Lullaby of birdland lyrics george shearing biography
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Lullaby of Birdland
Jazz song
"Lullaby of Birdland" is a jazz standard and popular song composed by George Shearing with lyrics by George David Weiss (under the pseudonym "B.
Lullaby of birdland lyrics george shearing biography
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Background
George Shearing wrote "Lullaby of Birdland" in 1952 for Morris Levy, the owner of the New York jazz club Birdland.
Levy had gotten in touch with Shearing and explained that he had started a regular Birdland-sponsored disk jockey show, and he wanted Shearing to record a theme which was "to be played every hour on the hour." Levy originally wanted his own music to be recorded, but Shearing insisted he could not relate very well with it and wanted to compose his own music.
They compromised by sharing the rights of the song; the composer's rights went to Shearing, and the publishing rights went to Levy.[1][5]
Shearing stated in his autobiography that he had composed "the whole thing [...] within ten minutes."[1]