"I Thought About You" by Terry Myers
Dublin Core
Title
"I Thought About You" by Terry Myers
Alternative Title
"I Thought About You" by Myers
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Music--United States
Jazz--United States
Description
An audio recording of "I Thought About You," composed by Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990) with lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a successful career in Nashville, Tennessee, and New York before moving to Central Florida, where he became a band leader at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park and the band leader at Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium at Church Street Station in Orlando. Myers has played at jazz festivals across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is currently the director of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The jazz standard, "I Thought About You," was written by Van Heusen and Mercer in 1939 and has been performed and recorded by numerous jazz artists, including Miles Davis (1926-1991), Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), Billie Holiday (1915-1959), Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), Mal Waldron (1925-2002), and Dinah Washington (1924-1963).
Creator
Van Heusen, Jimmy
Mercer, Johnny
Source
Original 7-minute and 31-second audio recording: Van Heusen, Jimmy and Johnny Mercer. "I Thought About You," by Terry Myers: WUCF-FM, Orlando, Florida, August 14, 2006.
Publisher
Date Created
2006-08-14
Date Copyrighted
2006-08-14
Date Issued
2006-08-14
Contributor
Myers, Terry
Is Part Of
Jazz Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida
Requires
Multimedia software, such as QuickTime.
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
6.89 MB
Medium
7-minute and 31-second audio recording
Type
Sound
Coverage
WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Music Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Herndon Mercer, performed by Terry Myers, and published by WUCF-FM.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Jimmy Van Heusen and John "Johnny" Herndon Mercer and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
"Meet Terry Myers." BuddyMorrowProductions.com. http://www.buddymorrowproductions.com/terry-meyers.html (accessed March 10, 2015).
Collection
Citation
Van Heusen, Jimmy and Mercer, Johnny, “"I Thought About You" by Terry Myers,” RICHES, accessed April 27, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4818.