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Aren't You Glad You're You?

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"'Arent You Glad Youre You?'" is a 1945 popular standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. Van Heusen and Burke wrote the song for the film 'The Bells of St. Mary's', directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman in the main roles. Bing Crosby presents the song in the film.

"Aren't You Glad You Are You?" received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Song category in 1946 but lost out to "It Might As Well Be Spring".

Bing Crosby's recording of the song on September 10, 1945 for Decca Records reached No.8 in the Billboard charts.

The song was quickly covered by The Pied Pipers (Capitol 225), Les Brown (with the band vocalist Doris Day, Columbia 36875) and Tommy Dorsey (RCA Victor 20-1728). who all reached the Billboard charts with their versions.

It was subsequently covered by George Olsen (Majestic), Peggy Lee, Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker (on 'Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1'), Barbara Lea (1957), June Christy (1960), Rosemary Clooney (1961), Joe Williams (1961), Mel Torm and George Shearing (Concord Jazz CCD-4471), Michael Feinstein (for his album 'Pure Imagination' 1992), Rebecca Kilgore ('The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen' - 2005), and John McNeil & Bill McHenry Quartet (for their album 'Chill Morn He Climb Jenny' 2010).

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Category:1945 songs

Category:1940s jazz standards

Category:Songs with music by Jimmy Van Heusen

Category:Songs with lyrics by Johnny Burke (lyricist)

Category:Songs written for films

Category:Bing Crosby songs

Category:Doris Day songs

Category:Nat King Cole songs

Category:Tommy Dorsey songs


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