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The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

July 3, 2018 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: That Old Black Magic

The song of the day for Wednesday, July 4, 2018 is “That Old Black Magic.”

About This Song

One of the great songs by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, “That Old Black Magic” was written in 1942 and first recorded by Glenn Miller. It was also used in the 1942 movie Star Spangled Rhythm. It’s been recorded many times and used in several films, including the 1956 film Bus Stop, where it was sung by Marilyn Monroe.

About This Version

In August 2018, Tony Bennett, along with the Ralph Sharon Trio, and Dave Brubeck, along with Paul Desmond, Joe Morello and Eugene Wright both for performed at the request of President John Kennedy in special evening for the White House summer interns. After both Bennett and Brubeck did their respective sets, Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Joe Morello and Eugene Wright came back onstage for a completely improvised set, including a terrific recording of “That Old Black Magic.”

The tapes from the concert, long thought lost, were discovered a few months after Brubeck’s death in December 2012. They had been misfiled in the classical music vaults. The result of this fortuitous find was Bennett/Brubeck: The White House Sessions, Live 1962, released in 2013.

That Old Black Magic (with The Dave Brubeck Trio) - Live at the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. - August 1962

Listen to That Old Black Magic (with The Dave Brubeck Trio) - Live at the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. - August 1962 on Spotify. Tony Bennett · Song · 2013.


“That Old Black Magic,” as well as Bennett/Brubeck: The White House Sessions, Live 1962, is available from iTunes.

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Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Dave Brubeck, Eugene Wright, Harold Arlen, Joe Morello, Johnny Mercer, Tony Bennett

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