Bye Bye Blackbird

Ray Henderson wrote the music and Mort Dixon the words, and Jerome H. Remick published it in 1926. Sam Lanin's dance orchestra made the first record that March, and Nick Lucas, Gene Austin and Leo Reisman all had hits with it the same year.

Miles Davis recorded it in 1956 for 'Round About Midnight, and John Coltrane's album named after the song won a Grammy for best jazz solo in 1982. Peggy Lee sang it in the film Pete Kelly's Blues in 1955.