"Sweet and Lovely"

Donald Novis with Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra

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"Sweet and Lovely" is an American popular song of 1931, composed by Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, and Harry Tobias.^[1]

Recordings of the song which charted in 1931 are:

• Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with a vocal refrain by Donald Novis – #1 on the charts for 14 weeks
• Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians – #2
• Bing Crosby – #9 – recorded September 14, 1931 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.^[2] (this was reissued in 1944 and briefly charted at No. 27)^[3]
• Ben Bernie & His Orchestra – #12
• Russ Columbo – #19^[1]

• Denny Dennis – with Jay Wilbur and his Orchestra (1940) ^[4]
• Flip Phillips Fliptet - recorded on October 9, 1944, released later as a 78 (Signature 90003)
• Thelonious Monk – for his 1952 album Thelonious Monk Trio
• Bing Crosby – for his 1954 album Bing: A Musical Autobiography
• Gerry Mulligan – for his 1955 album Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet
• Vince Guaraldi – for his 1956 album Vince Guaraldi Trio
• Cecil Taylor – for his 1956 debut album Jazz Advance
• Gerry Mulligan – for his 1957 album Mulligan Meets Monk
• Les Paul – for his 1957 album Time to Dream ^[5]
• Milt Jackson – for his 1958 album Bags & Flutes
• Keely Smith – for her 1958 album Politely! ^[6]
• Jerry Vale – for his 1958 album I Remember Russ ^[7]
• Ella Fitzgerald – for her 1959 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
• Bill Evans Trio - for their 1961 album Explorations
• Stan Kenton – for his 1961 album The Romantic Approach
• April Stevens & Nino Tempo - charted July 1962
• Thelonious Monk – for his 1962 quartet album Monk's Dream
• Lou Donaldson – for his 1967 album Lush Life (orchestrated)
• Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1969 and released on his 1975 album Harlem Blues
• Bryan Ferry – for his 1999 album As Time Goes By
• Eddie Henderson - for his 2023 album Witness to History