Midnight Sun

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Johnny Mercer (in 1954)
composer:Johnny Mercer
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1947)
Lionel Hampton (in 1947)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Ella-fitzgerald-midnight-sun-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/9297 [info]
Wikidata:Q6842808 [info]
is the basis for:Wozzeck/Improvisation/The Midnight Sun

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1947-11-10Midnight SuninstrumentalLionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:18
1947-11-10Midnight SuninstrumentalLionel Hampton and His Orchestra?:??
1947Midnight Sun (1947)Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:20
1952-02-26Midnight Sun (New York, February 26, 1952)instrumentalColeman Hawkins2:56
1953-12-27Midnight SunJune Christy3:16
1954-09-13Midnight SuninstrumentalLionel Hampton6:12
1954Midnight Suninstrumental and liveLionel Hampton?:??
1955-07-26Midnight SuninstrumentalBarney Kessel3:10
1955-07-26Midnight SuninstrumentalBarney Kessel Quintet3:08
1955-12-29Midnight SunCarmen McRae3:48
1956-02-18Midnight SuninstrumentalJimmy Smith4:23
1956-02-18Midnight SuninstrumentalJimmy Smith4:23
1957-06-06Midnight SuninstrumentalWoody Herman4:02
1957-07-05Midnight Sun (live, 1957-07-05: Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA)liveCarmen McRae4:13
1957-10Midnight SunJulie London2:28
1958-04-25Midnight SunElla Fitzgerald & Her Trio3:46
1958-09Midnight Sun (stereo)instrumentalCharlie Barnet & His Orchestra2:48
1958-12Midnight SunLes Brown and His Band of Renown2:56
1958Midnight SunKen Nordine2:33
1958Midnight SuninstrumentalArt Farmer2:41
1960Midnight SuninstrumentalThe George Shearing Quintet?:??
1961-03-25Midnight Sun (live, 1961-03-25: Olympia, Paris, France)instrumental and liveLionel Hampton Big Band5:16
1963-05-29Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan5:35
1963-06-05The Midnight Sun“Brother” Jack McDuff6:20
1964Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald4:57
1965-06-03Midnight SuninstrumentalLou Donaldson4:48
1965-12Midnight Suncover and liveCarmen McRae4:24
1966-06Midnight SunliveCarmen McRae4:21
1975-05-19Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson3:40
1978-04-25Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan4:39
1978-09 – 1988-08-02Midnight SunMarlene VerPlanck3:37
1983-04-25Midnight SunCarol Sloane6:14
1984-10Midnight SuninstrumentalToots Thielemans6:04
1984-12Misty / Midnight SunmedleyMark Murphy6:01
1985Midnight SunAhmad Jamal3:22
1987-08The Midnight SunliveMel Tormé & George Shearing5:37
1990-12-14Midnight SuninstrumentalCecil Brooks III4:06
1991-01-03Midnight SuninstrumentalKirk Lightsey9:05
1991-03-19Midnight SuninstrumentalHank Jones Trio with Mads Vinding and Al Foster6:52
1991-06Midnight SunCarol Sloane7:37
1995-08-25 – 1995-08-26Midnight SuncoverDuke Jordan6:52
2004-03Midnight SuninstrumentalEric Alexander, Mike LeDonne, John Webber, Joe Farnsworth7:03
2004Midnight SuncoverAl Jarreau6:04
2004Midnight SunDany Doriz and Sweet System4:43
2008-06Midnight SuninstrumentalPaul Motian Trio 2000 + Two6:51
2013-06-22Midnight Suncover and liveQuartet11:10
2014-01-25Midnight Sun (live, 2014-01-25: Verdi Club, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveNellie McKay3:44
2014-05Midnight SunDenise Donatelli6:19
Esperanza Spalding: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concertcover and liveEsperanza Spalding17:00
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald3:57
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald4:54
Midnight Suncover and liveElla Fitzgerald3:44
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald3:52
Midnight SuncoverStan Getz & Ella Fitzgerald3:57
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald4:56
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson3:42
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald4:34
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald4:57
Midnight Suncover and liveElla Fitzgerald3:40
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald3:58
Midnight SuncoverElla Fitzgerald4:54
Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan?:??
Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan5:36
Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan1:37
Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan?:??
Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan5:36
Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan5:37
Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan5:43
Midnight Suncover and liveSarah Vaughan4:36
Midnight SuncoverSarah Vaughan5:43
Midnight SuncoverNancy Wilson3:50
Midnight SuncoverNancy Wilson3:51
Midnight SuncoverNancy Wilson3:52
Midnight SuninstrumentalGlen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra3:23
Midnight Suncover and instrumentalTsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio6:07
Midnight SunLes Brown and His Band of Renown2:45
Midnight SunLes Brown and His Band of Renown?:??
Midnight SunLes Brown and His Band of Renown?:??
Midnight SunLes Brown & His Band of Renown3:10
Midnight SunLes Brown and His Band of Renown?:??
Midnight SuncoverPat Longo3:05
Midnight SunHarry James2:46
Midnight SunHarry James2:47
Midnight SunLionel Hampton & His Orchestra3:21
Midnight SunLionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:20
Midnight SunLionel Hampton?:??
Midnight SunLionel Hampton?:??
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:14
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:18
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:18
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:23
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:20
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:53
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:18
Midnight SunLionel Hampton, Sonny Burke & Johnny Mercer3:54
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:19
Midnight SunLionel Hampton6:13
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:20
Midnight SunLionel Hampton3:18
Midnight SunLionel Hampton8:56
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