Easy Street (Alan Rankin Jones song) explained

Easy Street
Type:	Song
Written:	1940

"Easy Street" is a jazz standard and popular song with lyrics and music written by Alan Rankin Jones in 1940.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It was first recorded by 'Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra.'

Background

The term 'easy street' originated in the late 1800s and is slang for "a state in which everything is going well and one is comfortable.” It's usually meant momentarily.

Musical characteristics

Easy Street is in thirty-two bar form^[5] and includes a melody that moves the title line to different pitches whenever it recurs in a phrase. The song is usually played with a slow, slightly swinging melody.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hischak . Thomas S. . The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia . 2002 . Greenwood Press . Westport, Conn. . 0313319928 . 97 . registration . 2 April 2019.
2. Book: Dodd . David . Hunter . Robert . Trist . Alan . Barlow . John . Carpenter . Jim . The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics . 2005 . Simon & Schuster, Inc. . New York . 102 . 2 April 2019.
3. Book: Kinkle . Roger . The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950 . 1974 . Arlington House . New Rochelle, N.Y. . 0870002295 . 366 . registration . 2 April 2019.
4. Book: Morris . James R. . Taylor . J. R. . Bowers . Dwight Blocker . American Popular Song: Six Decades of Songwriters and Singers . 1984 . Smithsonian Collection of Recordings . Washington . 106 . registration . 2 April 2019.
5. Web site: Easy Street. Rankin. Jones, Alan. June. Christy. 2013-11-26. Musicnotes.com. 2019-01-02.