"Autumn in New York" is a jazz standard and popular song composed by Vernon Duke in Westport, Connecticut in the summer of 1934. It was written without a commission or for a specific show, but Duke offered it to producer Murray Anderson for his Broadway musical Thumbs Up!. The play opened on December 27, 1934 where the song was performed by singer J. Harold Murray.[1]
^Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford University Press. p. 23. ISBN978-0-19-993739-4.
^Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 393. ISBN0-89820-083-0.
External links
Song information at JazzStandards.com
February 16, 2023
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