Lester Young Back Home Again in Indiana
| "(Dorsum Home Once again in) Indiana" | |
|---|---|
 1917 sheet music cover | |
| Composition | |
| Published | January 1917 |
| Genre | jazz/swing |
| Songwriter(s) | Ballard MacDonald and James F. Hanley |
"(Dorsum Home Again in) Indiana" is a song composed by James F. Hanley with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald that was published in January 1917. Although information technology is not the state vocal of Indiana (which is "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away"), information technology is perchance the all-time-known song that pays tribute to the Hoosier state.
An Indiana signature [edit]
The melody was introduced as a Tin Pan Aisle popular song of the time. It contains a musical quotation from the already well known "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away", as well as repetition of words from the lyrics: candlelight, moonlight, fields, new-mown hay, sycamores, and the Wabash River.
Since 1946, the chorus of "Back Home Again in Indiana" has been performed during pre-race ceremonies before the Indianapolis 500. During the song, thousands of multicolored balloons are released from an infield tent. The balloon release dates back to 1947, and has coincided with the song since about 1950. From 1972 to 2014, the song was performed most often past Jim Nabors. He admitted to having the song's lyrics written on his hand during his countdown performance, and occasionally his versions contradistinct several of the words. The vocals are supported by the Purdue All-American Marching Band. In 2014, Nabors performed the song for the final time later on announcing his retirement earlier that year, proverb: "You know, there's a fourth dimension in life when y'all have to move on. I'll be 84 this yr. I just figured it was fourth dimension ... This is really the highlight of my twelvemonth to come up here. It'south very lamentable for me, but nevertheless at that place's something within of me that tells me when it's time to go."[ane]
After Nabors retired, the honor of singing the song was washed on a rotating basis (which had also been the case prior to Nabors condign the regular singer) in 2015 and 2016. A cappella group Straight No Chaser performed in 2015 and the Bound 2014 winner of The Voice Josh Kaufman accompanied by the Indianapolis Children's Choir performed in 2016. The Speedway has returned to a standard vocaliser starting in 2017, with Jim Cornelison doing information technology for five runnings as of the 2021 race.[2]
A jazz standard [edit]
Columbia 78 by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, 1917
In 1917 it was one of the current popular tunes selected by Columbia Records to exist recorded past the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, (ODJB), who released information technology as a 78 with "Darktown Strutters' Ball". This lively instrumental version past the ODJB was i of the earliest jazz records issued and sold well. The tune became a jazz standard. For years, Louis Armstrong and his All Stars would open every public operation with the number.
Its chord changes undergird the Charlie Parker composition "Donna Lee", one of jazz's all-time known contrafacts, a composition that lays a new melody over an existing harmonic structure. Bottom known contrafacts of "Indiana" include Fats Navarro'southward "Ice Freezes Red"[3] and Lennie Tristano's "Ju-Ju".[4]
In 1934, Joe Young, Jean Schwartz, and Joe Ager wrote "In a Piffling Red Barn (On a Farm Downwards in Indiana)", which not just incorporated all the same cardinal words and phrases above, but whose chorus had the same harmonic structure as "Indiana". In this respect information technology was a contrafact of the latter.
Comprehend versions [edit]
- Original Dixieland Jazz Band, 1917[5]
- Eddie Condon with Frank Teschemacher and Factor Krupa, 1928[5]
- Ruby-red Nichols, 1929[5]
- Casa Hill Orchestra, 1932[5]
- Chu Berry with Hot Lips Page, 1937[5]
- Lester Immature with Nat King Cole, 1942[five]
- Lester Immature with Count Basie, 1944[5]
- Don Byas with Slam Stewart, 1945[6]
- Bud Powell, 1947[five]
- Louis Armstrong, An Evening with Louis Armstrong at Pasadena Borough Auditorium, 1951[five]
- Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer, Two of a Kind, 1961
- Richard "Groove" Holmes, On Basie'southward Bandstand, 1966[5]
- Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims, Joe and Zoot, 1973[5]
- Glen Campbell, live on The This night Evidence, 1973[7]
- Bonnie Koloc, Wild and Recluse, 1978
- Dick Wellstood with Kenny Davern, The Blueish Iii at Hanratty's, 1981[5]
- Straight No Chaser, The New One-time Fashioned, 2015
Usage in movies [edit]
- Remember the Night, 1940: One of the main themes of the picture.
- The Monte Carlo Story, 1956: Marlene Dietrich sings the vocal for Arthur O'Connell.
- The Five Pennies, 1959: The song is featured in several scenes as Danny Kaye portrays the life of trumpeter Red Nichols.
See also [edit]
- Listing of pre-1920 jazz standards
References [edit]
- ^ Olson, Jeff (25 May 2014). "Jim Nabors performs at Indianapolis 500 one last fourth dimension". U.s.a. TODAY . Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ Coggan, Devan (24 May 2015). "Lookout Straight No Chaser pace into Jim Nabors' shoes, sing to kick off the Indy 500". EW.com . Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ Navarro, Fats. "Ice Freezes Red" Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Car transcribed by Peter Kenagy. Page 12. 2012. Accessed December 22, 2013.
- ^ Friedenn, Marv. Sermon on the Flats: The Egalitarian Culling to Fortune Worship. "Sermon on the Flats" Los Angeles, California, psst Press. Page 108. 2006.
- ^ a b c d due east f k h i j one thousand l Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 200–201. ISBN978-0-xix-993739-iv.
- ^ "Don Byas, Slam Stewart June 9, 1945". Discography J-Disc. Columbia University in the City of New York. Retrieved 2019-xi-08 .
- ^ "Y'all accept to watch Glen Campbell shred "Dorsum Home Once more in Indiana" on guitar". WTHR. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2021-11-xvi .
External links [edit]
- Song lyrics on Wikisource
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Home_Again_in_Indiana
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