Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Originally performed by the profound jazz singer Nina Simone on her 1961 album Forbidden Fruit, “Memphis in June” was the first track on Lennox’s debut jazz record, Nostalgia. The song is an ode to Memphis, Tennessee in the summertime, with a soft melody and Lennox’s contralto vocals offering a diff...
Memphis in June
A shady veranda
Under a Sunday blue sky
Memphis in June
And cousin Amanda
Is making a blueberry pie
I can hear the clock inside
A-ticking and a-tocking
Everything is peacefully dandy
I can see your granny
'Cross the street still a rocking
Watching all the neighbors go by, oh
Memphis in June
With sweet oleander
Blowing perfume in the air
Up jumps a moon
To make that much grander
It's paradise, brother
Take my advice
Nothing's half as nice
As Memphis in June
Memphis in June was written by Hoagy Carmichael & Paul Francis Webster.
Memphis in June was produced by Mike Stevens & Annie Lennox.
Annie Lennox released Memphis in June on Tue Oct 21 2014.