File:Blues in the Night - William Gillespie - Sample.ogg

Summary[edit]

This is a 27-second sample of African-American baritone William Gillespie's 1941 acoustic version of the Arlen-Mercer composition "Blues in the Night." This was the very first rendition of the song and appeared in the 1941 film of the same name. This particular version was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Use of this clip in the article is asserted to be fair use as it uses a small part of the complete film, is of lower quality, is of no commercial value, and is used to illustrate the article's subject matter.

Source: Blues in the Night (1941)
Singer: William Gillespie
Songwriters: Harold Arlen (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Copyright: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Fair use rationale for Blues in the Night[edit]

This is a sound sample from a commercial film. Its inclusion here is claimed as fair use because:

1. It illustrates an educational article that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken.
2. It is a sample of about 27 seconds from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the full song as it appears in the film.
3. It is of a lower quality than the original recording.
4. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
5. It will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original film.

Licensing[edit]

	This is a sound sample from a song, movie, sound effect, or other audio recording that is currently copyrighted. The copyright for it may be owned by the company who made it or the author. For a song, it may also be owned by the person(s) who performed it. It is believed that the use of this work qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law when used on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the U.S. by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, where: the sample is being used for commentary on the recording in question; the sample contributes significantly to the encyclopedia articles in which it is used (listed under the heading "File usage" below) in a way that cannot be duplicated by other forms of media; the sample is short in relation to the duration of the recorded track, and is of inferior quality to the original recording; no other samples from the same track are currently used in Wikipedia; there is no adequate free alternative available. A more detailed fair use rationale should be provided by the user who uploaded this sample. Any other uses of this sample, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. If you are the copyright holder of this sample and you feel that its use here does not fall under "fair use", please see Wikipedia:Copyright problems for information on how to proceed. To the uploader: If this is a free, non-copyrighted audio recording, please post it to Wikimedia Commons instead. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blues_in_the_Night_-_William_Gillespie_-_Sample.ogg true