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The song was nominated for a Best Song Oscar in 1943 however, Jerome Kern’s “The Last Time I Saw Paris” with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II won.

Louis Prima and Keely Smith (1958, #18) Ĭhart information used by permission from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954.

Horace Heidt and His Orchestra (1943, instrumental).

Freddie Slack and His Orchestra (1943, Margaret Whiting, vocal).

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1943, Skip Nelson and the Modernaires, vocal).

Two other band versions charted that same year, one by boogie woogie pianist Freddie Slack that hovered at #10 and the other by Horace Heidt, pianist and radio/TV personality, who took it to #11: The Miller aggregation took it to number one for a week in 1943, and it remained on the list for another 18 weeks. “That Old Black Magic” enjoyed several trips to the charts over an eighteen year period. “.It had a phrase in it-‘ do do that voo-doo that you do so well.’.Anyway, that thing about voodoo must have stuck with me, because I paraphrased it in ‘Old Black Magic.’” Max Wilk in They’re Playing Our Song: Conversations with America’s Classic Songwriters tells a behind-the-scenes story of how Mercer got the idea for his lyric from Cole Porter’s “ You Do Something to Me.” “That one came from one of the early Cole Porter songs I heard when I first came to New York,” Mercer says. The film also introduced another memorable song from the duo of composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Johnny Mercer, “Hit the Road to Dreamland.”

#That old black magic sheet music movie#

With little plot, the movie featured Paramount Studio contract players such as Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Veronica Lake, Paulette Goddard, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Dick Powell and more. The movie was a “feel good” musical intended to entertain troops. Susan Sackett in Hollywood Sings! An Inside Look at Sixty Years of Academy Award-Nominated Songs says, “In a routine that centered mostly around a dance number performed by ballerina Vera Zorina (choreographed by her then-husband, the legendary George Balanchine) Johnston introduced the song.” This gem of a song, “That Old Black Magic,” written by composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Johnny Mercer for the 1942 film Star-Spangled Rhythm was played behind the opening credits and sung by relative unknown Johnny Johnston. ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.“Arlen’s music is rife with repeated notes and octave drops, and Mercer’s phrasing makes the lyric mime the musical motion.” If the icon is greyed then these notes can not be transposed. Please check "notes" icon for transpose options. * Where transpose of That Old Black Magic sheet music available ( not all our notes can be transposed) & prior to print. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. You can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer.

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