(Back Home Again in) Indiana

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Indiana (M. James Hanley, w. Ballard MacDonald) aka Back Home Again in Indiana

Excerpts from Wikipedia:

(Back Home Again in) Indiana is a song composed by Ballard MacDonald and James F. Hanley first published in January of 1917. While it is not the official state song of the U.S. state of Indiana (“On the Banks of the Wabash”), it is perhaps the best-known song that pays tribute to the Hoosier State. It contains a musical quotation from the already well known “On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away“, as well as repetition of some key words and phrases from the lyrics of the latter: moonlight, candlelight, fields, new-mown hay, sycamores, and of course the Wabash River.

Since 1946, it has been an annual tradition for the chorus of the song to be performed at the Indianapolis 500 automobile race. In most years since 1972, it has been sung by actor and singer Jim Nabors [who regularly modifies the lyrics]…backed by the Purdue Marching Band. It is performed immediately following “The Star-Spangled Banner”, the Invocation, and the rendering of “Taps”. The song is accompanied by a large balloon release near the end. The Indiana State Marching Sycamores also have a rendition of this song that is played at every event.

Homestead Trio — Edison Blue Amberol 3249 (Mold 2), issued in 1917

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Original Dixie Jazz Band – 1917 — In Jazzstandards.com’s “Jazz History Notes” section of the song profile, historian Chris Tyle says, “The Original Dixieland Jazz Band recorded “Indiana” for Columbia Records on January 30, 1917, days after their first successful New York appearance.”

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Eddie Condon Quartet – recorded in New York, 28 July 1928; issued in the US on Columbia 35950 (matrix 401035), c/w “Oh, Baby!” (Owen Murphy)

• Eddie Condon: banjo, vocals
• Frank Teschemacher: clarinet, alto saxophone
• Joe Sullivan: piano
• Gene Krupa: drums

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Red Nichols and his Five Pennies — recorded in New York, 18 April 1929; issued on (US) Brunswick 4373, b/w “Dinah”

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Lester Young Trio — recorded in NYC, 15 July 1942

Lester Young – tenor sax
Nat Cole – piano
Red Callender – bass

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Dave Brubeck Trio – Coronet 103-B (The A side is Laura) recorded in San Francisco, CA, 1949

• Dave Brubeck – piano
• Ron Crotty – bass
• Cal Tjader – drums

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Louis Armstrong – early 1960s (?)

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Dudley Moore Trio – from the album Jazz Jubilee, a collection of live performances from the 1970s

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Oscar Peterson – Mon­treux Jazz Fes­ti­val 1975

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Gary Burton — from the 2001 CD album For Hamp, Red, Bags And Cal, Concord Jazz ‎CCD-4941-2

musicians on this track, from jazzdisco.org: Gary Burton (vibraphone), Russell Malone (guitar), Christian McBride (bass)

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Straight No Chaser – A cappella group, date unknown

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Jim Nabors at the Indianapolis 500 – May 24, 2009

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