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"I'm Beginning to See the Light" is a popular song and jazz standard, written by Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, and Harry James, and published in 1944. Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny recorded a version in 1945, that was on the pop song hits list for six weeks in 1945, reaching #5. A competing 1945 recording by Harry James and his Orchestra, with lead vocal by Kitty Kallen reached #1 for two weeks in January of that year. Duke Ellington also released in 1945 a version, which reached the top ten.〔("I'm Beginning to See the Light" ) at Jazz Standards〕 Ellington's inspiration for this song was his recent initiation into Freemasonry. He was a member of Social Lodge No. 1 of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, Prince Hall Affiliation. ==Notable recordings== *April Ames - "Strike A Match" (1959) *Rosemary Clooney – ''Out of This World'' (2000) *Bobby Darin *Frank Sinatra *Johnnie Ray (1958) *Billy Eckstine recorded the song many times: with Billy May, with Quincy Jones, with Bobby Tucker and with Gil Askey. *In 1986 Australian recording artist Kate Ceberano recorded a version for her album Kate Ceberano and her Septet. *Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. Vocal: Joya Sherrill Recorded in New York City on December 1, 1944. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalogue number 20-1618〔 (RCA Victor Records in the 20-1500 to 20-1999 series )〕 *''Ella and Basie!'', a 1963 Verve release with arrangements by Quincy Jones. *Clare Fischer – ''Songs for Rainy Day Lovers'' (1967) *Peggy Lee – ''Spotlight on Peggy Lee'' (1995) *Gerry Mulligan - ''Gerry Mulligan with Chet Baker'' (1955) *Sutton Foster recorded a version for her album ''Wish'' *The Hi-Lo's – ''A Musical Thrill'' (2006) *The Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny & Ella Fitzgerald *Chelsea Krombach performed the song for her debut album ''Look for the Silver Lining'' *The SuperJazz Big Band of Birmingham, Alabama, recorded the song on the CD ''UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis'' *Michael Bublé *Kelly Rowland *Joe Jackson recorded a cover of the song for his Duke Ellington tribute album, "The Duke". *Royce Campbell – Get Happy (2007) *Mel Torme-- "At the Crescendo" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I'm Beginning to See the Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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