There'll Be Some Changes Made

The debut recording with Ethel Waters was recorded on Black Swan Records (1921) and rapidly became a hit. Her rendition features the rarely-heard 6-bar instrumental intro, followed by her singing the 1st verse (16 bars, plus 1), then her singing the 1st chorus (16 bars, plus 2), then instruments playing 8, plus 2 bars of the chorus, finishing with her singing the 1st chorus (16 bars, plus 2).

Variety magazine, in a fifty-year commemorative issue, included Ethel Waters' recording in its "Hit Parade of a Half-Century (1905–1955)" list for 1923. A 1924 recording by Marion Harris (Brunswick 2651) helped establish it as a standard. Other artists with notable recordings during the 1920s include Josie Miles (Ajax 17087; 1924), Sophie Tucker (Okeh 40921; 1927), and the Chicago Rhythm Kings (Red McKenzie, vocalist; Brunswick 4001; 1928). In jazz discography, which does not include the recordings of Marion Harris or Sophie Tucker, there were 11 recordings of the song during the 1920s.

Standout recordings from the 1930s include Fats Waller (Bluebird B10322; 1935), Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers (HRS (de) 1000; 1938), and Benny Goodman and His Orchestra{{Cite web | url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633240/m1/#track/4 |title = Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #5|year = 1972}} (Louise Tobin, vocalist, Fletcher Henderson arrangement; Columbia 35210; 1939). In jazz discography, there were 17 recordings of the song during the 1930s, including double takes by (i) Benny Carter and His Swing Quintet (Masters of Jazz (F)MJCD95 CD & Vocalion S46), (ii) Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers (both takes on HRS 1001; 1938), (iii) Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (Columbia 35210 & Phontastic (Swd)NOST7606; 1939), and (iv) Eddie Condon And His Chicagoans (Decca 18041 & Meritt 11; 1939).

1941 was not a good year for newly published popular music due to the ASCAP strike. According to a January 31, 1942, Billboard article, ASCAP members claimed only 2 of the top 13 sellers in sheet music. Five of the remaining 11 were revivals, one of which was "There'll Be Some Changes Made." The 1941 film, Play Girl, gave new life to the song. In 1941, Benny Goodman's 1939 version became a Billboard No. 1 Hit for 4 weeks (during April and May) and peaked at No. 2 on Your Hit Parade. In 1961, BMI published a list, "All-Time Hit Songs, Broadcast Music, Inc., 1940–1960," in Billboard. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" was among the 17 songs listed for 1947. In jazz discography, there were 60 recordings of the song during the 1940s.

Notable recordings from the 1940s include Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (Marilyn Duke, vocalist; Bluebird B-11025-A; 1941), the Hoosier Hot Shots (Okeh 6114; 1941) and Peggy Lee (Capitol 15001; 1947).

In early 1959, Billie Holiday did three sessions with Ray Ellis and orchestra for MGM Records in New York: March 3, 4, and 11. She recorded "Changes" in the final session. That session turned out to be the last studio session of her life. She died {{age in years, months and days|1959|03|11|1959|07|17}} later — on July 17. The album — released under various titles, notably, Last Recording (MGM SE-3764; 1959) — was posthumously released.

In jazz discography, there were 42 recordings of "Changes" during the 1950s.

Notable artists who recorded "Changes" include Ann-Margret on her 1962 album The Vivacious One, Jaki Byard (Muse 5007; 1972), Tony Bennett (Improv 7112; 1973–1977) and Fox Face (Dirtnap Records ZZZ-163; 2021)

In 2004, Tony Bennett sang that song again at the Montreux Jazz Festival with the Phil Collins Big Band accompanied by pianist Ralph Sharon and double bassist Douglas Richeson, and that event can be heard on Collins's 4 CD box set Plays Well with Others published in 2018.

Outside of jazz, in western swing, Bob Wills recorded it in 1937 (Vocalion DAL 244-1). In country music, Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler recorded — on their 1990 Grammy award winning album Neck and Neck — a parody version that references the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing" {{nowrap| ... }}

{{cquote|Money for nothin' and chicks for free|25px|25px|}}

Feature films

• Use of the song in the 1941 film, Play Girl, helped repopularize the song 20 years after its debut.
• Ida Lupino sang the song in the 1948 film, Road House
• Joan Blondell sang the song in the 1951 film, The Blue Veil
• In the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five, a quartet is singing the song when the airplane Billy Pilgrim is traveling in spins out of control and crashes.
• Ann Reinking sang and danced to the song accompanied by Leland Palmer and Erzsébet Földi during the "Hallucination Sequence" in the 1979 film, All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse. Reinking, Fosse's previous partner, directs the song to Roy Scheider playing Joe Gideon, a semi-autobiographical version of Fosse himself.
• The soundtrack of Woody Allen's 1999 film, Sweet and Lowdown, included "There'll Be Some Changes Made," recorded by members of the film's music department: Howard Alden, solo guitar, Bucky Pizzarelli, rhythm guitar, Ken Peplowski, clarinet, Kelly Friesen, bass, and Ted Sommer, drums. In the scene, Emmet Ray, played by Sean Penn in the lead role as a guitarist, is playing the song with his quintet at a club as he is approached by a woman with black hair.

Shorts

• The 1928 Vitaphone short film, Character Studies (Vitaphone 2734), directed by Murry Roth, featured three songs, including "Changes," all sung by Florence Brady (née Florence E. McAleer; born approx. 1902), a comedian, singer, vaudeville actress, and longtime stage partner with her songwriter husband, Gilbert William Wells (1893–1935).

{{Div col}}

1. Ethel Waters, accompanied by Her Jazz Masters
   

   Trumpet (unknown), trombone (unknown), Garvin Bushell (clarinet), possibly Charlie Jackson (violin), Fletcher Henderson (piano)
   

   Recorded around August 1921, New York
   

   ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aCjJs1dzx8 audio] on YouTube)
   

   Black Swan 2021
   

   Matrix P147-1
   

   {{oclc|244487936}}

2. Josie Miles
   

   With the Choo Choo Jazzers
   

   Josie Miles (vocals), Bob Fuller (clarinet), Louis Hooper (piano)
   

   Recorded circa December 1924, New York City
   

   ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bceuqQ-2EZA audio] on YouTube)

   Ajax (Canadian Race label) 17087
   

   Matrix 31749

3. Sophie Tucker
   

   Recorded September 3, 1927
   

   ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buRB74Ndn3U audio] on YouTube)
   

   Matrix W81314-B
   

   Okeh 40921
   

   {{oclc|82134484}}

4. Chicago Rhythm Kings
   

   Red McKenzie (singer), Muggsy Spanier (clarinet), Frank Teschmacher (clarinet), Mezz Mezzrow (tenor sax), Joe Sullivan (piano), Eddie Condon (banjo), James W. Lanigan (1902–1983) (tuba), Gene Krupa (drums)
   

   Recorded April 6, 1928, Chicago
   

   Brunswick 4001
   

   Re-release: Classic Jazz Masters 31
   

   {{oclc|29747177|18799565}}

5. Boswell Sisters
   

   Mannie Klein (trumpet), Tommy Dorsey (trombone), Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet, alto sax), Babe Russin (tenor sax), Martha Boswell (piano, cello), Eddie Lang (guitar), Artie Bernstein (bass), Stan King (de) (drums)
   

   Recorded March 21, 1932, New York City
   

   ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWgOyfYYJPk audio] on YouTube)
   

   Matrix: 11543-A
   

   Brunswick 6291
   

   {{oclc|399677888}}

6. Roy Newman (de) and His Boys
   

   Recorded October 1, 1935, Dallas
   

   Roy Newman (piano), Jim Boyd (born 1914) (brother of musician Bill Boyd brother) (guitar), Earl Brown (guitar), Ish Erwin (bass), Holly Horton (1892–1944) (clarinet), Walter Kirks (tenor banjo), Randall "Buddy" Neal (guitar), Thurman Neal (fiddle)
   

   Matrix: DAL-196-1
   

   Vocalion 03325

7. Bob Wills (1937)
   

   Recorded June 1937, Dallas
   

   03902 Vocalion
   

   ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbC2Pce4HRc audio] on YouTube)
   

   Matrix DAL 244-1 (1st take)
   

   {{oclc|58807446}}

8. Benny Goodman
   

   Louise Tobin, vocalist
   

   Arrangement by Fletcher Henderson
   

   Recorded August 10, 1939, Los Angeles
   

   ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C442Eo4LPQ0 audio] on YouTube)
   

   Columbia 35210
   

   Matrix LA-1947-A
   

   (first of 2 takes)
   

   {{oclc|698390892|29063454}}

9. Eddie Condon
   

   {{space|3}}and His Chicagoans
   

   (instrumental, no vocals)
   

   Max Kaminsky (trumpet), Brad Gowans (trombone), Pee Wee Russell (clarinet), Bud Freeman (tenor sax), Joe Sullivan (piano), Eddie Condon (guitar), Clyde Newcombe (bass), Dave Tough (drums)
   

   Recorded August 11, 1939, New York City
   

   Matrix – 66072-A: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
   

   Matrix – 66072-B: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
   

   66072-A: Decca 18041
   

   66072-B: Meritt 11
   

   {{oclc|237626194}}
   

   {{oclc|8778723}}

10. Art Tatum
    

    Recorded live July 26 or 27, 1941, at Gee-Haw Stables, New York City
    

    Art Tatum (piano), Chocolate Williams (bass)
    

    Ollie Potter (vocalist) (born 1900 – DOD not known)
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaAnXmEk_WY audio] on YouTube)
    

    Onyx ORI205
    

    Track 8 of 8
    

    {{oclc|41634272}}
    

    (see note: †)

11. Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
    

    Recorded January 13, 1941
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB63YWLFrmA audio] on YouTube)
    

    Marylin Duke (vocalist)
    

    Bobby Nichols (né Robert J. Nichols; 1924–1975) (trumpet solo)
    

    Bluebird B-11025-A
    

    Side A (matrix 060317=1)
    

    {{oclc|80421652}}

12. Peggy Lee
    

    With Frank de Vol's Orchestra
    

    Recorded August 14, 1947, Los Angeles
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veRn1IUF98Y audio] on YouTube)
    

    Matrix: {{nowrap|2162 Y}}
    

    Capitol 15001-B
    

    {{oclc|78100963|725622274}}

13. Hy-Lo Trio (vocals and instrumentalist)
    

    78 rpm album:
    

    {{space|3}}Old Tyme Favourites
    

    Recorded around 1948, Boston
    

    Vinnie "Jimmy Cal" Calderone (accordion)
    

    Angelo Boncore
    

    (né Angelo Joseph Boncore; 1919–2012) (bass)
    

    Side B, Track 3
    

    Label:
    

    {{space|3}}Crystal-Tone (Boston)
    

    Re-issue:
    

    {{space|3}}Family Library of Recorded Music (Canada)
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E8CKxshPJw&t=133s audio] on YouTube)
    

    1007-B
    

    {{Amicus|3573505}}

14. Dinah Washington
    

    On the album:
    

    {{space|3}}Dinah!
    

    Recorded November 11, 1955, Los Angeles
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLFUPm6s1AM audio] on YouTube)

    Hal Mooney, arranger
    

    Accompanied by Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, Mannie Klein (trumpets); Tommy Pederson, Frank Rosolino, Si Zentner (trombones); Herb Geller, Skeets Herfurt (alto saxes); Georgie Auld, Babe Russin (tenor saxes); Chuck Gentry (né Charles Thomas Gentry; 1911–1987) (bari sax); Wynton Kelly (piano); Al Hendrickson (de) (guitar); Keter Betts (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums); Harold "Hal" Mooney (director)
    

    Matrix 12401-4
    

    EmArcy MG36065
    

    {{oclc|10801888|25107940}}

15. Soundtrack
    

    From the 1957 film
    

    Designing Woman
    

    Album title: Miss Dolores Gray:
    

    {{space|3}}Legendary Star of Stage and Screen
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT9ZH9r6U7I video] on YouTube)'
    

    Blue Pear Records 1014
    

    {{oclc|21720972}}

16. Billie Holiday
    

    Billie Holiday With Ray Ellis And His Orchestra
    

    Accompanied by Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Billy Byers (trombone), Al Cohn (tenor sax), Danny Bank (bari sax), Hank Jones (piano), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Milt Hinton (bass), Osie Johnson (drums), Ray Ellis (arranger, conductor)
    

    Recorded March 11, 1959
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrxNCkUf_Zc audio] on YouTube)
    

    59XY445: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
    

    MGM SE-3764
    

    Verve (E)2304120
    

    {{oclc|6871512}} (MGM)

17. Dave Brubeck
    

    Brubeck and Rushing
    

    Recorded January 29, 1960, New York City
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLyCPuWa8D8 audio] on YouTube)
    

    Paul Desmond (alto sax), Dave Brubeck (piano), Eugene Wright (bass), Joe Morello (drums), Jimmy Rushing (vocals)
    

    Matrix: CO64697
    

    Columbia CL1553
    

    {{oclc|27683846|717201596}}

18. Julie London
    

    Whatever Julie Wants (LP)
    

    With orchestra
    

    Felix Slatkin (conductor)
    

    Recorded in Hollywood, c., July 1961
    

    Track B5: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MifGsygzsvg audio] on YouTube)
    

    Liberty LST 7192 (LP) US (1961)
    

    Liberty LRP 3192 (LP, Mono) Australia (1961)
    

    7" Reel, 4tr, Stereo, Album, Liberty LT 7192 US (1961)
    

    Promo, Whi, Liberty LRP 3192 (LP, Mono) US (1961)
    

    Longon HA-G 2405 (LP, Mono) UK (1961)
    

    {{oclc|12415639|}}

19. Jackie Gleason
    

    Recorded 1961; released 1962
    

    Jackie Gleason's Lover's Portfolio
    

    Capitol SWBO-1619
    

    2 LPs (compilation)
    

    Track B1 (of side A, B, C, D)
    

    {{oclc|27225822}}

20. Tony Bennett
    

    On the album:
    

    {{space|3}}Life Is Beautiful
    

    Arranged by Torrie Zito
    

    Recorded 1975
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFzfIRoZ6c audio] on YouTube)
    

    Tony Bennett (vocals), Torrie Zito (piano), John Guiffrida (bass), Chuck Hughes (drums), and orchestra
    

    Improv 7112
    

    {{oclc|38224976}}

21. Soundtrack (New York)
    

    Recorded March 22, 1976, A & R Recording, New York
    

    Original Broadway Cast from:
    

    {{space|3}}Bubbling Brown Sugar
    

    H&L HL-69011-698
    

    Act 2, Scene 3
    

    Track B4
    

    Josephine Premice, vocalist
    

    {{oclc|2940725}}
    

    Amherst Records AMH 3310 (CD)
    

    {{oclc|15688755|42552255}}

22. Soundtrack (London)
    

    London Cast from:
    

    {{space|3}}Bubbling Brown Sugar
    

    Act 2, Scene 3
    

    Released 1977
    

    Elaine Delmar, vocalist
    

    H&L HL-69011-698
    

    {{oclc|2940725}}
    

    Pye (CD)
    

    {{oclc|299178203}}

23. Duke Ellington Orchestra
    

    Mercer Ellington, director
    

    Bruce Miller, arranger
    

    A Tribute To Ethel Waters
    

    Recorded 1978, Hollywood
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75-cYa5xzrg audio-1] & [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iIyUhwMw8c audio-2] on YouTube)
    

    Diahann Carroll (vocals)
    

    Orinda ORC4000
    

    {{oclc|5523457}}

24. Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
    

    Neck and Neck (album)
    

    Released October 9, 1990
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIKt_WQHia8 audio] on YouTube)
    

    Columbia
    

    {{oclc|22689013}}

25. Celebrating Mildred Bailey and Red Norvo
    

    Recorded April 21, 22, 23, 1996, Doppler Studios, Atlanta
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFTRVRvGdNs audio] on YouTube)
    

    Audiophile ACD-295 (CD)
    

    Daryl Sherman (vocals, piano), Randy Sandke (trumpet), Randy Reinhart (trombone), Bobby Gordon (de) (clarinet, tenor sax), John Cocuzzi (vibes, leader), Mark Shane (piano), James Chirillo (guitar), Greg Cohen (bass), Joe Ascione (drums)
    

    {{oclc|593772313|873490877}}

26. Soundtrack
    

    Woody Allen's 1999 film
    

    Sweet and Lowdown
    

    Byron Stripling (trumpet), Ken Peplowski (clarinet), Dick Hyman (piano), Howard Alden (solo guitar), Bucky Pizzarelli (rhythm guitar), Kelly Friesen (bass), Ted Sommer (drums)
    

    Recorded in Hollywood, 1999
    

    Track 5: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
    

    Sony Classical SK89019 (CD)
    

    {{oclc|43482586}}

27. Scott Hamilton
    

    Live in Bern: Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio
    

    Live at Marian's Jazzroom, Bern, Switzerland, May 18, 2014
    

    ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXVrRBG2nB0 audio] on YouTube)
    

    Scott Hamilton (tenor sax), Tamir Hendelman (piano), Christoph Luty (bass), Jeff Hamilton (drums)
    

    Track 7: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
    

    Capri 74139-2 (CD)
    

    {{oclc|925908072}}

; Unreleased recordings

28. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
    

    Live: June 1, 1957, Sunset Ballroom
    

    Near Carrolltown, Pennsylvania
    

    Shorty Baker (trumpet), Quentin Jackson (trombone), Russell Procope (clarinet), Duke Ellington (piano), Joe Benjamin (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums)

{{Div col end}}

; Notes on the Tatum recording

: † "There'll Be Some Changes Made," was recorded in 1941 on acetate discs by an amateur, a Columbia Student, Jerry Newman (né Jerome Robert Newman; 1918–1970), and released in the 1973. Newman's collection was the initial sole material used to launch the jazz label, Onyx Recording, Inc. (aka Onyx Records), a New York entity co-founded in 1972 by Don Schlitten and Joe Fields.

: Newman, while a student at Columbia in 1941, lugged his acetate disc recording machine – a portable Wilcox-Gay Recordio "disc cutter" – to jazz clubs in Harlem, including Minton's Playhouse on 118th Street and Clark Monroe's Uptown House on 134th Street, both of which were incubators of jazz of the day, and in 1941, the beginning of bebop. Newman's collection served as the core library for Onyx Recording, Inc. Art Tatum at Minton's in 1941, issued by Onyx after being declined by Columbia, on the LP God Is in the House. At the 16th Annual Grammy Awards held in March 1974, the album won two Grammys, one for Best Improvised Jazz Solo and one for Best Liner Notes, written by Morgenstern. Newman's recordings have been issued as unauthorized records, variously over the years; that is, none were done so with the permission or participation of the artists or their estates. The commercial value of the recordings were deemed {{linktext|nil}}; and those who acquired and distributed the recordings viewed the mission as one of curating jazz history.

: The Art Tatum session at Gee-Haw Stables, later, became the subject of a poem, "Art Tatum at the Gee-Haw Stables," by Grace Schulman.

1. MelOdee 1257
   

   Melodee Music Co., Inc.

2. QRS 7389
   

   February 1941
   

   Fats Waller, piano roll artist

3. QRS Word Roll 8316
   

   J. Lawrence Cook, piano roll artist
   

   ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnLAb_co3U audio] on YouTube)

4. Aeolian 1741
   

   J. Lawrence Cook, piano roll artist

; Original copyright

: "There'll Be Some Change Made" (sic {{nowrap| ... }} "Change" vs. "Changes")

: Billy Wiggins (pseudonym of William Higgins) (words)

: Benton Overstreet (music)

: Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr. (arrangement)

: © 16 September 1921 (1 c.) E519207

: New York: Harry Herbert Pace

; Subsequent copyrights

: © 17 September 1923 E569379

: © 1924 New York: Edward B. Marks Music Corp.

: Billy Wiggins (pseudonym of Billy Higgins) (lyrics)

: William Belton Overstreet (music) (1888–1939)

: {{oclc|499111772}}

; 5 additional choruses by Wilson & Ringle

: © 20 November 1924 E601555; © Renewal 10 December 1951 R87327 (Wilson & Ringle arrangement)

: © 20 November 1924 E601555; © Renewal 20 November 1951 R86297 (Wilson & Ringle arrangement)

: {{oclc|20410673|945930898}}

; Arrangements and renewals

: © 31 January 1940 EP83470; © Renewal 31 January 1967 R403184 (scored by Jerry Gray; Artie Shaw, arr.) {{oclc|40478415}}

: © 20 February 1940 EP83170; © Renewal 1 March 1967 R405147 (Roy Eldridge, arr.)

: © 22 May 1941 EP94890 (Harry Henneman; born 1913; arr.)

: © 14 September 1945 EP134967; © Renewal 26 September 1972 R536531 (Van Alexander, arr.)

: © 14 April 1948 EP25222 (Claude G. Garreau, vocal arr., TTBB, published in Time to Harmonize, Vol. 2, pps. 14–15); {{oclc|1350092}}

: © 16 September 1921 E519207; © Renewal 20 September 1948 R38135 (Henderson, arr.)

: © 16 September 1921 E519207; © Renewal 17 September 1948 R38310 (Henderson, arr.)

: © 16 December 1924 E603539; © Renewal 10 December 1951 R87328 (Wheeler, arr.)

: © 17 September 1923 E569379; © 7 January 1954 EP77406 (arrangement by Bud Arburg, EdD, né Harold Walton Arberg Sr. 1918–2009; for four male voices – TTBB)

: © 13 August 1929 EP8383 (arr. for orchestra by Ted Lewis); © Renewal 24 August 1956 R175950

: © 1958? (arrangement by Clay Warnick; 1915–1995; for SATB & piano), Plate N° 13861; {{oclc|20610949}}

: © 28 April 1965 EP201952 (Charles E. Brooks, arr. for barbershop quartet)

: © 2012 (transcribed & adapted by Myles Collins; vocal arrangement for big band); Salamander Bay: England Lush Life Music, Plate N° LLM2172; {{oclc|867767047}}

; International versions / editions

: © 1959; (Swedish text by Tommy, pseudonym of Lennart Reuterskiöld (sv), 1898–1986; for voice & piano with chords); Stockholm: Reuter & Reuter; {{oclc|185373906}}

; Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3 Musical Compositions, New Series, Library of Congress, Copyright Office

:; Original and renewal copyrights

{{Reflist|group=Original|100em|refs=

Vol. {{space|1}}16, Part 2, Last Half of 1921, Nos. 8–13 (1922), [https://books.google.com/books?id=_JQxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1309 pg. 1309]

Vol. {{space|1}}19, Part 2, November–December 1924, Nos. 11–12 (1924), [https://archive.org/stream/catalogofcopyri193libr#page/1299/mode/1up pg. 1299]

Vol. {{space|1}}19, Part 2, November–December 1924, Nos. 11–12 (1924), [https://archive.org/stream/catalogofcopyri193libr#page/1299/mode/1up pg. 1299]

Vol. {{space|1}}36, Part 2, July–December 1941, Nos. 5–12 (1941), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ai9jAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1010 pg. 1010]

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; Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Renewal Registrations-Music, Library of Congress, Copyright Office

:; Copyright renewals and arrangements

{{Reflist|group=Renewal|100em|refs=

Vol. {{space|3}}5, Part 5C, January–June 1951, No. 1 (1952), [https://archive.org/stream/catalogofcopyrig355libr#page/158/mode/2up pg. 159]

Vol. {{space|3}}2, Part 14B, January–June 1948, No. 1 (1949), [https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-90100-66643180/catalog-of-copyright-entries-sr3-vol2-pt14b-no1-2#fullscreen pg. 171]

Vol. {{space|1}}21, Part 5, No. 1, January–June 1967 (1968), [https://books.google.com/books?id=SDwhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1348 pg. 903]

Vol. {{space|1}}21, Part 5, No. 1, January–June 1967 (1968), [https://books.google.com/books?id=SDwhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1348 pg. 903]

Vol. {{space|1}}26, Part 5, No. 2, Sect. I, July–December 1972 (1973), [https://books.google.com/books?id=CUYhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA2621 pg. 2621]

Vol. {{space|1}}19, Part 5, No. 1, Sect. I, January–June 1965 (1967), [https://books.google.com/books?id=szQhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA627 pg. 627]

Vol. {{space|3}}2, Part 5A, No. 1, January–June 1948 (1948), [https://archive.org/stream/catalogofcopyrig325libr#page/215/mode/1up/search/ pg. 215]

Vol. {{space|3}}8, Part 5A, No. 1, January–June 1954 (1954), [https://archive.org/stream/catalogofcopyrig385li#page/194/mode/1up/search/ pg. 194]

Vol. {{space|3}}10, Part 5C, No. 1, January–June 1954 (1956), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ry8hAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA213 pg. 213]

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Edward B. Marks Corporation was the publisher of "There'll Be Some Changes Made." The sheet music cover design, artwork by Irving Politzer (1898–1972), featured portraits of performers who had recorded the song. Those appearing on covers include Marion Harris, Ruth Etting, and Benny Goodman.

Some sheet music covers, even 1st editions, included the subtitle, in parentheses, "Philosophic Blues."

{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha|30em|refs=

David Townsend Ringle (1894–1965)

Al. H. Wilson ({{italics correction|aka}} Alphonse or Alfonso H. Wilson; né Alphonse Heerwich Niederhofer; 1868–1936) was an American stage actor, comedian, singer, monologist, songwriter, theater stock company director, and playwright. ([https://books.google.com/books?id=pf0PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA325 {{italics correction|Who's Who in Music and Drama.}}] Entry: "Wilson, Al. H.", Dixie Hines né George Wilmer Hines Jr.; 1872–1928, Harry Prescott Hanaford, 1863–1925, eds., H.P. Hanaford, publisher, 1914, pg. 325; {{oclc|5345361|21786350}}) He was the brother of actress Lizzie Wilson (née Elisabeth Niederhöfer; 1863–1939). (see Winfield Daily Free Press and Passport Applications, referenced below) Alphonse H. Wilson's name is inscribed on a vertical-type monument, 10 feet high, 8 feet wide (front face, right margin, 13th row), honoring Catholic Actors Guild of America, in Calvary Cemetery Woodside, Queens. Inscribed at the top of the front face is a quote from Macbeth, "A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more". Inscribed at the top of the back face is a quote from Hamlet, "Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest". (see Death Certificate and BillionGraves references, below)

Some biographical references, notably the searchable BMI Song Database, incorrectly identify the lyricist as William Blackstone. The copyrights, and copyright renewals, credit Higgins as the lyricist. "Blackstone" is the maiden name of the mother of another Billy Higgins (1936–2001) — the late jazz drummer who has no direct relationship to the Higgins of this article. The mother's full maiden name was Anna Bell Marie Blackstone (1903–2001). She was married to Samuel Higgins (1901–1970). ([http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1803758 "Higgins, Billy"] – reference entry; the "other" Billy Higgins), Oxford Index: American National Biography Online; retrieved November 22, 2016) ("BMI Repertoire Song Search: [http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=1487874&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID '{{space|1}}There'll Be Some Changes Made'{{space|1}};"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124143835/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=1487874&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |date=2006-11-24 }} retrieved November 22, 2016)

Claude Gustave Garreau (born 6 June 1896 Jersey City)

[http://imslp.org/wiki/Edward_B._Marks Edward B. Marks] Music Corporation was founded in 1898 by Edward Bennett Marks (1865–1945). One of Edward's two sons, Herbert Edward Marks (1902–1984), took over the company in 1945. In 1983, Freddy Bienstock bought the Edward B. Marks catalog of classical and contemporary music for $5 million in partnership with the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate. His brother, John, was in charge of the division. The Edward B. Marks catalog is currently owned by Carlin America.

Bill Fox (aka Bill Mink, Bill Wolf/Wolfe), Jerry Newman (né Jerome Robert Newman; 1918–1970), and Seymour Weiss (né Seymour Michael Wyse; born 1923 in London) founded the Esoteric Record Corporation in 1949 in New York. In 1957 the label was renamed Counterpoint; and after being first sold to Eichler Records Corporation in 1960, and then to Everest Record Group in 1963, to Counterpoint / Esoteric Records. Earlier, in 1948, Newman and Wyse founded Greenwich Music Shop. In 1964, Fox moved to Vanguard Records, to become the production coordinator. Fox had been Newman's business partner with the Greenwich Music Shop

Published versions of the music include a 4-bar intro, followed by a 2-bar vamp. The Ethel Waters rendition does not repeat the vamp. Her rendition is:

{{space|3}}B-flat major — Time signature#Simple time signatures

{{space|3}}Intro, instrumental (4 bars; plus a 2-bar, non-repeated vamp)

{{space|3}}1st verse, sung (16 bars; plus 1) or ("A₁ theme," 8 bars; plus "A₂ theme," 8 bars; plus 1)

{{space|3}}1st chorus, sung (16 bars; plus 2) or ("B₁ theme," 8 bars; plus "B₂ theme," 8 bars; plus 2)

{{space|3}}1st chorus, instrumental (8 bars) ("B₂ theme," 8 bars; plus 2)

{{space|3}}1st verse, sung (16 bars; plus 1) or ("A₁ theme," 8 bars; plus "A₂ theme," 8 bars; plus 1)

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God is in the house, Art Tatum, Onyx Records, ORI 205 (LP) (1972); {{oclc|3197822|473711960}}

"BMI Repertoire Song Search: [http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=1487874&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID '{{space|1}}There'll Be Some Changes Made'{{space|1}}"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124143835/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=1487874&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |date=2006-11-24 }} (retrieved November 22, 2016)

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{{space|4}}Melodee 1257: Item 3167

{{space|4}}QRS Word Roll 8316: Item 3168

{{space|4}}Aeolian 1741: Item 3691

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{{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Death Certificate, March 6,|1936|p=}} |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WKP-8CR |url-access=registration |title=Alphonse Wilson |publisher=New York Municipal Archives |language=en-US |access-date=February 4, 2021 |via=FamilySearch }}{{space|1}}FHL (GS) microfilm no. 2,079,282; digital folder no. 4,007,605; online image no. 555; indexing project (batch) no. I07962-7; record no. 316. (note: Alphonse Wilson's middle initial "H" is on the actual death certificate).

{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Winfield Daily Free Press||p=}} |last1=Winfield Daily Free Press |date=November 3, 1900 |title={{nowrap|W. H. M. S.}} |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/62310149/ |type=newspaper |volume=3 |issue=150 |location=Winfield, Kansas |page=1 |access-date=February 4, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com|author1-link=Winfield Daily Free Press }}. {{space|1}}LCCN [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84029091/ sn84029091]. {{OCLC|10445211}} (referencing siblinghood).

{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Buffalo Courier||p=}} |last1=Buffalo Courier |date=March 31, 1896 |title=At the Lyceum Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/354473113/ |type=newspaper |volume=61 |issue=91 |location=Buffalo, New York |page=6 (column 3, near the bottom) |access-date=February 4, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com|author1-link=Buffalo Courier }}. {{space|1}}LCCN [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030933/ sn83030933]. {{OCLC|9715201}} (referencing his birth name, "Alphonse Heerwich Niederhofer").

Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens (DOD: 1936). "[https://billiongraves.com/grave/Alphonse-H-Wilson/1952257 Alphonse H. Wilson]". BillionGraves. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Passport Application, May 12,|1915|p=}} |date= |year= |chapter= |chapter-url= |title=Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925 |url= |url-status= |url-access= |type="Elisabeth Niederhofer," known as "Lizzie Wilson" |language=en-US |volume= |others=DOB: February 26, 1863 → place of birth: Buffalo, New York → application date: May 12, 1915 → passport issue date: May 20, 1915 → certificate no. 57278 |location= |publisher=Bureau of Citizenship, Department of State |access-date= |via=Ancestry.com |postscript={{space|1}}Original source: National Archives and Records Administration; Washington D.C.; roll no. 245; certificates 56801–57300, 12 May 1915 – 20 May 1915. }}

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