Diana Krall

Songwriter: Nat King Cole Irving Mills

Producer: Jim West

Buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air
Monkey thought that everything on the square
Buzzard tried to throw the monkey off of his back
But the monkey turned around and said, "Hey listen Jack!"

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down bubba don't you blow your top

Ain't no use in jiving
What's the use of diving
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down bubba don't you blow your top

Well the buzzard told the monkey you are choking me
Release your hold and I will set you free
Monkey looked the buzzard dead in the eye and said
"Your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie!"

So straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down bubba don't you blow your top

Diana Krall is a jazz vocalist and pianist, born in Nanaimo, Canada.

She is known as the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut in the top Billboard Jazz Albums. Krall holds five Grammy Awards and has earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums. She attended the Berklee College of Music and went on to release her first album in 1993, Stepping Out. Since her debut, she has collaborated with musical greats such as Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand and David Foster.

She currently resides with her husband of 17 years, Elvis Costello, and their twin sons in New York City.

From the album

Stepping Out (1993)

Diana Krall popular songs

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