Mountain Greenery
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Article Images"Mountain Greenery" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical The Garrick Gaieties (1926). It was first performed on stage by Sterling Holloway.
"Mountain Greenery" | |
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Sheet music, 1926 | |
Song | |
Published | 1926 |
Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
Lyricist(s) | Lorenz Hart |
The lyrics display Hart's characteristic use of enjambement and witty and unexpected internal rhymes e.g. 'lover let' and 'coverlet' and 'keener re...' rhymed with 'beanery':
- Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orchestra - recorded on May 27, 1926, for Victor.[1]
- Frank Crumit - recorded for Victor on July 29, 1926.[2]
- Bing Crosby - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956) recorded on June 12, 1956.[3]
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)[4]
- Patti Page - for her album In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956).[5]
- Mel Tormé (1956) (a top-five hit in the UK)[6]
- Barbara Lea - included in the album Lea in Love (1957).[7]
- The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967)[8]
- Tony Bennett (1973) for his album The Rodgers & Hart Songs with The Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet.[9]
- Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and the Fun Songs Kids - Mickey's Fun Songs: Campout at Walt Disney World (1994)
- The song was featured in the 1948 MGM film Words and Music, performed by Perry Como, Allyn Ann McLerie and a chorus.
- Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, in character as Rob and Laura Petrie, performed the song in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show titled "The Sleeping Brother".
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- ^ British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Ltd. 2005. p. 513. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
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