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Released on Prestige, also Vierd Blues (Miles Davis), Airegin (Miles Davis Quintet) and Blues by Five (Miles Davis Quintet)
Written by Spencer Williams, also Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody (Louis Prima), Basin Street Blues (Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra) and Fireworks (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five)
Part of Miles Davis Quartet, also Old Devil Moon, Blue Haze and Tune Up
Written by Benny Carter, also Cow Cow Boogie (Ella Fitzgerald), Blue Light Blues (Django Reinhardt) and A Walkin’ Thing (Benny Carter)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Spencer Williams wrote 23 songs on fono
Benny Carter wrote 10 songs on fono
Spencer Williams’s most frequent co-writer is Clarence Williams (4 songs together)
Spencer Williams first appears on fono in 1926, 28 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Benny Carter and Spencer Williams
- Performed by
- John Lewis, Max Roach, Miles Davis and Percy Heath
- Part of
- Miles Davis Quartet
- Released on
- Prestige
- Written by
- Benny Carter and Spencer Williams
- Performed by
- John Lewis, Max Roach, Miles Davis and Percy Heath
- Part of
- Miles Davis Quartet
- Released on
- Prestige
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Spencer Williams
Same writer: Benny Carter
Same label: Prestige
Same release: Miles Davis Quartet
Same writer: Spencer Williams
BSSame writer: Benny Carter
Same label: Prestige
Same release: Miles Davis Quartet
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz When Lights Are Low was performed by John Lewis
When Lights Are Low was performed by John Lewis
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2MusicBrainz When Lights Are Low was performed by Max Roach
When Lights Are Low was performed by Max Roach
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3MusicBrainz When Lights Are Low was performed by Miles Davis
When Lights Are Low was performed by Miles Davis
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4MusicBrainz When Lights Are Low was performed by Percy Heath
When Lights Are Low was performed by Percy Heath
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5MusicBrainz When Lights Are Low was written by Benny Carter
When Lights Are Low was written by Benny Carter
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6MusicBrainz When Lights Are Low was written by Spencer Williams
When Lights Are Low was written by Spencer Williams
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7MusicBrainz When Lights Are Low is part of the release Miles Davis Quartet
When Lights Are Low is part of the release Miles Davis Quartet
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8MusicBrainz Prestige is the label of the song When Lights Are Low
Prestige is the label of the song When Lights Are Low
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9MusicBrainz When Lights Are Low was released on 1954
When Lights Are Low was released on 1954
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026