Level: 4
Tuning: Standard

Lulu's Back in Town was one of those songs that found immediate popularity which has never really waned. Written by Harry Warren in 1935, with lyrics by Al Dubin, the song was a hit that same year for the redoubtable Fats Waller, and also sung by Dick Powell in the Hollywood musical, Broadway Gondolier. This infectious number has been popular with jazz/pop vocalists and jazz instrumentalists ever since, Mel Torme and Thelonious Monk having left us particularly memorable versions. The guitar arrangement is in C, and seeks to evoke both Waller and Monk.