Complex sentence: Artie Shaw's extended swing orchestral version was a hit in 1938, and after its appearance in the musical "Broadway Melody of 1940", it became a big band staple and eventually a pop standard by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
Split into simpler sentences: Artie Shaw's extended swing orchestral version was a hit in 1938. After its appearance in the musical "Broadway Melody of 1940", it became a big band staple and eventually a pop standard by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.