STRAIGHTEN UP & FLY
RIGHT
NAT KING COLE
SONGWRITERS:
NAT KING COLE & IRVING
MILLS
COUNTRY:
U.S.A.
ALBUM:
STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT!
LABEL:
VINTAGE JAZZ
GENRE:
JAZZ
YEAR:
1991
"Straighten
Up and Fly Right" is a 1943 song written by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills and performed by The
King Cole Trio. The single was the trio's most
popular single reaching number one on the Harlem
Hit Parade for ten nonconsecutive weeks. The
single also peaked at number nine on the pop charts. "Straighten Up and
Fly Right" also reached number one for six nonconsecutive weeks on the Most Played Jukebox Hillbilly
Records.
The song was based on a black
folk tale that Cole's father had used as a theme for one of his sermons. In the
tale, a buzzard takes different animals for a joy ride. When he gets hungry, he
throws them off on a dive and eats them for dinner. A monkey who had observed
this trick goes for a ride; he wraps his tail around the buzzard's neck and
gives the buzzard a big surprise by nearly choking him to death.
The
song was a part of the score of the 1943 film Here Comes Elmer.
The
song was used in the 1995 HBO historical war drama The
Tuskegee Airmen and the title was quoted by
the pilots when going into battle.
The
song was used in the season 4 episode of Tales from the Crypt, "Split
Personality".
The
song was used in NBC's drama series This
Is Us, "The best washing machine in the whole
world". Rebecca Pearson (played by Mandy
Moore) sang the song during rehearsal.
The
buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on a square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said "Now
listen Jack"
Straighten
up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down pappa, don't you blow your top
Ain't no use in divin', what's the use of jivin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down pappa, don't you blow your top
The
buzzard told the monkey you are chokin' me
Release your hold and I will set you free
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye
And said, "Your story's so touching but it sounds
like a lie"
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down pappa, don't you blow your top
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