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"'''The Surrey with the Fringe on Top'''" is a [[show tune]] from the 1943 [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 15, 2013 |title=The Surrey with the Fringe on Top |publisher= |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/rodgers-hammersteins-oklahoma-the-surrey-with-the-fringe-on-top/1931/ |website=pbs.org |accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (1943) |publisher= |url=http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-3/thesurreywiththefringeontop.htm |website=jazzstandards.com |accessdate=February 25, 2020}}</ref> The piece was part of trumpeter [[Miles Davis]]'s repertoire in the 1950s,<ref name="Williams">{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Martin |authorlink=Martin Williams (writer) |title=The Jazz Tradition |url=https://archive.org/details/jazztradition00will_491 |url-access=limited |year=1993 |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-507815-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jazztradition00will_491/page/n221 203] |ref=harv}}</ref> which probably motivated other jazz musicians to play it.<ref name="Faulkner">{{cite book |last1=Faulkner |first1=Robert R. |last2=Becker |first2=Howard S. |title='Do You Know...?': The Jazz Repertoire in Action |year=2009 |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-23921-7 |page=44 |ref=harv}}</ref>
"'''The Surrey with the Fringe on Top'''" is a [[show tune]] from the 1943 [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 15, 2013 |title=The Surrey with the Fringe on Top |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/rodgers-hammersteins-oklahoma-the-surrey-with-the-fringe-on-top/1931/ |website=pbs.org |access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (1943) |url=http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-3/thesurreywiththefringeontop.htm |website=jazzstandards.com |access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> The piece was part of trumpeter [[Miles Davis]]'s repertoire in the 1950s,<ref name="Williams">{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Williams (writer) |title=The Jazz Tradition |url=https://archive.org/details/jazztradition00will_491 |url-access=limited |year=1993 |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-507815-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jazztradition00will_491/page/n221 203] }}</ref> which probably motivated other jazz musicians to play it.<ref name="Faulkner">{{cite book |last1=Faulkner |first1=Robert R. |last2=Becker |first2=Howard S. |title='Do You Know...?': The Jazz Repertoire in Action |year=2009 |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-23921-7 |page=44 }}</ref>


==Recorded versions==
==Recorded versions==
*[[Mel Tormé]] recorded it and included on his [[Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley]]-(1961)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mel-Torm%C3%A9Marty-Paich-Orchestra-Swings-Shubert-Alley/release/2882924|website=www.discogs.com|accessdate=December 3, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Mel Tormé]] recorded it and included on his [[Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley]]-(1961)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mel-Torm%C3%A9Marty-Paich-Orchestra-Swings-Shubert-Alley/release/2882924|website=www.discogs.com|access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref>


==In other media==
==In other media==
*The song was adapted into a 1993 children's picture book of the same name, illustrated by [[James Warhola]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cochran |first1=Jason |title=OH, WHAT A TEAM! FIFTY YEARS AGO, RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN OPENED OKLAHOMA! AND CHANGED MUSICAL COMEDY FOREVER. |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-07-25-9301250973-story.html |accessdate=October 16, 2020 |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=July 25, 1993}}</ref>
*The song was adapted into a 1993 children's picture book of the same name, illustrated by [[James Warhola]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cochran |first1=Jason |title=OH, WHAT A TEAM! FIFTY YEARS AGO, RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN OPENED OKLAHOMA! AND CHANGED MUSICAL COMEDY FOREVER. |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-07-25-9301250973-story.html |access-date=October 16, 2020 |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=July 25, 1993}}</ref>
*A karaoke rendition is performed in the 1989 film ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'', sung by [[Billy Crystal]] (Harry) and [[Meg Ryan]] (Sally).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Verlag |first1=Franz Steiner |title=Karaoke: Zwischen Kulturtechnik, kommunikativem Format und dramaturgischer Praxis: Am Beispiel der Karaoke-Szenen im Film |journal=[[Archiv für Musikwissenschaft]] |date=2016 |volume=73 |issue=4 |page=324 |jstor=44131209 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44131209}}</ref>
*A karaoke rendition is performed in the 1989 film ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'', sung by [[Billy Crystal]] (Harry) and [[Meg Ryan]] (Sally).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Verlag |first1=Franz Steiner |title=Karaoke: Zwischen Kulturtechnik, kommunikativem Format und dramaturgischer Praxis: Am Beispiel der Karaoke-Szenen im Film |journal=[[Archiv für Musikwissenschaft]] |date=2016 |volume=73 |issue=4 |page=324 |jstor=44131209 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44131209}}</ref>
*A snippet of this song, played by [[Robert Fripp]], is interpolated in "[[Moonchild (King Crimson song)|Moonchild]]" (in the improvisational section subtitled "The Illusion") by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[progressive rock]] band [[King Crimson]], from their debut album ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]''.
*A snippet of this song, played by [[Robert Fripp]], is interpolated in "[[Moonchild (King Crimson song)|Moonchild]]" (in the improvisational section subtitled "The Illusion") by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[progressive rock]] band [[King Crimson]], from their debut album ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]''.

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"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"
Song
Published1943
GenreShowtune
Composer(s)Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)Oscar Hammerstein II

"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!.[1][2] The piece was part of trumpeter Miles Davis's repertoire in the 1950s,[3] which probably motivated other jazz musicians to play it.[4]

Recorded versions

In other media

References

  1. ^ "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top". pbs.org. November 15, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (1943)". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Williams, Martin (1993). The Jazz Tradition (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-19-507815-2.
  4. ^ Faulkner, Robert R.; Becker, Howard S. (2009). 'Do You Know...?': The Jazz Repertoire in Action. The University of Chicago Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-226-23921-7.
  5. ^ "www.discogs.com". www.discogs.com. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  6. ^ Cochran, Jason (July 25, 1993). "OH, WHAT A TEAM! FIFTY YEARS AGO, RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN OPENED OKLAHOMA! AND CHANGED MUSICAL COMEDY FOREVER". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Verlag, Franz Steiner (2016). "Karaoke: Zwischen Kulturtechnik, kommunikativem Format und dramaturgischer Praxis: Am Beispiel der Karaoke-Szenen im Film". Archiv für Musikwissenschaft. 73 (4): 324. JSTOR 44131209.


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