The song of the day for is “So Long, Big Time!”
About This Song
“So Long, Big Time!” was written in 1963 by Harold Arlen and Dory Langdon Previn. One of Arlen’s later songs, “So Long, Big Time!” is about the “player” who’s run out of luck and is giving up the fast life and knows when it’s time to walk away. The Bill Evans Trio and Monica Zetterlund recorded this song in 1964 for the album Waltz For Debby.
About This Version
Tony Bennett recorded “So Long, Big Time!” on September 17, 1963, for The Many Moods of Tony. Marty Manning wrote the arrangement and Harold Arlen conducted the orchestra.
“So Long, Big Time!” as well as The Many Moods of Tony, is available on Apple Music.
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