Don't Smoke in Bed (song)
"Don't Smoke in Bed" is a jazz song originally composed and recorded by Willard Robison and later associated with a recording by Nina Simone released on her 1958 debut album "Little Girl Blue".
The song had been first recorded by Peggy Lee in 1947 with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra and released on her album "Rendezvous with Peggy Lee" (1948)..
The liner notes to Peggy Lee: The Singles Collection suggest that the song was mostly written by Lee & Barbour from a few lines by Robison as they were concerned that Robison would not live long enough to finish the song, and wanted to gift him with a valuable copyright to provide for his daughter after his passing.
In the event, Robison lived another 20 years.
Other artists who have recorded the song include Corry Brokken ("Corry's Bed-Time Story", 1958), Connie Russell ("Don't Smoke in Bed", 1959), Julie London ("Around Midnight", 1960), Rod McKuen ("Stranger in Town", 1961), Jack Teagarden
("Think
Well of Me ", 1962), Teresa Brewer ("Moments to Remember", 1964), Mary Coughlan ("Under the Influence", 1987), Elkie Brooks ("Round Midnight", 1993),
Holly Cole ("Don't Smoke in Bed", 1993),
Patti Smith ("Ain't Nuthin' But a She Thing", 1995), Carly Simon ("Film Noir", 1997), k.d. lang ("Drag", 1997), Janet Seidel ("Don't Smoke in Bed - Songs in the Key of Peggy Lee", 2002), and Rita Coolidge ("
And So Is Love ", 2005).
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Jay Roecker
Jay Roecker is an American record producer from Texas.
He is best known for the song" Do n't Give Up On Love" with rapper Jedidiah Breeze.
I Don't Smoke
" I Do n't Smoke" is a song by English breakbeat/ UK garage musician DJ Dee Kline.
Originally released in 1999 on Rat Records, the song became a major underground club hit and was rereleased on 22 May 2000 as a single on EastWest the following year.
It peaked at# 11 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song features a sample of comedian Marcus Brigstocke, taken from the sketch show" Barking".
The sample in the song features Brigstocke repeating the lines," Do you smoke Paul?
No I do n't.
Me neither.
I do n't smoke cigarettes, I do n't smoke cigars, I do n't smoke a pipe, pipe, pipe, pipe, pipe ...", followed by" I do n't smoke the reefer" in a faux Rasta accent.
He talked about it on" The Graham Norton Show" in 2010, where he explained that he was impersonating Jim Davidson's character Chalkie White for a sketch show, and that it was sampled into the track.
Brigstocke said he was" delighted and mortified at the same time" when he heard the sample.
A rework was released in 2014 in collaboration with Specimen A and Majestic MC, titled" Do n't Smoke 2014".
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Astrid North
Astrid North( Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter.
She was the singer of the German band, with whom she released five Albums.
As guest singer of the band she published three albums.
Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist.
Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
The sixth of eight children born to a poor family in Tryon, North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist.
With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
She then applied for a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she was denied admission despite a well-received audition, which she attributed to racial discrimination.
In 2003, just days before her death, the Institute awarded her an honorary degree.
To make a living, Simone started playing piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City.
She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music" or so-called "cocktail piano".
She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, which effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist.
She went on to record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974, making her debut with "Little Girl Blue".
She had a hit single in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy".
Her musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.
George Richey
George Richey( November 30, 1935 – July 31, 2010), born George Baker Richardson, was an American songwriter and record producer.
He was born in Arkansas, but raised in Malden, Missouri.
Richey was married to country legend singer/ songwriter Tammy Wynette from 1978 until her death in 1998.
They had no children.
He married Dallas Cowboys cheerleader turned television producer Sheila Slaughter in 2001 with whom he had a daughter, Tatum.
He remained married to Slaughter until his death 2010.
Tim McGraw sang at their intimate wedding outside of Nashville.
Richey was a mainstay of the Nashville country music community since the 1960s through his songwriting and record production.
In the 1970s, he co-wrote Keep Me in Mind, a No. 1 country hit for Lynn Anderson in 1973.
He also wrote hits for future wife Tammy Wynette and Wynette's then- husband, George Jones, including Jones'
" A Picture of Me( Without You)" and" The Grand Tour," and Wynette's"' Til I Can Make It On My Own" and" You and Me", among many other artists.
Richey served as the musical director for the television show" Hee Haw" from 1970 to 1977.
Upon marrying Wynette, Richey served as Wynette's manager during the 1980s.
Richey retreated from public life after marrying Slaughter, and became a social media advocate with his highly popular Facebook page" DO N'T SMOKE, DO N'T SMOKE, DO N'T SMOKE, IT WILL DESTROY YOUR LIFE".
Richey died on July 31, 2010, following a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
There was no public memorial per his request, and he was buried peacefully in Nashville near Wynette ...
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.

Question: Where did the performer of song Don'T Smoke In Bed (Song) graduate from?
Answer: Juilliard