Mel Torme - When Sunny Gets Blue/June Christy - How High The Moon

The song “When Sunny Gets Blue“ by Jack Segal & Marvin Fisher Jack Segal (October 19, 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota -- February 10, 2005 in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California) was a pianist and composer of popular American songs, best known for writing the lyrics to Scarlet Ribbons. His composition “May I Come In?“ was the title track for a Blossom Dearie album. It has been estimated that his songs have helped sell 65 million for the ballad that was perhaps Segal’s greatest hit, Scarlet Ribbons, (with music composed by Evelyn Danzig Levine) were written in just 15 minutes in 1949, but the song languished until Segal presented it to Harry Belafonte five years later. Belafonte’s recording was responsible for making the song a hit. At least 30 other artists have also recorded Scarlet Ribbons, including the Kingston Trio, Joan Baez, Sinéad O’Connor, the Lennon Sisters, Wayne Newton, Perry Como and Dinah Shore. The song “How High The Moon&q
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