Honeysuckle Rose

A dance number in the 1929 revue, Load of Coal, “Honeysuckle Rose” was a dance number first performed at Connie’s Inn in Harlem by its composer, Thomas “Fats” Waller. Along with its the more famous “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” written that year for the musical revue Hot Chocolates, “Honeysuckle Rose” became a jazz standard, and one of the best works of the team of composer/performer Fats Waller and lyricist Andy Razaf.

Here are some samples of the song and how it has been played:

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