"Why Did You Not Do It Properly?" (originally recorded as "Weed Smoker's Dream ") is an American pop song influenced by blues and jazz written by Joseph "Kansas Joe" McCoy in 1936. A small twelve blues key with multiple chord substitutions , is considered a classic song "blues lady" and has become the standard.
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Composition and lyrics
In 1936, Harlem Hamfats recorded "The Weed Smoker's Dream". The band members McCoy later rewrote the song, perfecting the composition and lyrics. The new song, titled "Why Do not You Do Right?", Was recorded by Lil Green in 1941, with guitar by William "Big Bill" Broonzy. The tape is an early jazz and blues music.
This song has its roots in blues music and initially associated with a marijuana smoker who is reminiscent of losing financial opportunities. As rewritten, she takes the perspective of a female partner, who misled her husband for his irresponsible ways:
Why do not you do the right thing, like other men do? Get out of here and give me money too.
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Peggy Lee recording
One of the most famous versions of the song was recorded by Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman on July 27, 1942, in New York. Featured in the 1943 movie, Stage Door Canteen , sold over 1 million copies and brought it to national attention. Lee often claimed that Green's recordings had an effect on his music. In a 1984 interview he said, "Me and I are fans of Lil Green, a great old blues singer, and Lil taped it, I used to play the tape in my dressing room, which is next to Benny, and finally he said, that song.' I said, 'Oh, I like it.' He said, 'Do you want me to set it up?' I said, 'I like that,' and he did it. "
"Why Do not You Do It Properly?" not the greatest hit of Goodman and Lee. However, it reached number four on the Billboard chart and defines Lee's rich and rich vocal style early in his career. Lee married guitarist Dave Barbour and left Goodman in 1943. He intends to retire from the music industry and focus on housekeeping, but he continues to accept an offer to return to the music scene, largely due in part to the success of "Why Are not You True?" singing again, and collaborating with Goodman throughout his career. They recorded an alternative version of "Why Do not You Do It Properly?" in 1947.
More rendering
Many musicians have recorded "Why Do not You Do It Properly?". These include renditions by Kay Kyser (vocals by Julie Conway), Ella Fitzgerald (Jazz in Philharmonic, Ella Fitzgerald Set) and Joe Pass, Julie London, Cal Tjader and Mary Stallings, Mark Murphy, Shirley Horns, Johnny Otis, Mel Torme, Rasputina, Imelda May, Left Te Kanawa, Ashlee Simpson, SinÃÆ'Â Ad O'Connor, Eden Brent on their album Mississippi Number One (2008), White Ghost Shivers on their album Everyone's Got 'Em (2006), and Chocolate Chocolate Drops in their Grammy Award-winning album Genuine Negro Jig (2010). SÃÆ'ºle Greg Wilson, who played with Drops on the album, released his own version (with his daughter, Senbi Wilson, singing leads, accompanied by Dom Flemons on guitar and SÃÆ'ºle on mandarin mandolin) the same year on his CD Runaway Dream: Post -African Music. In 1960, American jazz singer Della Reese recorded an uptempo version of the song for her album Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha. The song was later recorded in Italy in the early 1960s by Helen Merrill, while she lived there, for Parole e Musica album: Words and Music .
The song was performed in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit by animated character Jessica Rabbit. Although Kathleen Turner (who is not recognized for her role) speaks for the character, the vocal performance of the song is by actress Amy Irving, then the wife of executive producer Steven Spielberg. Hugh Laurie included the song, under the original title and with original lyrics (vocals by Gaby Moreno), on his second album in 2013. Gramophonedzie took a sample and remixed Peggy Lee 1947 version of The Best of Peggy Lee: The Capitol Years for her 2010 single "Why Do not You?" It reached number one on the UK Dance Chart.
Footage of Peggy Lee in 1947 Capitol is used throughout the Mafia II game.
Video game Fallout: New Vegas uses a 1950 Peggy Lee recording taken from an audio track from Snader Telescription. The online compilation either cites Columbia Benny Goodman or Capitol Dave Barbour sessions.
American singer, Lana Del Rey, covered the song during the Endless Summer Tour.
See also
- List of jazz standards of the 1930s
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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