The streets of town were paved with stars, The tune is included in the album Joan Chamorro Presenta Jan Domènechwhere Joan Chamorro (Musical Director of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band) features the pianist Jan Domènech with various guest artists. The first is a lovely, lyrical version fom 2019 by saxophonist Scott Hamilton with Joan Chamorro (bass), David Xirgu (drums) and Jan Domènech (piano). Of the two, I have a definite preference - do you? So I have chosen two versions of the tune by tenor saxophone led quartets. The song is a ballad and mostly interpreted as such. There are hundreds of versions of the song on YouTube, many from recordings and others from live performance.
How could he know we two were so in love,Ĭhoosing two live videos for Take Two is difficult. The tales of haunting are far from the romantic story of the song, which to me seems to echo the Gershwins' A Foggy Day (In London Town), both in its musical tone and storyline and published two years before A Nightingale Sang. Another story is that the attic room is haunted by the ghost of a little girl who was killed there by a sadistic servant. A rarer version of the tale is that a young man was locked in the attic room, fed only through a hole in the door, until he eventually went mad and died. The spirit is said to take the form of a brown mist, though sometimes it is reported as a white figure. She purportedly threw herself from a top-floor window after being abused by her uncle and is said to be capable of frightening people to death. The square's gardens have very large London Plane trees that are among the oldest in central London, planted in 1789, and 50 Berkeley Square is allegedly haunted - The legend about the house varies, but most versions state that the attic room of the house is haunted by the spirit of a young woman who committed suicide there. Laid out in the mid 18th century by the architect William Kent, the square is named after John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton, an English admiral of the fleet. 'Berkeley Square' appears with different spellings online, but the correct spelling has 3 'e's. Since then the song has gone on to be recorded by countless vocalists and musicians. Here is a re-mastered issue of her 1940 recording. Eric Maschwitz died in 1969.Īnd a nightingale sang in Berkeley Squareĭame Vera Lynne was one of the first to record the song during the Second World War. His other work included writing an adaptation of Goodbye Mr Chips, editing the Radio Times, and becoming Head of Light Entertainment at the BBC.
Married to actress Hermione Gingold his other famous song is These Foolish Things, with music by Jack Strachey.
Manning Sherwin died in 1974.Įric Maschwitz OBE, lyricist, actor and broadcaster, was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham a year before Manning in 1901. He went on to write for other less well-known musicals before finally returning to Los Angeles. He came to live in the UK in 1938, just a year before the song was written for New Faces, a 1940 review at London's Comedy Theatre. Manning Sherwin was born in Philadelphia in 1902 and had a career in musical theatre and films. Although the song has become a standard, not much is known generally about the composer or lyricist. In 1939, Manning Sherwin wrote A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz. Songbirds sing and winter turns to springĮvery winding street in Mayfair falls beneath the spell When two lovers meet in Mayfair, so the legands tell
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