The Folks Who Live on the Hill

"The Folks Who Live on the Hill" is a 1937 popular song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

It was introduced by Irene Dunne in the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome and was recorded that year by Bing Crosby for Decca (#1462, mx DLA940A, Los Angeles 9/20/37). It has become particularly associated with Peggy Lee, who sang it on her 1957 album The Man I Love. Lee's performance was conducted by Frank Sinatra.

Other notable recordings

• Jo Stafford - Jo + Jazz (1960)
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966)
• Chris Anderson - Love Locked Out (1990)
• Nina Simone - A Single Woman (1993)
• Eric Clapton - Old Sock (2013)
• Jimmy Scott and Joe Pesci - I Go Back Home (2016)

External links

• "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" at jazzstandards.com

Peggy Lee
Albums	Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues Black Coffee Dream Street Sea Shells Miss Wonderful The Man I Love Jump for Joy Things Are Swingin' I Like Men! Beauty and the Beat! Latin ala Lee! All Aglow Again! Pretty Eyes Christmas Carousel Olé ala Lee Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee If You Go Blues Cross Country Sugar 'n' Spice Mink Jazz I'm a Woman In Love Again! Pass Me By Then Was Then – Now Is Now! Guitars a là Lee Big $pender Extra Special! Somethin' Groovy! 2 Shows Nightly A Natural Woman Make It with You Where Did They Go Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota Let's Love Mirrors Live in London Peggy Close Enough for Love Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen Moments Like This The Best of Peggy Lee: The Capitol Years
Singles	"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" "Blues in the Night" "We'll Meet Again" "The Way You Look Tonight" "Why Don't You Do Right?" "It's a Good Day" "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" "Bali Ha'i" "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" "The Old Master Painter" "Lover" "Just One of Those Things" "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" "Let Me Go, Lover" "Fever" "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" "I'm a Woman" "I Go to Sleep" "Big Spender" "Spinning Wheel" "Is That All There Is?"
Other songs	"Black Coffee" "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" "Kansas City" "I Love Being Here with You"
Radio	The Chesterfield Supper Club
Television	The Guy Mitchell Show What's My Line?
Films	Stage Door Canteen Jasper in a Jam The Jazz Singer Lady and the Tramp Pete Kelly's Blues
Related	Discography Benny Goodman Dave Barbour Brad Dexter Dewey Martin Jo Stafford Patti Page Rosemary Clooney
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