These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
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- For the 1973 album by Bryan Ferry, see These Foolish Things (album). For the film, see These Foolish Things (film).
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" is a popular song with words and music by Harry Link, Holt Marvell (real name: Eric Maschwitz), and Jack Strachey. It was written in 1936 for the London revue "Spread It Around", and was first performed by Judy Campbell.
Various other versions have been recorded including vocal arrangements featuring Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Frankie Laine, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Aaron Neville, Ronnie Milsap, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joni James, Bryan Ferry, and Rod Stewart. Instrumental jazz arrangements of the song have been recorded by Stan Getz, Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Thelonius Monk, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Count Basie, Lester Young, and numerous other artists.
The song originally had the lyric "The song that Crosby sings", but curiously Bing Crosby himself was the first singer not to sing that line. Romantically linked to the Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong while working in Hollywood, Eric Maschwitz's lyrics reflect his longing for Wong after they parted and he returned to England.
Bryan Ferry covered the Dorothy Dickson version of the song for the title track of his first solo album These Foolish Things (1973). James Brown & The Famous Flames perform a live version of the song on their 1964 King Records LP, " Pure Dynamite: Live At The Royal" . Paris Bennett covered the song on the fifth season of American Idol.
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These Foolish Things as performed by Beegie Adair and The Jeff Steinberg Orchestra (2002) These Foolish Things as performed by Ella Fitzgerald (1957) These Foolish Things as performed by Thelonious Monk (c. 1965) - Problems playing the files? See media help.
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