"Easy Street" | |
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Song | |
Written | 1940 |
Songwriter(s) | Alan Rankin Jones |
"Easy Street" is a jazz standard and popular song with lyrics and music written by Alan Rankin Jones in 1940. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was first recorded by 'Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra.' [1]
The term 'easy street' originated in the late 1800s and is slang for "a state in which everything is going well and one is comfortable.” It's usually meant momentarily. [2]
Easy Street is in thirty-two bar form [4] [5] and includes a melody that moves the title line to different pitches whenever it recurs in a phrase. [4] [1] The song is usually played with a slow, slightly swinging melody. [1]
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"Easy Street" | |
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Song | |
Written | 1940 |
Songwriter(s) | Alan Rankin Jones |
"Easy Street" is a jazz standard and popular song with lyrics and music written by Alan Rankin Jones in 1940. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was first recorded by 'Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra.' [1]
The term 'easy street' originated in the late 1800s and is slang for "a state in which everything is going well and one is comfortable.” It's usually meant momentarily. [2]
Easy Street is in thirty-two bar form [4] [5] and includes a melody that moves the title line to different pitches whenever it recurs in a phrase. [4] [1] The song is usually played with a slow, slightly swinging melody. [1]
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)