Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1505645 By Ella Fitzgerald. By George David Weiss and George Shearing. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #1081034. Published by John Fries (A0.1505645). TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. George Shearing wrote Lullaby of Birdland in 1952 for Morris Levy, the owner of the New York jazz club Birdland. Levy had gotten in touch with Shearing and explained that he'd started a regular Birdland-sponsored disk jockey show, and he wanted Shearing to record a theme which was to be played every hour on the hour..
