There's a Lull in My Life

"There's a Lull in My Life" is a 1937 song, written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel for the film Wake Up and Live. A "torch ballad", it was released in 1937 as a single and became Alice Faye's only major hit record.[1] Other popular versions in 1937 were by Teddy Wilson (vocal by Helen Ward), George Hall and His Orchestra, and by Duke Ellington (vocal by Ivie Anderson).[2]

It has also been performed by Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole,[3] Ella Fitzgerald,[4] Chet Baker,[5] Kurt Hohenberger, Johnny Hartman,[6] Anita O'Day,[7] Kay Starr[8] and Tony Bennett.

References
  1. Green, Stanley (1999). Hollywood Musicals Year by Year. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-634-00765-1.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 593. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. "Vibe". Vibe Vixen. Vibe Media Group: 176. December 1996. ISSN 1070-4701.
  4. Stereo Review. Ziff-Davis. 1959. p. 115.
  5. Gavin, James (1 July 2011). Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker. Chicago Review Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-56976-903-4.
  6. Akkerman, Gregg (2012). The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story. Studies in Jazz, No. 68. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810882812.
  7. "Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day". AllMusic.
  8. "Swingin' with Kay Starr". AllMusic.


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