On the 25th of February 1964: #JohnnyBurke, American songwriter ("Swinging on a Star", "Pennies from Heaven", "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"), died of a heart attack at 55.
#RIP 🕊️💐

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner & Johnny Burke: 🎵 Misty #BBCRadio3 #ErrollGarner #JohnnyBurke ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Track on #Spotify:

Misty

"Misty" is a #jazzStandard written and originally recorded in 1954 by pianist #ErrollGarner. He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional #32barFormat, and recorded it on July 27, 1954 for the album #Contrasts. Lyrics were added later by #JohnnyBurke. It appeared on #JohnnyMathis' 1959 album #Heavenly, and this recording reached number 12 on the #USPopSingles chart later that year. It has since become Mathis’ #signatureSong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzt2rdWBazo

"Misty" is a #jazzStandard written in 1954 by pianist #ErrollGarner. He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional #32barFormat, and recorded it for the album #Contrasts. Lyrics were added later by #JohnnyBurke. It appeared on #JohnnyMathis' 1959 album #Heavenly, and this recording reached number 12 on the #USPopSingles chart later that year. It has since become the #signatureSong of Mathis. The song has been recorded by many other artists.
https://youtu.be/w8DtI4UgDi8