Teach Me Tonight
"Teach Me Tonight" is a popular song that has become a jazz standard. The music was written by Gene De Paul, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn.[1] The song was published in 1953.
Early Cover Versions
Five versions charted in 1954 and 1955:[2]
- Janet Brace was apparently first, making the Billboard chart on October 23, 1954, and eventually reaching No. 23.
- Jo Stafford - No. 15 in 1954
- Dinah Washington - a #4 R&B hit in 1954[3], inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999
- Helen Grayco - No. 29 in 1954
- The DeCastro Sisters - No. 2 in 1955
Other Notable Versions
- Count Basie - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
- Holly Cole - Holly (2017)
- Nat King Cole - single release (1954)[4]
- Sammy Davis Jr. - Our Shining Hour (1965)
- Christian De Sica - Swing (2009)
- Blossom Dearie
- Aretha Franklin - Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
- Erroll Garner - (instrumental) Concert by the Sea (1955)[5]
- Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston -Take Two album (1966)
- Groove for Thought - Unnecessary Dissonance (2014)
- Etta James/Cleanhead Vinson "The Late Show", recorded live at Marla's Memory Lane Supper Club, May, 1986
- Al Jarreau - Breakin' Away (1981)
- Steve Lawrence - Winners! (1963)[6]
- Brenda Lee - This Is...Brenda (1960)
- Peggy Lee - Sugar 'n' Spice (1962)
- George Maharis - George Maharis Sings! (1962)
- Bette Midler - It's the Girls (2014)
- The Mills Brothers - The Mills Brothers – Sing Beer Barrel Polka and Other Golden Hits (1962)[7]
- Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall (1992)
- Anne Murray - Croonin' (1993)
- Patti Page - From Nashville to L.A.: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-1969[8]
- Louis Prima and Keely Smith - Together (1960)[9]
- Johnnie Ray - Til Morning (1958)[10]
- Cliff Richard - Bold as Brass (2010)
- Anne Shelton - single release (1954)[11]
- Frank Sinatra on his 1984 recording on L.A. Is My Lady, in which Cahn wrote a new verse for the track.
- Phoebe Snow - It looks Like Snow (1976)
- James Taylor - American Standard (2020)
- Sarah Vaughan - single release (1960)[12]
- Dinah Washington
- Nancy Wilson - Something Wonderful (1960)
- Amy Winehouse - Frank Live at the Hootenanny, London B-Side (2004)
- George Winston - Plains (1999)
- Stevie Wonder featuring The Four Tops - Up-Tight (1966)
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References
- "Teach Me Tonight - Jazz Standards", JazzStandards.com
- Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 590. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 612.
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- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, "Concert by the Sea" review, AllMusic.
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