"Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)" is a song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Ted Koehler; the melody came to Arlen while he was visiting Anya Taranda, a model who later became his wife. It was written for Arlen and Koehler's last Cotton Club show in 1934, and sung by Adelaide Hall.Williams, Iain Cameron (2002),Underneath A Harlem Moon
Hall explained how the song was presented on the Cotton Club stage:
The song is featured in the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola film The Cotton Club, where it is sung by Lonette McKee; the character she plays in the film has similarities to Adelaide Hall in real life.
Notable recordings Maxine Sullivan (1939) Lena Horne - Moanin' Low (1942) Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours (1955) Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956) Ben Webster - Soulville (1957) Billie Holiday - All or Nothing at All (1958) Ella Fitzgerald - Ella at the Opera House (1958), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961) Horace Silver - Further Explorations (1958) Stan Kenton - Standards in Silhouette (1959) Howard McGhee - Sharp Edge (1961) Sarah Vaughan - After Hours (1961), Send in the Clowns (1981) Earl Grant - Midnight Sun (1962) Lee Morgan - Cornbread (1967) Larry Coryell/Emily Remler - Together (1985) Australian recording artist Kate Ceberano - Kate Ceberano and her Septet (1986) Adelaide Hall - Live at the Riverside Studios (Riverside Studios) (Jay Productions Ltd./TER Ltd. CDVIR 8312, 1990) Michael Brook featuring Michael Stipe, Jimmy Scott, and Flea - Albino Alligator soundtrack (1997) Lils Mackintosh - Seasons (1997) Bobby Caldwell - Come Rain or Come Shine (1999) June Christy - A Friendly Session, Vol. 1 (2000) with the Johnny Guarnieri Quintet Audra McDonald - Happy Songs (2002) Mina - Mina per Wind (Vol.2) (2002) Debbie Harry (in a medley with "Stormy Weather") - Hal Willner's Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (2003) Patti LuPone - The Lady with the Torch (2006) Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts (2009) Johnny Dankworth - Too Cool for the Blues (2010) Norah Jones with the Charlie Haden Quartet West - Sophisticated Ladies (2010)
External links lyric JazzStandards.com: Song Information
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