Straighten Up and Fly Right

Nat King Cole · 1943 · King Cole Trio, Capitol, recorded November 30, 1943; co-written with Irving Mills.

Context

Song written by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills, adapted from a tale of a buzzard and a monkey. The King Cole Trio recorded it on November 30, 1943, in Hollywood for Capitol. It reached number one on the Harlem Hit Parade and number nine on the pop chart in 1944, and later entered the Grammy Hall of Fame.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• Nature Boy (1948)

Sources

• patsyclinediscography.com
• udiscovermusic.com

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