Selected Artist Biography - Count Basie From PBS - Jazz: A Film By Ken Burns. http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_basie_count.htm

Biography of William Count Basie A brief biography of Basie, his early career, associates, and his piano playing. http://de.essortment.com/biographywillia_rgyr.htm

PeanutsJazz: Count Basie Brief biography with recent UK discography. http://www.peanutsjazz.com/artists/Count-Basie.html

The Kennedy Center Honors Count Basie Annual televised celebration recognizing the talents and lifetime achievements of deserving artists. This page features honoree Basie. http://www.kennedy-center.org/honors/history/honoree/basie.html

Count Basie A great day in Harlem: jazz history through one photograph. http://www.harlem.org/people/basie.html

DownBeat.com: Count Basie Includes a biography, a photo gallery, four classic articles from Down Beat magazine, lengthy discography with audio clips, and a message board. http://www.downbeat.com/sections/artists/text/main.asp?id1=3958

The Count Basie Orchestra General information, assorted recordings list and links to other Basie sites. http://www.duke.edu/~ymm/basi.html

All Music Guide Biographical information and discography. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B7qktk6hx9kr0

The Complete Atomic Basie Ink Blot Magazine Basie album review, biography, band links, music clips, and pictures. http://www.inkblotmagazine.com/rev-archive/basie.htm

Amazon offers April in Paris (Audio CD),24 June, 1997 List price $18.98 Pure bliss / 5 This is some of the finest Basie in his mid-to-late period. Song "Singing In The Rain" I'm singin' in the rain, Just singin' in the rain, What a glorious feeling, I'm happy again! I'm laughing at clouds So dark up above, The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love! Let the stormy clouds chase Everyone from the place, Come on with your rain, I've got a smile on my face! I'll walk down the lane With a happy refrain, Just singin', singin' in the rain! Why am I smiling and why do I sing? Why does December seem sunny as Spring? Why do I get up each morning to start Happy and head-up with joy in my heart? Why is each new task a trifle to do? Because I am living a life full of you! Hey, I'm singin' in the rain, Just singin' in the rain, What a glorious feeling, I'm happy again! I'm laughing at clouds So dark up above, The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love! Let the stormy clouds chase Everyone from the place, Come on with your rain, I've got a smile on my face! I'll walk down the lane With a happy refrain, Just singin', singin' in the rain! ***** SINGIN' IN THE RAIN From 1940 movie "Little Nellie Kelly" (Music by Nacio Herb Brown / Lyrics by Arthur Freed, 1929) Judy Garland - 1940 movie Done both as a straight and swing version at the Waldorf Astoria Played also as dance music at the Waldorf Speech : Have you ever suffered that horrible thing Of having your hostess ask you to sing? And just because you're so polite You mumble through your teeth, "All right!" And suddenly a deathly gloom Descends upon the entire room And the whispering gallery starts to ring With "Hold your hats, she's gonna sing!" Well, here I am with great regret An innocent victim of etiquette I'm going to sing but not for long And though it's old, it's a lovely song! Why am I smiling and why do I sing? Why does September seem sunny as spring? Why do I get up each morning and start? Happy and get up with joy in my heart Why is each new task a trifle to do? Because I am living a life full of you. I'm singing in the rain Just singing in the rain What a glorious feeling I'm happy again I'm laughing at clouds So dark up above The sun's in my heart And I'm ready for love Let the stormy clouds chase Everyone from the place Come on with the rain I've a smile on my face I walk down the lane With a happy refrain And singing, just singing in the rain. I'm singing in the rain, Oh, I'm singing in the rain What a glam, what a glorious feeling! I'm happy again I'm laughing at clouds So dark up above The sun's in my heart I'm getting ready for love Let the stormy clouds chase Everyone from the place And come on with the rain I've a smile on my face. I walk down the lane With a happy refrain And singing, singing Singing in the rain! Oh, I'm singing in the rain Ah, I'm happy again My troubles have fled A rainbow's ahead I'm singing, singing I'm singing in the rain.

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