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Irene Higginbotham
Date de naissance 11.6.1918 à Worchester, MA, Etats-Unis d Amérique
Date de décès 27.8.1988 à New York City, NY, Etats-Unis d Amérique
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Irene Higginbotham (June 11, 1918, Worcester, Massachusetts August 27, 1988, New York City, New York)[1] was an American songwriter and concert pianist. She is best known for co-writing the Billie Holiday song "Good Morning Heartache" (1946).[2]
Biography
While her closest connection in the popular music of the 1930s and 1940s was Holiday, the prolific songwriter was niece of the classic jazz trombonist J.C. Higginbotham, and ex-wife of jazz pianist Teddy Wilson (Indeed, on some records her compositions are listed under her one-time married name "Irene Wilson.") She was a music student of Kemper Harold and Frederic Hall. She was also a concert pianist at fifteen and joined American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1944.
Her popular-song compositions included:[3]
- "Good Morning Heartache" (1946), recorded by Billie Holiday, Joe Williams, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett and many others
- "No Good Man", recorded by Billie Holiday (1946), and Nina Simone (1961)
- "This Will Make You Laugh", recorded by Nat King Cole Trio in 1941 and in 1993 by daughter Natalie Cole, also Carmen McRae (1955), Marvin Gaye (1978), John Pizzarelli (1992), and Keith Ingham (1998)
- "Are You Livin' Old Man", recorded by Anita O'Day with the Stan Kenton Orchestra (1942), and June Christy with the Stan Kenton Orchestra (1945)
- "It's Mad, Mad, Mad", recorded by Duke Ellington (1947)
- "I Got News for You", recorded by Woody Herman (1948)
- "Mean and Evil Blues", recorded by Dinah Washington (1948)
- "No Sale", recorded by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1945)
- "That Did It, Marie", recorded by Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (1941)
- "The Bottle's Empty" recorded by Coleman Hawkins (1945)
Also see ASCAP pages for a partial list.[4]
References
- Irene Higginbotham, The Black Perspective in Music, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Autumn, 1988), p. 247
- ASCAP: "Good Morning Heartache"
- [Irene Higgenbotham at All Music Guide Songs Composed by Irene Higginbotham]
- ASCAP: Songs Composed by Irene Higginbotham
External links
- Ghosts of Yesterday: Billie Holiday and the Two Irenes (a Jazz Mystery)
- Jazzsphere ten: Good morning Irene, Part 1
- Jazzsphere eleven: Good morning Irene, Part 2
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