Hampton was born on 20th April 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, but moved to Chicago as a child, where he began his career as a drummer. He relocated to Los Angeles to play drums in Les Hite's band. They soon became the house band for Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club, a popular L.A. jazz club.
During a 1930 recording date in the NBC studios in L.A., Louis Armstrong discovered a vibraphone. He asked Hampton if he could play it. Hampton, who knew how to play the xylophone, tried it and they agreed to record a few records with Hamp on vibes. Hampton is credited with popularizing the vibraphone as a jazz instrument.
In the mid-1930s, the Benny Goodman Orchestra came to Los Angeles to play the Palomar Ballroom. John Hammond brought Goodman to see Hampton play. Goodman asked Hampton to move to New York City and join Goodman, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa who'd already formed a Benny Goodman Trio within the large band - to expand into the Benny Goodman Quartet. The Trio and Quartet were among the first racially integrated bands to record and play before wide audiences; they were just as well received at Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert as was the full Goodman band.
While Hampton worked for Goodman in New York, he recorded with several different small groups known as the Lionel Hampton Orchestra as well as assorted small groups within the Goodman band. In the early 40s he left the Goodman organization to form his own touring band.
Hampton's band fostered the talents of Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon, Ernie Royal, Jack McVea, Charlie Mingus, Monk Montgomery, Wes Montgomery, Quincy Jones, Benny Golson, Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham, Clifford Brown, Dinah Washington, Betty Carter, Joe Williams, Arnett Cobb, Earl Bostic, and John Colianni among many others.
Hampton's recording of "Flying Home" (1939) with the famous honking tenor sax solo by Jacquet, later refined and expanded by Cobb (1946), is considered by some to be the first rock and roll record. He was known for his tireless energy and his skill on the vibes, drums, and lightning speed two-fingered piano. The bars on the vibraphone are laid out like the piano; Hampton played both instruments the same way.
Beginning in the mid-1980s, Hampton and his band started playing at the University of Idaho's jazz concert, which in 1985 was renamed the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. In 1987 the University's music college was renamed the Lionel Hampton School of Music, the first and only university music college to be named after a jazz musician.
Lionel Hampton died of cardiac arrest at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York on 31st August 2002. He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.
Memories Of You
Lionel Hampton Lyrics
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Every sunset too
Seems to be bringing me
Memories of you
Here and there, everywhere
Scenes that we once knew
And they all just recall
(Oh) how I wish I could forget those
(Those) happy yesteryears
That have left a rosary of tears
Your face beams in my dreams
(In) spite of all (that) I do
(And) everything seems to bring
Memories of you
The lyrics to Lionel Hampton's song "Memories of You" evoke a deep sense of nostalgia and heartache. The opening lines - "Waking skies at sunrise, every sunset too" - convey the idea that the singer is surrounded by memories of a lost love, day and night. The repetition of "memories of you" throughout the song further emphasizes this feeling of constant remembrance.
The second verse explores the idea that the memories are triggered by familiar places and experiences: "Here and there, everywhere scenes that we once knew." The singer seems to be haunted by the places and moments that he once shared with his love - a feeling that many people can relate to. The bridge of the song, where Hampton sings of wishing he could forget the happiness of their past, adds a layer of complexity to the emotions being expressed. The line "That have left a rosary of tears" is particularly poignant, as it suggests that even happy memories can be painful when someone we love is no longer with us.
In the final verse, Hampton describes how his lost love appears in his dreams despite his efforts to forget: "Your face beams in my dreams, in spite of all that I do." This line speaks to the idea that the past is always with us, even when we try to move on. Overall, the lyrics to "Memories of You" beautifully capture the longing and ache of remembering lost love.
Line by Line Meaning
Waking skies at sunrise
Every morning when the sun rises, I am reminded of you.
Every sunset too
Likewise, when the sun sets, you come to my mind.
Seems to be bringing me
These sunrises and sunsets seem to remind me.
Memories of you
Of the memories we have shared together.
Here and there, everywhere
All around me, in every place I go.
Scenes that we once knew
I see the places where we once spent time together.
And they all just recall
Each and every one of them brings back memories.
Memories of you
Of the moments that we shared, of you.
(Oh) how I wish I could forget those
I wish I could forget those happy moments we spent together.
(Those) happy yesteryears
Those moments from the past which made us both happy.
That have left a rosary of tears
A chain of tears, left behind by the memories of those happy moments.
Your face beams in my dreams
In my dreams, I see your face shining bright.
(In) spite of all (that) I do
No matter what I do, I cannot seem to forget you.
(And) everything seems to bring
Everything around me seems to remind me of you.
Memories of you
All I have left are memories of you.
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