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Hear Angel Olsen cover 1930s track ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’

The song comes as the latest of a series of covers

Tobias Pugh28th September 20200

The song comes as the latest of a series of covers

Following the release of her latest album Whole New Mess and a series of covers including George Harrison’s ‘Beware of Darkness’, Roxy Music’s ‘More Than This’ and Bobby Vinton’s ‘Mr Lonely’ (for the Kajillionaire soundtrack), Angel Olsen has covered 1938’s ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’.

The track, popularlised by the Broadway show Right This Way in the 30s, was also regularly covered by the likes of Billie Holliday and Frank Sinatra.

The cover, like her new album, is performed in a stripped back way, harking back to her debut album ‘Half Way Home’.

Watch the performance on Instagram below.

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Working on some covers, some expected, some not. This one’s been close to the heart lately. “I’ll be seeing you” Original music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal. Published in 1938, it was inserted into the Broadway musical Right This Way, which closed after fifteen performances. Later made famous by Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and my favorite jazz/ swing/ blues singer Mildred Bailey. - -Speaking of which, if you’re unfamiliar check out some of Mildred Bailey’s work. From Wikipedia: “Mildred Bailey (born Mildred Rinker; February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a Native American jazz singer[2] during the 1930s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady" and "Mrs. Swing". Some of her best-known hits are "For Sentimental Reasons", "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown", "Trust in Me", "Where Are You?", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Small Fry", "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream", "Rockin' Chair", "Blame It on My Last Affair", and "Says My Heart". She had three singles that made number one on the popular charts.[3]”

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