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SKU: A0.1155092
Composed by Haven Gillespie and John Frederick Coots. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #755375. Published by John Fries (A0.1155092).
TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER! You Go to My Head is a 1938 popular song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. Numerous versions of the song have been recorded, and it has since become a pop and jazz standard. Alec Wilder terms Coots' melody a minor masterpiece. According to Ted Gioia, “’You Go to my Head’ is an intricately constructed affair with plenty of harmonic movement. The song starts in a major key, but from the second bar onward, Mr. Coots seems intent on creating a feverish dream quality tending more to the minor mode. The release builds on the drama, and the final restatement holds some surprises as well. The piece would be noteworthy even if it lacked such an exquisite coda, but those last eight bars convey a sense of resigned closure to the song that fittingly matches the resolution of the lyrics.