Charlie Shavers
Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American swing… Read Full Bio ↴Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams and Billie Holiday. He was also an arranger and composer, and one of his compositions, "Undecided", is a jazz standard.

Charlie Shavers' father was from the prominent Shavers family of Key West, Florida, and Charlie was a cousin of heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers. Born in New York he originally took up the piano and banjo before switching to trumpet. In the mid-thirties, he performed with Tiny Bradshaw and Lucky Millinder. In 1936 he joined John Kirby's Sextet as trumpet soloist and arranger (he was only 16 but gave his birthdate as 1917 in order to avoid child labor laws - many biographies still list this date). His arrangements and solos with this band contributed greatly towards making it one of the most commercially successful and widely imitated bands of its day. In 1937 he was performing with Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters. In 1944 he began playing sessions in Raymond Scott's CBS staff orchestra. In 1945 he left John Kirby's band to join Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra, with whom he toured and recorded, off and on, until 1953. During this time he continued to play sessions at CBS, played with the Metronome All-Stars, and made a number of recordings as trumpet soloist with Billie Holiday. From 1953 to 1954 he worked with Benny Goodman, and toured Europe with Norman Granz's popular Jazz at the Philharmonic series, where he was always a crowd favorite. He went on to form his own band with Terry Gibbs and Louie Bellson.

Charlie Shavers died from throat cancer in New York in 1971 at the age of 50. His friend Louis Armstrong died while Shavers was on his deathbed, and his last request was that his trumpet mouthpiece be buried with Armstrong in his coffin.

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Charlie Shavers Lyrics


A Night In Tunisia In the still of the night As I gaze out of…
B.and B.blues I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as…
Beale Street Blues Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take a…
Begin the Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound of…
Best Things in Life Are Free {Janet} Are you ready? Free, free, baby, Boy, when you loo…
Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
Body And Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Bugle Call Rag You're bound to fall for the bugle call; You're gonna brag…
But Beautiful Love is funny or it's sad, Or it's quiet or…
But Not for Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true …
Bye Bye Blackbird No one here can love or understand me Oh, what hard…
Coquette Hear me, why you keep fooling Little coquette, making fun of…
Emaline Don't you hear my heart whisper thru your window, Emaline? I…


Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
Fine and Dandy Please forgive this platitude But I like your attitude You a…
Girl Of My Dreams Dear, it seems years since we parted, Years full of tears…
I Am in the Market for You I'll have to see my broker, Find out what he…
I Cant Get Started With You I've been around the world in a plane Settled revolutions in…
I Cover The Waterfront I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea,, Will the one …
I Got it Bad and That Aint Good Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Never Knew I'll never be the same Stars have lost their meaning for…
I Want to Be Happy I'm a very ordinary man Trying to work out life's happy…
I'll Never Be The Same I'll never be the same Stars have lost their meaning for…
I'm In The Market For You I'll have to see my broker, Find out what he…
I've Got Rhythm Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
In A Little Spanish Town Evenings are crowded with memories Thrilling me again Like…
In The Still Of The Night In the still of the night As I gaze out of…
It Don't Mean A Thing It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
It Feels Good Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
It Might As Well Be Spring I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as…
Jada You've heard all about your raggy melody Everything from ope…
Love is Just Around The Corner Beautiful miracle, pardon my lyrical rhapsody, But can't you…
Memories Of You Waking skies at sunrise Every sunset too Seems to be bringin…
My Man It's cost me a lot But there's one thing that I've…
Out Of Nowhere You came to me from out of nowhere You took my…
Pennies From Heaven Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven Don't you…
Rose Room I want to take you to a little room A little…
Roseroom I want to take you to a little room A little…
Runnin Wild My gal and I, we had a fight And I'm…
She's Funny That Way Once she dressed in silks and lace, Owned a Rolls…
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
Somebody Loves Me Love me or leave me and let me be lonely You…
Someone to Watch Over Me There's a saying old says that love is blind Still were…
Song From "Moulin Rouge" When ever we kiss, I worry and wonder. Your lips may be…
Song From Moulin Rouge When ever we kiss, I worry and wonder. Your lips may be…
St James Infirmary It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner…
St Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Stompin at the Savoy Savoy, the home of sweet romance Savoy, it wins you with…
Stormy Weather Don't know why There's no sun up in the sky Stormy weather S…
Taking A Chance On Love Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again. All…
The Best Things In Life Are Free {Janet} Are you ready? Free, free, baby, Boy, when you loo…
The Man I Love Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Undecided Oltre la mamma e la vecchia Concetta, Sorella di mamma o…
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry I don't know why, I made you cry I'm sorry sweetheart…
What Is This Thing Called Love I was a hum-drum person Leading a life apart When love flew…
You're Mine You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…