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Artist: Vivienne Segal
Author: Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
Label: Columbia
Year: 1940
As Vera in the musical Pal Joey (see also: I Could Write A Book). Sings it while waking up with a headache alongside Gene Kelly (as Joey Evans). A studio cast was re-assembled in 1950 to record the musical with the same Vivienne Segal and with Harold Lang replacing the meanwhile world famous Gene Kelly.
Covers:
Benny Goodman [oldest recording (Columbia); vocal by Helen Forrest]
Leo Reisman [top 30 US]
Mel Tormé [top 10 US]
Bill Snyder [top 3 US]
Doris Day with The Mellomen [top 10 US]
Gordon Jenkins [top 5 US]
Frank Sinatra [in film version Pal Joey and in '94 in duet with Patti Labelle]
Claude Bolling [as Apprivoisée]
David Bowie [echo's in Future Legend, opening track of Diamond Dogs]
Charlie Watts Quintet [vocal: Bernard Fowler]
Rod Stewart [with Cher]
Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga [in film Joker: Folie à Deux]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Belgium