Bluesette is a jazz standard written by Toots Thielemans. He first recorded it in 1962 and released it as a 1963 single from the EP The Main From The Mountain on ABC-Paramount, with The Mountain Whistler as the B-side. The tune is in the key of B-flat major and features Thielemans on harmonica with whistling, with lyrics later added by Norman Gimbel. It became an international hit and has been covered by more than a hundred artists in instrumental and vocal versions. The melody came to Thielemans while warming up before a Grappelli concert, inspired by his idol Stephane Grappelli. Bluesette earned Thielemans Grammy nominations for Best Instrumental Theme in 1964 and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo in 1992, and it was inducted into the Radio 2 Hall of Fame in 2000. Notable covers include instrumental versions by Chet Atkins, Ray Charles, Tito Puente, Hank Jones and vocal renditions by Sarah Vaughan and Johnny Mathis.
