Misty (song)
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"Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner. Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32 bar format, the tune later had lyrics added by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Sarah Vaughan. It has been covered numerous times, perhaps most notably by Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis (1959), and also by Ray Stevens (1975) as a country song. It was also used as a theme song for NBC's Today Show for most of the 1960s.
Other singers, bands, and titles who have covered this song are as follows:
Ella Fitzgerald | Frank Sinatra | Aretha Franklin | Chris Conner | Hadda Brooks | Jim Bajor | VIP Service | Eric Miller (musician) and his orchestra | Earl Grant | Stephane_Grapelli & Diverse | Les Brown (bandleader) and His Band o Renown | Brian Auger | Dorothy moore | Ladies only Cafe Springs | Stephane_Grapelli & Diverse Instrumental | Freddie Hubbard | Benny Green | Janis Siegel | McCoy Tyner | Duke Ellington | Ray Stephens | Lloyd Price | Frank Vignola | Etta James (Two covers of Misty) | Bill Tapia | Billy Ekstine | Julie London | Claude Bolling | Joe Pass | Dave Koz | Buddy Merril | Nana Gualdi & das Orchester Rolf Kühn | The Benny Carter Group | Pharoah Sanders | Errol Gardener (The original misty) also peformed a live recoding | Dennis Marcelina & Mark Stefani | Jackie Gleason | Brandon Fields & The Gina Kronstadt Strings Los Angeles (orchestra) | Byard Lancaster | Ben Webster | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | Chris Connor | Christy Baron | Johny Mathis LIVE | Dexter Gordon | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Johny Mathis | Mark Maxwell | Dianna Reeves | Kenny Rogers | Dianne Carrol | Les Brown & His Band of Renown | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Doc Severinsen | Sally Fletcher | Sarah Vaughan | Dakota Station | Hank Crawford | J.J Johnson | Oscar Peterson | Bob Brookmeyer | Atlantic Jazz | Ahmad Jamal | Itzhak Perlman & Oscar Peterson| Roy Bucanhan with Mundell Lowe
The song plays a key role in the plot of the movie Play Misty for Me.
