"PEEL ME A GRAPE" who sings it?
Lisa Tomlinson
Early versions of the box set THE MERCURY SONGBOOK contained
a song called PEEL ME A GRAPE. Later versions do not have this
song. Does anyone know who is the performer and on what album
I can find this song? Why was it taken off the CD set?
Shep Meyers
In article <01bbf87e$6c3067e0$bbf5aecc@ltomlins>, "Lisa Tomlinson"
<ltom...@direct.ca> wrote:
I'm not familiar with THE MERCURY SONGBOOK, but I assume Dave Frishberg,
who composed the song, performs it on one of his CD's, and vocalist
Kristin Korb performs it on her TELARC CD, "Introducing Kristin Korb with
the Ray Brown Trio.
"
Shep
GJuke
>>>>> Early versions of the box set THE MERCURY SONGBOOK contained
> a song called PEEL ME A GRAPE. Later versions do not have this
> song. Does anyone know who is the performer and on what album
> I can find this song? Why was it taken off the CD set?
I'm not familiar with THE MERCURY SONGBOOK, but I assume Dave Frishberg,
who composed the song, performs it on one of his CD's, and vocalist
Kristin Korb performs it on her TELARC CD, "Introducing Kristin Korb with
the Ray Brown Trio.<<<<
If it's a quirky, off-key female voice; it's probably Blossom Dearie...
(Can't stand her voice!!!! But I know she's done the song)
GJ
John W. Wilson
Shep Meyers wrote:
>
> In article <01bbf87e$6c3067e0$bbf5aecc@ltomlins>, "Lisa Tomlinson"
> <ltom...@direct.ca> wrote:
>
> > a song called PEEL ME A GRAPE. Later versions do not have this
> > song. Does anyone know who is the performer and on what album
> > I can find this song? Why was it taken off the CD set?
>
also. If you can find or order it, the best I've heard by far is by
Dave and Maureen Budway (brother and sister) from their CD "Jazz the
Budway" on Corona Music label.
Jack Woker
GJuke wrote:
>
> >>>>> Early versions of the box set THE MERCURY SONGBOOK contained
> > a song called PEEL ME A GRAPE. Later versions do not have this
> > song. Does anyone know who is the performer and on what album
> > I can find this song? Why was it taken off the CD set?
>
> who composed the song, performs it on one of his CD's, and vocalist
> Kristin Korb performs it on her TELARC CD, "Introducing Kristin Korb with
> the Ray Brown Trio.<<<<
>
> If it's a quirky, off-key female voice; it's probably Blossom Dearie...
> (Can't stand her voice!!!! But I know she's done the song)
I first heard the song by Blossom Dearie in the late 70's, but can't
tell you when she recorded it. Anita O'Day recorded the song in 1962
(originally on the LP "Time For 2", Verve), and it's possible that the
compilation you refer to may have contained that version.
jack
Doug Wamble
Jack Woker wrote:
> I first heard the song by Blossom Dearie in the late 70's, but can't
> tell you when she recorded it. Anita O'Day recorded the song in 1962
> (originally on the LP "Time For 2", Verve), and it's possible that the
> compilation you refer to may have contained that version.
> jack
I saw Diana Krall in Chicago several nights in a row(to see
Russell Malone, not to gawk at Diana)and she did this tune
every night. It was cool...really played on the obvious sexual
tension between herself and Russell. She calls it the sequel
to "Frim Fram Sauce".
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Doug Wamble-Guitarist
Swin...@nwu.edu
http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~cds653
Steve Schwartz
Shirley Horn also does a version on her most recent "The Main Ingredient" on Verve.
Steve
Dan Lai
In article <01bbf87e$6c3067e0$bbf5aecc@ltomlins>, "Lisa Tomlinson"
> Early versions of the box set THE MERCURY SONGBOOK contained
> a song called PEEL ME A GRAPE. Later versions do not have this
> song. Does anyone know who is the performer and on what album
> I can find this song? Why was it taken off the CD set?
I was watching some sort of Vanessa Williams concert on cable New Years
Eve (yeah, I was bored) and she said she was going to do a tune she heard
on a Sarah Vaughan record and promptly sang "Peel Me a Grape". She didn't
mention which album and I have no idea which one it might be. I know that
Blossom Dearie does that tune and it's probably on one of her Verve albums
of the late 50's/early 60's. I think it's also on a Dave Frishberg CD
called "Dave Frishberg Classics" on Concord (he wrote the tune).
Dan Lai
M Borshuk
Lisa Tomlinson (ltom...@direct.ca) wrote:
: Early versions of the box set THE MERCURY SONGBOOK contained
: a song called PEEL ME A GRAPE. Later versions do not have this
: song. Does anyone know who is the performer and on what album
: I can find this song? Why was it taken off the CD set?
Don't know why it was taken off of the set, but the version of the tune
that is on (I believe) disc 4 of original Mercury Songbook set is by
Blossom Dearie. It's also featured on her album, "Needlepoint Magic,"
recorded in 1979 for her Daffodil label.
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