Pick Yourself Up

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"Pick Yourself Up" is a popular song composed in 1936 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields.

The song was written for the film Swing Time (1936), where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Ginger plays a dance instructor whom Fred follows into her studio; he pretends to have two left feet in order to get her to dance with him. It served as the theme song for the short-lived 1955-56 prime time television variety series The Johnny Carson Show.

[edit] Notable recordings

• Anita O'Day - Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day (1956)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1962)
• Frank Sinatra - Sinatra and Swingin' Brass (1962)
• Natalie Cole - Stardust (1996)
• Diana Krall - When I Look in Your Eyes (1999)
• Sylvia McNair with Andre Previn - Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook (1994)