Jacquet wrote the instrumental “Black Velvet” with Jimmy Mundy in 1949 and recorded it the same year. Al Stillman put lyrics to it, and it was recorded later the same year by Harry James as ” Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad .” The song has since been performed by dozens of performers, including Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald .
Wrote ‘Black Velvet’ with Jimmy Mundy
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