Goodnight, Irene

Chanson de Leadbelly
Enregistré	1933
Genre	folk
Auteur	Leadbelly

Goodnight, Irene est une chanson du musicien de blues américain Leadbelly^[1] (qui d'habitude l'appelait simplement Irene)^[2].

Il est à noter qu'il y a des débats entre les historiens de la musique sur la paternité exacte de la chanson, mais c'est Leadbelly qui l'a enregistrée le premier, pour la Bibliothèque du Congrès au milieu des années 1930, lorsqu'il était emprisonné au pénitencier d’État de Louisiane^[1]. Au fil des années, il a continué à la modifier, y ajoutant six nouveaux couplets^[3].

En 1950, l'année qui a suivi la mort de Leadbelly, la chanson a été reprise par les Weavers^[3], qui l'ont portée à l'attention du grand public^[1]. Leur version a atteint la 1^re place des classements du magazine musical américain Billboard^[3] (plus précisément, du classement « Best Sellers in Stores » de Billboard).

À l'été 1950, Goodnight, Irene devient une « chanson de retour » pour Frank Sinatra, qui l'enregistre et fait son retour sur scène avec sa version^[2].

La chanson sera enregistrée par de nombreux autres artistes, parmi lesquels Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Jo Stafford, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Peter, Paul and Mary, et Maureen Tucker.

Marc Lanjean l'adapte en français sous le titre Bonsoir Lily. Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens l'enregistrent en 1950. Bonsoir Lily est également interprétée par André Dassary et par Henri Decker.

Notes et références

↑ ^{a b et c} (en) Oliver Trager, The American Book of the Dead. The Definitive Grateful Dead Encyclopedia, New York, Simon and Schuster, 4 décembre 1997, 440 p. (ISBN 978-0-684-81402-5, lire en ligne), p. 147
↑ ^{a et b} (en) Benjamin Filene, Romancing the Folk. Public Memory & American Roots Music, Chapel Hill N. C., The University of North Carolina Press, 2000, 325 p. (ISBN 0-8078-4862-X, lire en ligne), p. 251
↑ ^{a b et c} Alfred William Cramer, Musicians & Composers of the 20th Century : Antônio Carlos Jobim-Charlie Parker, Salem Press, 2009, 1800 p. (ISBN 978-1-58765-515-9, lire en ligne)

« Over the years Leadbelly continued to modify "Goodnight Irene," eventually adding six verses. The year after his death, the Weavers' cover titled "Goodnight, Irene" reached number one on the Billboard charts. It was subsequently recorded by ... »

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