Mark Howe Murphy (March 14, 1932 – October 22, 2015) was an American jazz s… Read Full Bio ↴Mark Howe Murphy (March 14, 1932 – October 22, 2015) was an American jazz singer based in New York. He was known for his use of vocalese and vocal improvisations with both melody and lyrics. He was the recipient of the 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2001 Down Beat magazine readers jazz poll for Best Male Vocalist of the Year and also the recipient of six Grammy award nominations for Best Vocal Jazz Performance. He wrote original lyrics to the jazz tunes "Stolen Moments" and "Red Clay".

Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1932, Murphy was raised in a musical family, his parents having met as members of the local Methodist Church choir. He grew up in the nearby small town of Fulton, New York, where his grandmother and then his aunt were the church organists. Opera was also a presence in the Murphy home. He started piano lessons at the age of seven.

Murphy joined his brother's jazz dance band as the singer when a teenager, citing influences from Nat "King" Cole, June Christy, Anita O'Day, and Ella Fitzgerald. The Jazz pianist Art Tatum was also an influence.

Murphy graduated from Syracuse University in 1953, majoring in Music and Drama. University life included performing on campus and also in a club – playing piano and singing.

In 1954, Murphy moved to New York City, working part-time as an actor and singer. He appeared in productions for the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company and a musical version for television of Casey at the Bat. Also, he twice took second place at the Apollo Theatre amateur contests.

Murphy was eventually introduced to record producer Milt Gabler, who was an artist and repertoire director (A & R) for Decca. His resulting debut recording was Meet Mark Murphy (1956), followed closely by Let Yourself Go (1957).

In 1958 Murphy moved to Los Angeles and recorded for Capitol, but returned to New York in the early '60s and recorded the album Rah! (1961) on Riverside Records, performing "Angel Eyes", a version of Horace Silver's "Doodlin'", and "Green Dolphin Street", featuring Bill Evans, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Blue Mitchell and Wynton Kelly as accompanists. His favorite recording to date, That's How I Love the Blues, soon followed. In 1963, Murphy hit the charts across the country with his single of "Fly Me to the Moon" and was voted New Star of the Year in Down Beat Magazine's Reader's Poll.[citation needed]

In the late 1960s Murphy moved to London, England, where he worked primarily as an actor. He continued however, to cultivate his jazz audiences in Europe. He returned to the States in 1972 and began recording an average of an album a year for more than fourteen years on the Muse label. These projects - including the albums Nat King Cole Songbook Vol. I and II, Bop for Kerouac, Kerouac Then And Now, Living Room, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Beauty And the Beast and, Stolen Moments - gained numerous Grammy nominations.[citation needed] This last album contains Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments" with lyrics by Murphy.

In 1984 together with Viva Brasil he recorded the album Brazil Song (Cancões do Brasil), which featured original material written by Brazilian songwriters including work by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Milton Nascimento.

In 1987, Murphy recorded Night Mood, an album of songs by Brazilian composer Ivan Lins, followed by the Grammy-nominated September Ballads on Milestone Records. Murphy has also appeared on U.F.O.'s last two releases (for Polydor Records), in which he wrote and rapped lyrics on songs composed with the group. This collaboration opened up further new audiences in the acid-jazz and hip-hop genres, demonstrating jazz's timelessness while transcending generations and styles.

In August 1997, BMG/RCA Victor released Song For The Geese, for which he has received his sixth Grammy nomination. Also in August 1997, the 32 Records label Joel Dorn and Michael Bourne released a double CD anthology Stolen and Other Moments, which features some of his recordings for the now defunct Muse label. The CD features material from the two "Kerouac" albums and a selection of "the best of Mark Murphy".

Murphy’s release Once to Every Heart (2005), on the Verve label, features sensuous ballads, where the listener can capture him singing in top form, with superb musicians and sounding better than ever. In 2007 Love is What Stays was released on Verve. Both albums were produced by German trumpeter Till Brönner.

Murphy has also collaborated with Five Corners Quintet, a modern Finnish jazz band. He appears on their albums Chasin' the Jazz Gone By (2005) and Hot Corner (2008).

In 2010 he released the independently produced CD, Never Let Me Go, on which he is supported by pianist Misha Piatigorsky, bassist Danton Boller and drummer Chris Wabich. A limited edition EP/MP3, "Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn" on Gearbox Records was released in 2013.

Murphy continued to tour internationally into his 80s, appearing at festivals, concerts, in jazz clubs and on television programs, throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and Japan, as well as other places. John Bush at AllMusic.com described Murphy as "a major name in vocal jazz." A longtime resident of the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey, he died there on October 22, 2015.

Some Other Time
Mark Murphy Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Some Other Time' by these artists:

Adolph Green Let's not talk about bombs and the brain impulses of…
Alan Parsons In the matter of a moment Lost till the end of…
Alan Parsons / Eric Woolfson In a matter of a moment Lost till the end of…
Alan Parsons Project In a matter of a moment Lost till the end of…
Barbra Streisand Where has the time all gone to? Haven't done half the…
Bennett Tony Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Bernadette Peters Where has the time all gone to? Haven't done half the…
Betty Carter Laughin' till it pisses everybody off Pullin' up my dress a…
Betty Comden Let's not talk about bombs and the brain impulses of…

Bill Evans Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Bill Evans Monica Zetterlund Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Bill Evans The Bill Evans Trio Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Chika Olivia There must be some other time That we’ll meet again And I’ll…
Connie Lansberg Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Diane Schuur Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Dunderhead Light me up a cigarette and put it in my…
E. Shawn Qaissaunee Wanna play witcha I don't even gotta lie I wanna lay witcha …
Elizabeth Stanley Twenty-four hours can go so fast You look around, the day…
Elizabeth Stanley Alysha Umphress Jay Armstrong Johnson & Clyde Alves Twenty-four hours can go so fast, You look around, the day…
Ernestine Anderson Twenty-four hours can go so fast, You look around, the day…
Ernestine Anderson and George Twenty-four hours can go so fast, You look around, the day…
Frank Sinatra Some other time I could resist you, yes Some other time Not …
Gabriela Robin Ghost in the Shell: SAC OST 1: Some Other Time*…
George Shearing & Ernestine Anderson Twenty-four hours can go so fast, You look around, the day…
Jane Monheit Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Jasmin Tabatabai I'm still thinking 'bout the time - bout the days when…
Jill Scott About another time, some other time How 'bout you call next…
Kritagya Hmmmm Yeah Main de ni paaya waqt sahi waqt par Ab kar rha…
Leonard Bernstein Let's not talk about bombs and the brain impulses of…
Martin Solveig I wish I could be a different kind of man. I…
Maureen McGovern Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
mel tormÃ© & george shearing Twenty-four hours can go so fast, You look around, the day…
Monheit Jane Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Monica Zetterlund and Bill Evans Trio Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Nancy Walker Let's not talk about bombs and the brain impulses of…
Orchestra Some other spring I'll try to love Now I still cling To fade…
P.Andersson so took that sir T (?) i clocked out at three no…
Parsons Alan In a matter of a moment Lost till the end of…
Sammy Cahn Some other time I could resist you, yes Some other time Not …
The Alan ... In the matter of a moment Lost till the end of…
The Alan Parsons Project In a matter of a moment Lost till the end of…
The Bill Evans Trio Bill Evans Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Tony Bennett feat. Bill Evans Where has the time all gone to? Haven't done half the…
Tony Bennett/Bil Evans Where has the time all gone to Haven't done half the…
Tony Lucca Forgive me my lack of sympathy But it's never been that…
Vivii L'm reaching high But living low Delusional Ln stereo L've b…
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Some other time, I'll forget you. And start my life anew. …
X Let's not talk about bombs and the brain impulses of…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Mark Murphy:

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square That certain night The night we met There was magic abroad i…
Again This couldn't happen again This is that once in a lifetime …
All Blues The sea The sky And you and I Sea and sky and you…
All My Tomorrows Today I may not have a thing at all Except for…
All the Way When somebody loves you It's no good unless he loves you…
Angel Eyes Try to think that love's not around Still it's uncomfortably…
Ask Me Now If you could see me now, you'd know how blue…
autumn leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Autumn Nocturne When autumn sings her lullaby And green leaves turn to gold…
Beauty and the Beast Tale as old as time True as it can be Barely even…
Blues In The Night My mama done tol' me, When I was in knee pants, My…
Body And Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
bye bye blackbird No one here can love or understand me Oh, what hard…
Cantaloupe Island Well yeah, they say, they say, they say there's an…
Come to Me Come to me now that I have found you Come to…
Day In Day in, day out The same old hoodoo follows me about The…
Dearly Beloved Tell me that it's true, Tell me you agree, I was…
Do Nothin Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
Eleanor Rigby Ah! Look at all the lonely people Ah! Look at all…
Elmer Why are the stars always winkin' and blinkin' above? What m…
Elmer's Tune Why are the stars always winkin' and blinkin' above? What ma…
Exactly Like You I used to have a perfect sweetheart Not a real one,…
Falling in Love With Love If there's a gleam in her eye Each time she straightens…
Give It Back To The Indians Old Peter Minuet had nothing to lose when he bought…
I CAN I've flown around the world in a plane I've settled revoluti…
I Can't Get Started I've flown around the world in a plane I've settled revolut…
I Don't Want to Cry Anymore Young and foolish Why is it wrong to be Young and foolish …
I Fall In Love Too Easily I fall in love too easily, I fall in love…
I Got It Bad Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears …
I Got Rhythm Days can be sunny, with never a sigh Don't need what…
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry The torch I carry is handsome It's worth its heartache in…
I Know You From Somewhere Scuse me I hope I'm not intruding You seemed alone and lost…
I Only Have Eyes for You My love must be a kind of blind love I can't…
I Wish You Love The sleepless nights, the daily fights The quick toboggan, w…
I'll Be Around You look at me and wonder, you look at me…
I'm Through With Love I'm thru with love, I'll never fall again. Said I do to…
If I Were a Bell Ask me how do I feel, Now that we're cosy and…
If You Could See Me Now If you could see me now, you'd know how blue…
It Never Entered My Mind Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Just Sqeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Kansas City I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm…
Let Yourself Go As you listen to the band don't you get a…
Little Jazz Bird Into a cabaret One fatal day A little songbird flew Found…
Love I'm through with love I'll never fall again Said "Adieu" to …
Love Is Here To Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Love Is What Stays It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Love You Madly If there's a gleam in her eye Each time she straightens…
Memories Of You Waking skies At Sunrise, Ev'ry sunset too, Seems to be Bring…
My Favorite Things Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper ket…
My Foolish Heart [Chorus] The night is like a lovely tune, Beware my foolish…
My Ship My ship has sails that are made of silk The decks…
Naima Deep as the night Spirits of starlight Inspiration of great …
On Green Dolphin Street It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
On the Red Clay Scream door slappin' somewhere on a side porch A sleepy morn…
Pick Yourself Up Please teacher, teach me something, Nice teacher, teach me s…
Ridin Life's great, life's grand Future, all planned No more cloud…
Serenade In Blue When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
She Loves You If there's a gleam in her eye Each time she straightens…
Skylark You Don't Know What Love Is Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me…
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most Once I was a sentimental thing Throw my heart away each…
Steamroller Well, I'm a steamroller, baby I'm bound to roll all over…
Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson) [Trumpet solo by Walt Fowler Frauenthal Aud…
Stolen Moments (Midnight Mood rework) Stolen moments... Stolen moments... If i told you i love you…
summertime Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the …
Takin' a Chance On Love Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again. All…
Tha Bad And The Beautiful Love is wrong. It sings a hopeless song. It longs for bitter…
That Old Black Magic Old black magic has me in its spell Old black magic…
The Bad And The Beautiful Love is wrong. It sings a hopeless song. It longs for bitter…
The Dream Midnight, you heavy laden, it's midnight Come on and trade i…
The Interview AFI - The Interview ★ VAN制作 Forever waiting for disaster, Wh…
The Lady In Red If there's a gleam in her eye Each time she straightens…
The Lady Is a Tramp She gets too hungry for dinner at eight She likes…
Then I'll Be Tired Of You You look at me and wonder, you look at me…
Time On My Hands When the day fades away into twilight The moon is my…
Too Late Now Too late now to forget your smile The way we…
Twisted These are just some that I can remember... " My analyst…
Two Kites I'd wait for you I'd slave for you I'd be a beggar…
When I fall in love I fall in love too easily, I fall in love…
Why Don't You Do Right? You had plenty of money in 1952. You let other people…
Why Was I Born / I'm A Fool To Want You Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to…
Witchcraft Those fingers in my hair, That sly come-hither stare, That s…
With Every Breath I Take There's not a morning that I open up my eyes And…
You Waking skies At Sunrise, Ev'ry sunset too, Seems to be Bring…
You better Know You better go now Because I like you much too much, You…
You Go To My Head You go to my head and you linger like a…

You'd Better Go Now You better go now Because I like you much too much, You…

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