My Baby Left Me: Jazz Edition Trivia Quiz

Answer: When the Sun Comes Out

"When the Sun Comes Out" was written in 1941 by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by Ted Koehler.

Harry M. Woods Wrote "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)" in 1926. "When Your Lover Has Gone" was written in 1931 by Einar Aaron Swan. "When Sunny Gets Blue" is by Marvin Fisher and Jack Segal. I haven't been able to find out when it was written, but Johnny Mathis recorded it in 1958 and it has remained one of his most enduring favorites.

Answer: Gone with the Wind

"Gone with the Wind" is a standard written in 1937 by Allie Wrubel and Herb Magidson. Vic Damone among others has recorded it.

The Spanish song, "Andalusia" was written by Ernesto Lecuona and Emilio de Torre. Al Stillman wrote the English lyrics for what we know as "The Breeze and I." The record of "The Breeze and I" by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with vocal by Bob Eberly, peaked at Number Two on the U.S. Billboard chart in 1940. In 1955, Caterina Valente released a version of the song that peaked at Number Thirteen in the United States and reached the top five in the United Kingdom. It has also been recorded by the Shadows, among many others.

Hal David and Don Rodney wrote "The Four Winds and the Seven Seas" in 1949. Sammy Kaye's orchestra had the biggest record, but it has also been recorded by Vic Damone and Mel Torme.

"Free as the Wind" by J. Goldsmith and H. Shaper is featured in the 1973 Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman film "Papillon". Engelbert Humperdinck included this song on his 1974 album "In Love."

Answer: Learnin' the Blues

Frank Sinatra has recorded all these songs. "Learnin' the Blues" was written by Dolores Vicki Silvers in 1955. Sinatra included it on the 1962 album "Sinatra-Basie, An Historic Musical First" which is, as the title indicates, a collaboration between Frank Sinatra and Count Basie.

Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer wrote "Blues in the Night" in 1940. Nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Song, it lost to "The Last Time I Saw Paris," but became an instant classic. Woody Herman and his Orchestra took their recording of "Blues in the Night" to Number One on the U.S. Billboard chart in 1942 and there have been numerous other charting versions on both sides of the Atlantic through the years. Sinatra included it on his 1958 album "Only the Lonely."

David Mann and Bob Hilliard wrote "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" in 1955. Sinatra recorded it that same year on the album "In the Wee Small Hours."

"The End of a Love Affair" was written by Edward C. Redding and Glenn Osser. It is on Sinatra's 1957 album "Close to You."

Answer: The Man That Got Away

"The Man That Got Away" by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin comes from the 1954 incarnation of the much remade movie "A Star Is Born" and became one of the songs most closely associated with Judy Garland. It was nominated for the 1955 Academy Award for Best Song but lost to "Three Coins in the Fountain."

"The Man I Love" was written by George and Ira Gershwin in 1924. It has been recorded by such stars as Helen Forest, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn and Diana Ross to name just a few.

"My Guy" by Smokey Robinson was a Number One Billboard hit for Mary Wells in 1964. "The Fool on the Hill" is a 1967 Lennon/McCartney song from the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album.

Answer: Travelin' Light

Written in 1942 by Trummy Young and Jimmy Mundy with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, "Travelin' Light" was first recorded by Lady Day (that is Billie Holiday), with whom it remains closely associated. Ella Fitzgerald among others has also recorded it.

"Blue (and Broken Hearted)" is a song from 1922 with words by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie and music by Lou Handman. Recorded by Bing Crosby as well as Eddie Condon with his Jazz All-stars, "Blue (and Broken Hearted)" remains a favorite with Traditional Jazz performers and fans.

Irving Berlin wrote "All Alone" in 1924. It has been recorded by Connee Boswell, Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, to name but three.

"Breezin' Along with the Breeze" was written by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons and Richard Whiting in 1926. Among others, it has been recorded by Perry Como and the Four Lads.

Answer: Better Luck Next Time

"Better Luck Next Time" by Irving Berlin was sung by Judy Garland in the 1948 movie musical "Easter Parade" in which she starred with Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford and Ann Miller.

Bing Crosby introduced "Just One More Chance" by Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston in the 1931 short musical film "One More Chance. He recorded the song again with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra in 1940.

"Never Before and Never Again" is the power ballad sung by Miss Piggy in "The Muppet Movie" (1979). Paul Williams wrote the score for the movie.

"Once in a Lifetime" is a single from Talking Heads' 1980 album "Remain in Light." Written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth, the song reached Number Fourteen on the British singles chart.

Answer: Oh! You Crazy Moon

"Oh! You Crazy Moon" is a 1939 song by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.

The evergreen Rodgers and Hart standard "Blue Moon," written in 1935, has been recorded by artists as diverse as Mel Torme, Elvis and Jan & Dean. The Marcels turned it into a doo-wop classic in 1961. Cybill Shepherd sang it in the episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" of the American detective series "Moonlighting" (Season 2, Episode 4, which aired on October 15, 1985.)

"Moon Over Miami" is a 1941 song by Edgar Leslie and Joe Burke. It has been recorded by Vaughn Monroe and Ray Charles, among others.

E.Y Harburg and Burton Lane wrote "Old Devil Moon" for their 1947 stage musical "Finian's Rainbow." In 1968 Francis Ford Copula made "Finian's Rainbow" into a movie starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele and Don Franks.

Answer: Who's kissing her now?

"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," music by Joseph E. Howard and Harold Orlob, and lyrics by Will M. Hough and Frank R. Adams was published in 1909 and introduced in the 1909 musical "The Prince Of Tonight." The song enjoyed a revival in the late '40s thanks to a 1947 biopic of the career of Howard. Also titled "I wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," the movie starred June Havre and Mark Stevens. Around this same time, Ted Weems and his Orchestra recorded the song with Perry Como on vocal.

Warren Davis, George Malone and Charles Patrick wrote "The Book of Love" in 1957 and it became a Billboard hit for their group, The Monotones, the next year, going to Number Five on the Pop chart and Number Three on the R&B chart.

The venerable American Folk singer Pete Seeger wrote the first three verses of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" in 1955, inspired by a passage in the novel "And Quiet Flows the Don" by Mikhail Sholokhov:

"Where are the flowers, the girls have plucked them.
Where are the girls, they've all taken husbands.
Where are the men, they're all in the army."

The lines are from the traditional Cossack folk song "Tovchu, tovchu mak." Pete transformed these poignant lines into the familiar verses of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and set them to another Russian Folk melody. In 1960, Joe Hickerson added the remaining verses and made it a "circular" song by finishing with the first verse. A beloved Folk standard, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" has been recorded by many of the greats of the Folk world - besides Pete himself: The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez and Harry Belafonte. Numerous Country and Pop stars have also recorded it, perhaps the most surprising being Dame Vera Lynn and Marlene Dietrich. In 2010, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" was named as one of the Top Twenty Political Songs by the Left-leaning British magazine "The New Statesman."

John Fogerty wrote "Who'll Stop the Rain" for Credence Clearwater Revival's 1970 album "Cosmo's Factory." The single reached Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: Autumn Leaves

The 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" was written by Hungarian-French composer Joseph Kosma and poet Jacques Prévert. In 1947 the great American lyricist Johnny Mercer added English lyrics to create the perennial favorite "Autumn Leaves." Among many others, it has been recorded by Jo Stafford, Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole, Frank Sinatra and Andy Williams.

George Gershwin wrote "Summertime" for the 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess." Though the lyrics are often attributed to Ira Gershwin, and indeed ASCAP gives him co-credit, they were actually written by DuBose Heyward. The song has been recorded by artists as diverse as Sarah Vaughn, Andy Williams and Sam Cook. Indeed, according to Wikipedia, "Summertime" is one of the most recorded songs of all time, with over thirty-three thousand recordings by groups and solo artists.

"Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" was written by Frank Loesser. It was introduced by Deanna Durbin in the 1944 film noir "Christmas Holiday." It has since been recorded by numerous Jazz and Pop artists including Sarah Vaughn.

"Winter World of Love" by Les Reed and Barry Mason was a 1969 hit for Engelbert Humperdinck, landing him in the Billboard Top 20 in the States and spending eleven weeks on the British Singles Chart and peaking at Number Seven. Billy Vaughn's 1970 album of the same title was his last of thirty-six albums to chart on the Billboard 200 since 1958.

Answer: One for my baby and one more for the road

"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen is a 1943 torch song most often associated with Frank Sinatra, though Fred Astaire introduced it in the movie "The Sky's the Limit." It has also been recorded by the legendary Jazz singers Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald (though sadly not together), Lou Rawls, Julie London. And many others.

"Blue Champagne" was a Number One hit for Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra in 1940.

Cole Porter's "Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please" is from the 1940 Broadway show "Panama Hattie." Ethel Merman sang the song in the show. It has also been recorded by Julie London.

"Moonlight Cocktail" by Luckey Roberts and Kim Gannon was a 1942 Number One hit for Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. It was also the Number Two record for the year, right behind Bing Crosby with "White Christmas." "Moonlight Cocktail" has also been recorded by such luminaries as Mary Martin, Bing Crosby and Mel Torme.