Lisa asks…What musician first made the song "Skylark" popular?I think it was an instrumental, might have been in the big band era. The song was written by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.Anne answers:I'm not sure who made it popular, besides Hoagy Carmichael. But the song was written in 1942.
From here: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/hoagy/research/bio/
One of his songs from 1942, the resplendent Skylark (with a fine Mercer lyric), like Stardust, seemed to have the improvisations built right into the melody; it became a standard among singers and jazz musicians. In
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