“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.” Words by Eric Maschwitz, music by Manning Sherwin (1940). Recorded by Elsie Carlisle under the musical direction of Jay Wilbur on April 11, 1940. Rex 9816. Show
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Elsie Carlisle Video by Brian’s 78’s (YouTube) “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” is a simple, sentimental love song that recounts the circumstances of the first meeting of two lovers in Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, which happens to be only five blocks from where Elsie Carlisle lived for decades. On April 11, 1940 she recorded this atmospheric composition for the Rex label to the accompaniment of an electric organ. Hers remains one of the memorable early versions of the piece, which continues to see treatments by popular artists to this day. First performed in the musical revue New Faces by Judy Campbell, the song was popular with British dance bands in June and July of 1940: there were versions by Carrol Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (with Anne Lenner singing), Ambrose and His Orchestra (with Anne Shelton as vocalist), Geraldo and His Orchestra (with Dorothy Carless), Billy Cotton and His Band (Alan Breeze, vocalist), and Joe Loss and His Band (with Paula Greene singing). It was included in medleys by Jay Wilbur and His Band (Sam Browne, vocalist) and by Joe Loss. Other than Elsie Carlisle’s, the most notable solo recording that year was by Vera Lynn, who is unusual in having sung the first stanza, which is traditionally omitted. “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” was popular in America that fall and was recorded by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (with vocalist Howard Dulaney), Ray Noble and His Orchestra (Larry Stewart, vocalist), and Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (with singer Ray Eberle). Kate Smith would make a notable solo recording of the song (like Vera Lynn, she sings the first stanza). Sadly, German bombs would fall on Berkeley Square only months after Elsie Carlisle made her recording. Music written byManning SherwinLyrics written byEric MaschwitzLanguageEnglishISWCT-070.152.584-9 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC, JASRAC Music written byManning SherwinLyrics written byEric MaschwitzLanguageEnglishISWCT-070.152.584-9 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC, JASRAC A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square is a 1979 British heist film directed by Ralph Thomas, written by Guy Elmes and starring Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias and David Niven. It is subtitled "based on one of the biggest robberies in London". The film takes its name from the 1940 published song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square". Ralph Thomas later said the film "had quite a superb cast" and "he was really quite fond" of the movie "but I didn't do it as well as I should have done because by the time we started it David was already sick, and so we had to do the best we could as quickly as we could and it didn't come off as I'd hoped. But it was still a fun film and we enjoyed making it."[1] It was shot at Twickenham Studios and on location around London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lionel Couch. Plot summary[edit]Pinky (Jordan) is released from prison and has decided to go straight from now on, but takes a job as a maintenance man at a large bank, which gives him a lot of undue attention from "Ivan the Terrible" (Niven), the local hoodlum. By using Pinky, Ivan hopes to rob the bank, and Pinky starts to like the idea of going back to his old ways. Who sang the original A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square?The song was published in 1940, when it was first performed in the London revue New Faces by Judy Campbell (later the mother of Jane Birkin). In the same year it was also performed by both Ray Noble and then by Vera Lynn.
WHEN WAS A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square written?Written in 1939, with words by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin, this romantic ballad was quickly established as a standard of the lounge repertoire and has been recorded by Vera Lynn, Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Harry Connick Jr., Mel Torme, and Rod Stewert among many others.
Is A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square jazz?Its the ladies turn to sing the songs of one the the greatest jazz vocal groups ever! "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" will put your choir on the jazz track with its hip '40s lyrics. This accessible setting of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" retains all the flavor of the original Manhattan Transfer hit.
Are there nightingales in London?Nightingales are migrant breeders, arriving in the UK from mid to late April.
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