Me and My Shadow
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This article is about the 1927 song. For compilation album of "Whispering" Jack Smith songs, see Me and My Shadow (album).
"Me and My Shadow" is a 1927 popular song by Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose, and Al Jolson.
The song has become a standard, with many artists performing it.
[edit] Recorded versions
- Cliff Adams Singers
- Pearl Bailey
- Michael Ball and Antonio Banderas (2003)
- Elkie Brooks
- Dave Brubeck Quartet (Instrumental) (1951)
- James Caan (featured in the film Funny Lady) (1975)
- Maurice Chevalier (1968)
- Holly Cole Trio
- Perry Como (1951)
- Vic Damone
- Linda Eder
- Judy Garland
- Michele Hendricks (1990)
- Johnny Howard
- Ferlin Husky (1957)
- Bert Kaempfert
- Scrappy Lambert (1927)
- Linda Lawson (1960)
- Peggy Lee (1969)
- Ted Lewis (RKO ULP-143), signature song at end of act
- Liberace
- Mantovani
- Billy May and his orchestra (vocal: The Sportsmen) (1950)
- The Mills Brothers (1958)
- Rose Murphy (1948)
- Mandy Patinkin (1989)
- Stephanie Pope (2001)
- Lou Rawls (1965)
- Nat Shilkret and his orchestra (vocal: Johnny Marvin) (1927)
- Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. (1962)
- Whispering Jack Smith (1927) (the original version)
- Cyril Stapleton
- Lawrence Welk
- Robbie Williams (2001)
[edit] In Popular Culture
The song is performed in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits, for Napoleon. The dwarves perform it very badly and end up fighting however Napoleon is actually pleased, as he wants, for entertainment, "little things hitting each other".
[edit] External links
- Song lyric
- Listen to "Me and My Shadow" as recorded by "Whispering" Jack Smith from Internet Archives
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