Rise Again
Jazz & Swing
p. 142
First Line: 
Dinah, is there anyone finer in the state of Carolina?

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Sam M. Lewis
Joe Young
Harry Akst

Reference

Genre: 
jazz / swing

About the Song

"Dinah" is an American popular song published in 1925 & introduced by Ethel Waters at the Plantation Club on Broadway in New York City.

Covers: https://secondhandsongs.com/work/111408/all

Notable recordings:

  • Ethel Waters 1925
  • Cliff Richards 1925
  • The Revelers 1925 (film version above is from 1927)
  • Josephine Baker 1926
  • Louis Armstrong 1930
  • The Boswell Sisters 1934
  • Fats Waller 1936
  • Bing Crosby with The Mills Brothers 1931
  • Bing Crosby with The Buddy Cole Trio 1954
  • Bill Haley & His Comets 1959
  • The Hot Sardines 2011

 

 

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