Yesterdays
Lee Konitz’s 1951 recording of “Yesterdays” is the earliest release on file. Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Miles Davis (released 1956), Oscar Peterson (released 1993) and Billie Holiday (released 1987), among 702 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. KRS-One’s “MCs Act Like They Don’t Know” (1995) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
KRS-One and DJ Premier built that track on a song that Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and Oscar Peterson all put on record. Start with Lee Konitz's take, which came out in 1951, and listen for what Premier pulled out of it.
Credited writers: Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1951.
KRS-One’s “MCs Act Like They Don’t Know” (1995) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
- Clifford Brown & Helen Merrill1955
- Miles Davis1956
- Stan Getz1956
- Bud Powell1956
- James Moody1959
- Helen Merrill / John Lewis1977
- J.J. Johnson1978
- Billie Holiday1987
- Art Tatum1989
- Oscar Peterson1993
- Ella Fitzgerald1996
702 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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