Misty
Misty is a jazz standard written in 1954 by Erroll Garner for his album Contrasts. Later Johnny Burke wrote lyrics. Misty was the signature song of Johnny Mathis, and the song has been covered by many artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstine, Frank Sinatra, and Ray Stevens. Misty played an important part in Clint Eastwood's 1971 movie Play Misty for Me. Both Errol Garner's version and Johnny Mathis' version were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Errol Garner (1923 - 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer, famous for his swing playing and ballads. Scott Yanow at Allmusic.com said that Errol Garner was "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso".
Johnny Burke (1908 - 1964) was a lyricist, widely regarded as one of the finest writers of popular songs in America between the 1920s and the 1950s. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
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