The Thrill Is Gone (1931 song)

"The Thrill Is Gone"
Song
Released1931
GenreTraditional pop, Jazz
Composer(s)Ray Henderson
Lyricist(s)Lew Brown

"The Thrill Is Gone" is a popular song composed by Ray Henderson with lyrics by Lew Brown which was first sung by Everett Marshall in the Broadway revue George White's Scandals in 1931.[1]

The song was first recorded in 1931 by Rudy Vallée And His Connecticut Yankees on the Victor label.[2] It became a hit at #10 on the charts and was recorded later by many other popular jazz artists throughout the following decades, eventually becoming a jazz standard.[3]

After listening to Chet Baker's cover, Elvis Costello became inspired and wrote Almost Blue off the album Imperial Bedroom, trying to capture its "erie" quality.[4]

  1. ^ Songfacts. "The Thrill Is Gone by Rudy Vallée - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  2. ^ Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees – My Song / The Thrill Is Gone (1931, Shellac), retrieved 2021-03-18
  3. ^ "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (The Thrill Is Gone)". www.jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  4. ^ Costello, Elvis (2015). Unfaithful music & disappearing ink. New York. p. 390. ISBN 978-0-399-16725-6. OCLC 919068291.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)