Ill Wind (song)

"Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by Ted Koehler, it was written for their last show at the Cotton Club Parade, in 1934, and was sung by Adelaide Hall The song is featured in the 1984 film The Cotton Club, sung by Lonette McKee.

The melody came to Arlen whilst he was visiting Anya Taranda, a model who was to become Arlen's wife.

Notable recordings

 * Larry Coryell/Emily Remler - Together (1985)
 * Johnny Dankworth - Too Cool For The Blues (2010)
 * Ella Fitzgerald - Ella at the Opera House (1958), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961)
 * Earl Grant - Midnight Sun (1962)
 * Debbie Harry (in a medley with "Stormy Weather") - Hal Willner's Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (2003)
 * Lena Horne - This Is Lena Horne (1952)
 * Stan Kenton - Standards In Silhouette (1959)
 * Audra McDonald - Happy Songs (2002)
 * Howard McGhee - Sharp Edge (1961)
 * Mina - Mina per Wind (vol.2) (2002)
 * Lee Morgan - Cornbread (1967)
 * Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts (2009)
 * Horace Silver - Further Explorations (1958)
 * Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
 * Sarah Vaughan - After Hours (1961), Send in the Clowns (1981)
 * Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)