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"'Midnight Sun'" (1954) was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke, now considered a jazz standard. Subsequently, Johnny Mercer wrote the words to the song.

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Story behind the lyrics

References

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Story behind the lyrics

According to Furia,^[1]
Johnny Mercer was driving along the freeway from Palm Springs to Hollywood, California, when he heard the instrumental on his car radio and started to set words to the song as he drove.

References

1. The Poets of Tin Pan Alley, , Phillip, Furia, Oxford University Press, 1990,

See also

★ Lionel Hampton