Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine | 'Easter Parade' by Irving Berlin (Official Lyric Video)

"Easter Parade"
Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Performed by Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine
From Irving Berlin's EASTER PARADE

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ABOUT IRVING BERLIN:
Irving Berlin was born Israel Beilin on May 11, 1888. One of eight children, his exact place of birth is unknown, although his family had been living in Tolochin, Byelorussia, when they immigrated to New York in 1893. When his father died, Berlin, just turned 13, took to the streets in various odd jobs, working as a busker singing for pennies, then as a singing waiter in a Chinatown Cafe. In 1907 he published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy," and by 1911 he had his first major international hit "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Over the next five decades, Irving Berlin produced an outpouring of ballads, dance numbers, novelty tunes and love songs that defined American popular song for much of the century. A sampling of just some of the Irving Berlin standards includes "How Deep Is The Ocean," "Blue Skies," "White Christmas," "Always," "Anything You Can Do," "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Cheek To Cheek," "Puttin' On The Ritz," "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody," "Heat Wave," "Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning," "Easter Parade" and "Let's Face The Music And Dance." In a class by itself is his beloved paean to his beloved country, "God Bless America." He was equally at home writing for Broadway and Hollywood. He wrote seventeen complete scores for Broadway musicals and revues, and contributed material to six more. Among the shows featuring all-Berlin scores were The Cocoanuts, As Thousands Cheer, Louisiana Purchase, This Is The Army, Miss Liberty, Mr. President, Call Me Madam and the phenomenally successful Annie Get Your Gun. Recent musicals culled from his screen work include Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Broadway, across the USA, Canada and Great Britain), and Top Hat, winner of the 2013 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Among the Hollywood movie musical classics with scores by Irving Berlin are Top Hat, Follow The Fleet, On The Avenue, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Holiday Inn, Blue Skies, Easter Parade, White Christmas and There's No Business Like Show Business.

[JohnDonovanProductions]

Not unlike the film that bears its name, the song " Easter Parade " had a rocky road to success . The melody was originally given a different lyric and title by Berlin, called " Smile And Show Your Dimple . " Quickly forgotten, Berlin reused the melody for a spot in his 1933 Broadway revue Thousands Cheer . With the tune transformed into " Easter Parade, " introduced by Clifton Webb and Marilyn Miller, it instantly became a perennial standard .

[HajimeIshii-dnmz]

“Easter Parade” is a great musical number even
no matter who may sing it. This also proves Irving Berlin was a genius. He created a
number of amazing songs. All of them are great comforts to me.

[johnston]

I have always loved Sarah Vaughan -perhaps the best female vocalist ever.