The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER

Artist: Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Author: Joe Young/Fred Ahlert
Label: Victor
Year: 1935

(and make believe it came from you). Joe Young also wrote Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.

Covers:

1936:: Boswell Sisters
1943:: Johnny Mercer
1945:: Art Tatum
1946:: James P. Johnson
1953:: Eddy Arnold
1953:: Connee Boswell
1954:: Frank Sinatra
1957:: Billy Williams
1957:: Bing Crosby
1957:: Platters
1957:: Bill Haley & His Comets
1960:: Fabian
1960:: Keely Smith [with Billy Vaughn's orchestra]
1964:: Nat King Cole
1969:: Lee Dorsey
1972:: Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
1975:: Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance
1981:: Willie Nelson
1996:: Madeleine Peyroux
2007:: Jeff Healey
2012:: Paul McCartney [on Kisses From The Bottom, which is a lyric line in this song]
2021:: Ida Red

I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER