Violets for Your Furs
"Violets for Your Furs" is a 1941 song written by Matt Dennis with words by Tom Adair. [1]
The song describes the wearing of violets with furs on an evening in Manhattan.
Selected recordings
- Frank Sinatra — Songs for Young Lovers (1954)
- Beverly Kenney — Come Swing with Me (1956)
- John Coltrane — Coltrane (1957)
- Jutta Hipp — Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1957)
- Billie Holiday — Lady in Satin (1958)
- Shirley Horn — Violets for Your Furs (1981)
- Stacey Kent — Dreamsville (2001)
- Johnny Hartman — The Tokyo Albums (2005)
- Barry Manilow — In the Swing of Christmas (2007)
References
- ↑ "Violets for Your Furs". Jazz Standards. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
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