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Released on Mercury Records, also Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Space Oddity (David Bowie) and You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Produced by Norman Granz, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), Too Darn Hot (Ella Fitzgerald) and Manhattan (Ella Fitzgerald)
Written by Oscar Peterson, also Goodbye J. D., Hymn to Freedom and Alternate Four (Clark Terry)
Recorded at RCA Studios, also Lookin’ Out for #1 (Bachman–Turner Overdrive), Blue Collar (Bachman–Turner Overdrive) and Take It Like a Man (Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
18 other songs on fono were recorded at RCA Studios, by Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Clark Terry and others
Norman Granz produced 7 of The Oscar Peterson Trio’s top 10 songs
Norman Granz produced 256 songs on fono
Norman Granz’s most frequent co-producer is Duke Ellington (13 songs together)
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Oscar Peterson
- Produced by
- Norman Granz
- Performed by
- Clark Terry, Ed Thigpen, Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown
- Recorded at
- RCA Studios
- Released on
- Mercury Records
- Written by
- Oscar Peterson
- Produced by
- Norman Granz
- Performed by
- Clark Terry, Ed Thigpen, Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown
- Recorded at
- RCA Studios
- Released on
- Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Norman Granz
Same writer: Oscar Peterson
Same label: Mercury Records
Same studio: RCA Studios
Same release: Oscar Peterson Trio + One: Clark Terry
Same producer: Norman Granz
Same writer: Oscar Peterson
Same label: Mercury Records
Elsewhere
Sources (10)
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1MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley was performed by Clark Terry
Blues for Smedley was performed by Clark Terry
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley was performed by Ed Thigpen
Blues for Smedley was performed by Ed Thigpen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley was performed by Oscar Peterson
Blues for Smedley was performed by Oscar Peterson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley was performed by Ray Brown
Blues for Smedley was performed by Ray Brown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley was produced by Norman Granz
Blues for Smedley was produced by Norman Granz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley was written by Oscar Peterson
Blues for Smedley was written by Oscar Peterson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley is part of the release Oscar Peterson Trio + One: Clark Terry
Blues for Smedley is part of the release Oscar Peterson Trio + One: Clark Terry
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley was recorded at RCA Studios
Blues for Smedley was recorded at RCA Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song Blues for Smedley
Mercury Records is the label of the song Blues for Smedley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Blues for Smedley was released on 1964