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By Myself (1937 song)
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Wikipedia article
"'By Myself'" is a 1937 jazz standard. It was written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz.
The song was first sung by Jack Buchanan in the show "Between the Devil" (1937) and was a musical number in the 1953 musical comedy film, 'The Band Wagon'.
Notable Recordings
*Mabel Mercer 'Songs by Mabel Mercer, Vol. 2' (1953)
*Barbara Carroll Trio 'Lullabies in Rhythm' (1954)
*Lee Wiley and Ellis Larkins 'Duologue: Lee Wiley Sings Rogers & Hart; Ellis Larkins Plays Piano Solos' (1954)
*Art Farmer 'Farmer's Market' (1956)
*Patty McGovern 'Wednesday's Child (1956), arranged by Thomas Talbert
*Helen Merrill 'Dream of You' (1956), arranged by Gil Evans
*Sammy Davis Jr. 'Sammy Swings' (1957)
*Judy Garland 'Alone' (1957), arranged by Gordon Jenkins; 'I Could Go On Singing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' (1963)
*Gogi Grant 'Granted It's Gogi' (1957), arranged by Johnny Mandel
*Jerry Lewis 'Jerry Lewis Just Sings' (1957), arranged by Buddy Bregman
*Johnny Mathis 'Warm' (1957), arranged by Percy Faith
*Ruth Price 'The Party's Over' (1957)
*Freddie Redd 'San Francisco Suite' (1957)
*Mal Waldron 'Mal/3: Sounds' (1958)
*Tony Bennett 'Hometown, My Town' (1959), arranged by Ralph Burns; 'Steppin' Out' (1993)
*Carmen McRae 'Book of Ballads' (1959), arranged by Frank Hunter
*Teresa Brewer 'Ridin' High' (1960), arranged by Jerry Fielding
*Shirley Scott 'Hip Soul' (1961)
*Fred Astaire 'Three Evenings with Fred Astaire' (1962), arranged by David Rose
*Shelley Manne and Jack Marshall 'Sounds Unheard Of' (1962)
*Lena Horne 'Lena Like Latin' (1963), arranged by Shorty Rogers
*Doc Severinsen 'Torch Songs for Trumpet' (1963)
*Jack Jones 'Where Love Has Gone' (1964)
*Julie London 'In Person at the Americana' (1964), arranged by Don Bagley
*Esther Ofarim - 'Is it really me?' (1965), arranged and produced by Bobby Scott
*Don Shirley 'Water Boy' (1965)
*Cher 'Bittersweet White Light' (1973)
*Dave McKenna 'By Myself' (1976), '"Dancing in the Dark" and Other Music of Arthur Schwartz' (1986), and 'Fresh Air in Concert' (1990)
*Shirley Horn 'A Lazy Afternoon' (1978)
*Roger Kellaway 'Say That Again' (1978)
*James Williams 'Flying Colors' (1978)
*Cal Collins 'By Myself' (1980)
*Johnny Hartman 'Once in Every Life' (1981)
*Maxine Sullivan 'Maxine Sullivan With the Ike Isaacs Quintet' (1981); 'On Tour With the Allegheny Jazz Quartet: Starring Maxine Sullivan' (1984); 'Uptown' (1985, with the Scott Hamilton Quintet)
*Buddy De Franco and Oscar Peterson 'Hark: Buddy De Franco Meets the Oscar Peterson Quartet' (1985), with Joe Pass and Niels-Henning rsted Pedersen
*Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass 'Easy Living' (1986)
*Barney Kessel 'Red, Hot and Blues' (1988)
*Joe Pass 'Blues for Fred' (1988)
*Junior Cook 'On a Misty Night' (1990)
*Trudy Desmond 'Tailor Made' (1992), arranged by Roger Kellaway
*Stephanie Nakasian 'Bitter Sweet' (1992)
*Lou Levy 'By Myself' (1995)
*Gary Lemel 'Moonlighting' (1999), arranged by Roger Kellaway
*Paul Smoker 'Standard Deviations' (1999)
*Claudia Schmidt 'I Thought About You: A Jazz Collection' (2001)
*Cleo Laine 'Quality Time' (2002), arranged by John Dankworth
*Susie Arioli 'Learn to Smile Again' (2005)
*Herb Geller 'Herb Geller Plays the Arthur Schwartz Songbook' (2005)
*Stevie Holland 'More Than Words Can Say' (2006)
*Meredith D'Ambrosio 'By Myself' (2012)
*Cecile McLorin Salvant 'The Window' (2018)
See also
*List of jazz standards
References
Category:1930s jazz standards
Category:1937 songs
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