfield Time show in New York City.
The Harry James Legacy.
The recordings in this boxed set were made available by Sal Monte and Viola Monte from a private collection of broadcast transcriptions her husband, PeeWee had made during the years he was Harry James band manager and good friend. They were recorded on 10 inch, 12 inch and 16 inch transcription disks. 
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Loved this when I was a young lad. Now, aged 87, I still do. Thank you Harry for giving me something wonderful in my life. July, 2023.
Danced to this song with my girl in her college dorm, beautiful song and wonderful night.
Hey I know you commented this like a year ago but that’s so beautiful omg🥺
@@melaniec.7283 it was a fun time 😊
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I still remember my folks dancing to this in the kitchen!! I miss them!
Beautiful memory, your mother and father dancing in the kitchen. To a beautiful melody and wonderful arrangement by a great band !
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I, too, used to dance to this when I played it on my Time-Life Swing Era recording. Billy May did an exact recreation for a series of albums in the late '60s/early '70s.
Can't believe any of today's youth will have the beautiful memory of parents dancing to a melodious instrumental. There are no more new instrumentals, just thumping percussion, racket, unintelligible (ie:vulgar) lyrics, from always screaming "vocalists" these days all throughout what purports itself as music.
YES!
A resident in a retirement home introduced me to Harry James, and I'm so glad he did. What talent!
i remember this song growing up as child , and to this day it retains it's deep nostagic sound for those classic war years that have been permanently embedded in our memories.
Wow, the songs of before are so relaxed that it takes me to whole different era
Somehow, I cannot stop hitting the replay button....Thank you, the amazing Woody Allen, for introducing me to Harry James. If it wasn't for Annie Hall, I would not be here!
This is one of the best jazz songs I’ve ever heard
Except it is not jazz. Jazz is improvisation, this is Big Band which is much more tightly managed by rhe band leader, in this case Harry James. But, you are correct, it is a beautiful song
Swing era
my grandpa's aircraft in ww2 was named after this song. "Sleepy Lagoon" 547th Bombardment Squadron.
Bombs away ! Brave Aviators of ww2 😂😃😅
Greatest generation!
This song is the marrow of the inexorable memories of a time for those remembering, will always define us.
Robert, thank you for your most eloquent and expressive comment.
Excellently put
The last song my Gpa Bill played for me in 1992. I miss him and so glad he introduced Harry James to me as a child.
This song just sends you to another time and place.
Started crying to this. It was playing right when I realized I was becoming an adult. Made the moment bittersweet.
This was my grandmothers favorite song.
I remember listening to this song by Harry at the Oro and Opal bars/coffee shops at Yurakacho station in Tokyo in the late '50's. While stationed at Shiroi Air Base out in the Chiba Prefecture. Good times. Just up the street from the Rocker Four and the New Yorker.
U sir are a lucky man
this is an amazing story. I'm surprised I would like to chat with you about this, if you don't mind. answer me please
One of the sweetest trumpets you will ever hear
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Bare none, I'd say
That's what you call THE KING JAMES VERSION
I always loved this version of that beautiful tune. When I was pregnant I’d play this on the stereo. As the pregnancy progressed the baby moved whenever this song played. After she was born, if I put this on the stereo her reaction was excitement it was amazing, she seemed to remember it. To this day she still loves that song…..she’s 40.
A friend of mine has same experience , it is illogic but fact.
@@totosukatendel9209 - I just sent this recording to my daughter in Florida. She called me crying. ❤️❤️
What a beautiful story...thank you so much for sharing with us! I love Harry James and this is one of his best! May God bless you and your daughter with all the fullness of His mercy and grace in this life.
@@lizvansickle452 - Thank you Luz for your kind words and good wishes. Bless you. 🙏🏻
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To think this has ALMOST 80 years and is still outstanding. This is the reason why art is great. It withstands time. What a great song, I cannot believe it.
Harry James was the best and Helen Forest was a wonderful vocalist. They're both missed. RIP. SID COHN
Nobody could equal Harry James as a trumpeter, and he was also a fine bandleader, one of my favorites. And this tune is just so gloriously beautiful, with his trumpet soaring over the rest of the orchestra. I can listen to it over and over.
Migosh, this brings back such memories of us dancing to Harry James at the Palisades and seeing him and his band at the Capitol and Paramount theatres. Those days may be gone, but will never be forgotten in my old heart.
Amen
Memories are something no one can take from us.
We went to an antique shop and there were SO MANY Harry James records
Truly a great classic. My Dad used to play it with his orchestra as well. I grew up hearing this great song live. (Jimmie Hanson Orchestra). Dad spent most of his trumpet career in the shadow of singers and singing groups, being Rudee Vallee's trumpet man in the thirties, and then first trumpet in Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians in the 40s. He made up for that back home in Maine in the 50s, with his wonderful 16 piece orchestra.
EricJamesHanson You're very lucky for those memories, songs, and stories.
Loved the Fred Waring orchestra!
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Wonderful. dad. You must have had a great childhood! So musical
Great stuff. It takes me to another era when music was an art form.
You said that right, Barry!
Musica per sognare....Più no eccetera.... ...
Amen brother
Yea, now it's just crap.
Es una canción maravillosa la escuché por primera vez junto a mi padre en el año 1944 cuando yo tenía 5 años de edad y aún disfruto de esta canción celestial.
no trumpeter sounds like Harry--his tonal sound/style--fat and expressive--is unique among trumpeters---I never thought the trumpet a particularly expressive instrument but when Harry plays he makes it sing--with true emotion--fabulous.
Well, the best ones can make it sound expressive and not like fanfare. James, Armstrong, Miles, Sandoval, Louis Prima, Herb Alpert...
I completely agree but here Ziggy Elmann is wonderful too - noted for his sweet tone. His life ended in poverty and illness :(
@@terrywho22 you're right, of course
I cry at that world we will never know again
BUNNY died to young but BUNNY and Harry were the best trumpet players
I love it. I always play this in my free time. 💜
Latina?
Hola me encanta esta melodía porque me transmite mucha paz
いつ聴いても名曲ですね！
I am not sure, but I think you said something about it being a masterpiece, and I heartily agree with you!
Not only was ole Harry a successful band leader and musician but he had "America's Favorite Pin Up" of WW 2.
IN HARM'S WAY (1965) uses this theme in the US Navy officer's ball at Pearl Harbor. It adds a nice touch to the easy going atmosphere . . . that was about to explode in the famous Japanese sneak attack.
No one will ever equal Harry James presentation of this tune..wow!!! No one will ever compare with Harry James trumpet playing, period!
Harry and Ziggy Elman were in the trumpet section of Benny Goodman's Band. On some recordings they each shared solo parts and both sounded very much like the other. In fact many many years later James, when listening to some of the originals, was not certain whether it was him or Ziggy. Ziggy wrote 'And The Angels Sing' and handled that solo trumpet part. One of the best recreations of 'Sleepy Lagoon' was done by Billy May for Time-Life Music in 1971 and featured Joe Graves doing a wonderful job of duplicating Harry's original solo. All things considered however, Harry's sound and style is hard to beat!
Remember this in Annie Hall in the school scene? Perfecto!
I have very vivid memories of listening to this particular song by Harry James on one of my dad's 78s!
ONE & ONLY Harry james .His Music will live for ever.
Wonderful, timeless. Thanks.
Best version of sleepy lagoon
❤❤❤So sweet voice
I love this sound.
Just love this arrangement and of course Harry at his best. Thanks for posting!
Mágico! Esplêndido! Maravilhoso 👏👏👏
Magnifique valse lente souvenir de l'école de danse !!Le génie de Harry James !!
Não bastasse a beleza desta música ainda temos o talento de Harry James. Bravo e obrigado Aristaeus1
This is wonderful.
Daphnis et Chloé in the intro!!! Amazing!!!
Got this on a $1 cassette. This is so beautfil. Actually, I got the cassette just for sampling but I really like this song. There are so much treasures I would have never came across.
What a beautiful tune. My parents WWII veteran)danced to this
so serene
I will always remember.
Exquisite.
Glorious rendition of a superb standard, TY for the upload :-)
Love this rendition Ari Thanks for uploading Harry James at his finest
Very nice! Thanks for posting
tODAY WE HAVE NOT ORQUESTRA LIKE THIS
Bello.unico.encantador..te hace volar...
徹子の部屋に出演されている湯川れい子さんが、戦死された次兄さんを語っておられて、その次兄さんが口笛でこの曲を吹いていたというお話のバックに流れたこの曲があまりにも素敵でここにきました。アメリカの素敵な音楽を愛した次兄さんや日本の多くの若者が戦争相手のアメリカの若者と戦えと言われ、ここを死守せよと命令され戦死という残酷な運命をお聞きして涙が流れました。絶対戦争してはいけない、という言葉に深く感じ入りました。
美しい曲、懐かしい曲です。
Con esta melodía recuerdo mucho a mi madre, siempre la tarareaba, es bellísima...
SUPERB....Thanks for posting this delightful video
otra belleza musical, interpretetado por uno de los grandes trompetistas
Thank you for putting the song on RUclips. How many times I have heared the song at my parents home? It brings lot of memories to the surface.
Parabéns pela genial idéia...Muito Interessante
Love this
ce fut un grand,un très grand trompette difficilement égalable même de nos jours
gorgeous music !
The thumbs downs were given by people devoid of intelligence or talent.
Here's a trumpet...you try to play this!!
A person doesn't have to play trumpet to have a distaste for excessively exaggerated vibrato, note-bending, half-valve squeezes in lieu of tongued attacks, and the overuse of appoggiaturas and turn-arounds resulting in that syrupy, schmaltzy effect. It's grating, annoying, and downright UNMUSICAL to an awful lot of people, including some of the best musical experts in the world. Some people's first reaction to hearing Harry James' playing is to question, "is this a satire? It sounds like a caricature set to music. Is this a joke, is he mocking someone, is he making fun of the song, or is he serious? He can't be serious, playing like that. He is? You mean, people actually like to hear that kind of playing? That's a shock." Harry James' trumpet playing was the instrumental version of Tiny Tim singing "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips." They both make you laugh, but the difference is that Harry James was actually serious about it! It's a good thing that all of the other famous trumpet players realized how distasteful and unappealing that syrupy, schmaltzy playing was and avoided playing that way, thank goodness. Fortunately, they had the good musical sense not to play that way, how nauseating it would be to hear that kind of crap all of the time. When Harry played ballads, they were so schmaltzy that it sounded like he was drunk, which is reputedly how Harry James spent 90% of his time. It's been told by his former roommates/band members that he enjoyed having a fifth of vodka for breakfast. If you can't understand that Harry's playing was repugnant and unappealing to a sizable number of people, then it is YOU who is devoid of intelligence and talent. I guess everyone who has an opinion different than yours is "devoid of intelligence and talent?" Gee, you're a heck of a guy!
I LOVE THIS SONG
That music vibe though. Like imagine it's 1945, you just get home from War, you are sitting on your front porch of your Little Bungalow near the sleepy lagoon enjoying the dusk, no one there except you, you smoking some cigarettes and sipping your Rum while rocking on the rocking chair. Quiet, so quiet. Just the sound of wave and beach sands all together. Ahh, Now That's Life 😌🥃
Awesome!
Exelente musica
Was on the openning scene of In Harms Way, starring John Wayne. Ill never forget it😁
Best version
Wonderful !!!!
The things i would do to own the original vinyl
It is all on shellac, not vinyl, and is readily available on eBay, estate sales, antique stores. I have over 2000 78rpm records, many of which are Harry James.
Sadly, many of the original owners of these records have already died, so finding them at estate sales will be a rarer and rarer event.
very well said
Every time I hear it it reminds me of Annie Hall
Arsenio Hall?
Anthony Fins. Reminds me of my teenage years. We had the best music ever!
I want Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band to play this great song with dancing by all means !
Harry always called Beaumont, Tx his home town,
Nos acompaño en aquellos años de los 40inolvidables. Gran trompetista y buenas orquestas.
Heard this one in the concert: Glenn Miller's Orchestra, 02 July 2012, Manila
The Sleepy Lagoon Trial brought me here.
Great song. i interviewed five of the Sleepy Lagoon defendants in 1974-75;
좋아하는 곡입니다
Ravel's Daybreak brought me here. Glad it did :)
apparently Daniel Johnston's 1981 cover of this song is coming out this month.
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grandes bandas musicales
En mis 90 ll recuerdo por acompañar mi adolescencia en aquellas peliculas technicolor. Insuperable !Lo
Temps passats maravellosos una cordial salutacio de Barcelona (Catalunya)
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I only know this song because the Efteling (dutch themepark) composed their own version of this song for a fairy tale display called "The magic clock" and later used it for a fountain show _(Look up Aquanura, it's really impressive.)_ I had no idea this song wasn't an original composition from the park until now. =3c
Por favor Terminen con Woody Allen.
Listen before sleep.
Harry, Glenn, Jimmy, Tommy, Benny, Artie et al, have been replaced with crap music. Bring back those great old days of America.
joe the best of times great music
@TaniaBarreraCastillo That's cause the fight was at the Sleepy Lagoon Bar, named for the song..... pachucos and sailors/marines..... bad time for all.....
Que Rifa La CLANTON sleepy Lagoon murders PACHUCO !
Sto leggendo Una Spirale di nebbia di Michele Prisco premio Strega 1966.
Citazione a pagina 132 del brano.
This is slightly up-tempo from the usual HJ recordings of the song, and I prefer it.
And please let's not forget who wrote this wonderful melody. There's no mention of his name. Eric Coates, in 1930.
me siento viejo, y tengo 19 años XD
zero dislikes!
Sleepy Lagoon
Steve and Peggy dancing
Another music😅 its been long long time - Harry James
@PublicRadioWorldWide My answer was HANNAH, but now you've got me wondering whether I've mixed up "Sleepy Lagoon" with "You Made Me Love You." For the record, I'd rather listen to Harry than watch Woody. Actually saw Harry live and in person when I was a kid, in my hometown of Westfield, NJ. What a horn.
Music channel brought me here
Y en 6.20 la musica que llego para quedarse, 60s Mexico City
#1 on Paul McCartney's birthday.