One of my favorite songs. The melody was written while Hoagy Carmichael was walking across Indiana University's beautiful campus in the 1920s. It was originally meant to be a faster, jazzier number. The words were added later, and I think he originally recorded the song with lyrics in 1929. It doesn't have the first two stanzas, and it's pretty bare compared to this recording. The vocals aren't as smooth as this one's, but there's an awesome whistling solo and a simplicity to it.
One of my favorite songs. The melody was written while Hoagy Carmichael was walking across Indiana University's beautiful campus in the 1920s. It was originally meant to be a faster, jazzier number. The words were added later, and I think he originally recorded the song with lyrics in 1929. It doesn't have the first two stanzas, and it's pretty bare compared to this recording. The vocals aren't as smooth as this one's, but there's an awesome whistling solo and a simplicity to it.