Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone)

Tony Bennett * Track #9 On Playin’ With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues

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Tony Bennett

2001

Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone) by Tony Bennett

Performed by

Tony Bennett

Produced by

Phil Ramone

Writed by

Big Joe Turner

About

Serving as a tribute to Count Basie and his death from cancer on April 26, 1984, Bennett sings on a melodic blues track about Basie starting his jazz career on the Kansas City street, 18th And Vine.
The significance of this historical intersection in Missouri is its wide recognition of the Jazz Dist...

Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone) Lyrics

[Chorus]
While I went back to Kansas City, an old Count Basie was gone, wow
I went back to Kansas City, old Count Basie was gone, wow
It's a mean, cold world, I hope he’s got a better home
Down on 18th And Vine, the old Count Basie got his start
Well down on 18th And Vine where old Count Basie got his start
It sure was a good time a-played piano from his heart

[Verse]
Then he went to California, that's right
Soon the news got around, you heard that sound
Yeah, he went back to California, soon the news got around
And the girls jumped and shouted
"Count Basie, the baddest man in town"
So dancе a little, dance

[Interlude]
Give mе a little bass-ie, Ralph, thank you

[Chorus]
Well the last time I saw Count Basie
He was standing on 18th And Vine
Last time I saw Count Basie
He was standing on 18th And Vine
I'd love to tell the whole world, he sure was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine

Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone) Q&A

Who wrote Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone)'s ?

Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone) was written by Big Joe Turner.