Bluesette

{{short description|1963 single by Toots Thielemans}}

{{for|the unrelated Curtis Fuller album|Blues-ette}}

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| name = Bluesette

| cover = Toots Thielemans-Bluesette (single cover).jpg

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| caption = 1964 7" vinyl single cover

| type = single

| artist = Toots Thielemans

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| EP = The Main From The Mountain

| B-side = The Mountain Whistler

| released = 1963

| recorded = 1962

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| label = ABC-Paramount Records

| writer = Toots Thielemans

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Bluesette is a jazz standard, composed by Toots Thielemans. First recorded by Toots Thielemans in 1962, with lyrics added by Norman Gimbel, the song became an international hit.{{cite web|title=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/arts/music/toots-thielemans-jazz-harmonica-player-is-dead.html|website=nytimes.com|access-date=December 31, 2017}} It has since been covered by over one hundred artists.{{cite web|title=A short history of "Bluesette"|url=https://www.jazziz.com/short-history-bluesette-toots-thielemans-1964/|author=Matt Micucci|website=Jazziz.com|access-date=April 25, 2019}}

Thielemans received Grammy Award nominations for Best Instrumental Theme in 1964 and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo in 1992 for the song.{{cite web |title=Home: Grammy Awards: Grammy Awards 1964 |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1964-216.html |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=35th Annual GRAMMY Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/35th-annual-grammy-awards |website=grammy.com}}

In 2000, Bluesette was inducted in the Radio 2 Hall of Fame.{{cite web |date= |title=Toots Thielemans – Belgische mondharmonicaspeler |url=https://historiek.net/toots-thielemans-mondharmonica-bluesette/148783/ |publisher=historiek.ne |language=nl |publication-date=29 April 2022}}