"Mountain Greenery"; "Sweet Georgia Brown"
Several other songs, most notably "Mountain Greenery" and "Take Five," showed the singer's skill at complicated jazz phrasing and scat improvisation.
But only once on Thursday (in "Mountain Greenery") did he approach Mr. Tormé's facility at scat.
The music and lyrics for the 1926 Gaieties was written by Rodgers and Hart and introduced their famous song "Mountain Greenery".
"Mountain Greenery" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers.
"Mountain Greenery" and "Manhattan" from The Garrick Gaieties (1925)
A talented singer, he introduced "Manhattan" in 1925, and the following year sang "Mountain Greenery".
"Mountain Greenery," which has the lines "While you love your lover let/Blue skies be your coverlet."
One dance number recycles Rodgers's classic 1926 melody for "Mountain Greenery."
"Mountain Greenery" (1926)
