What'll I Do
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"What'll I Do" is the name of a song written by Irving Berlin in 1923. It was introduced by singers Grace Moore and John Steel [1] late in the run of Berlin's third Music Box Revue and also was included in the following year's (1924) edition. [2] In the lyrics, the singer questions how he or she will get by while a loved one is far away.
The song was used as a generalized theme song in the 1974 film adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. It was also used as the theme tune to the 1990's British sitcom Birds of a Feather. The Judy Garland rendition is currently being used in a Diet Coke commercial.
"What'll I Do" is a popular standard and has been recorded by many artists. Following is a partial list of artists who have recorded versions (in alphabetical order):
- Acoustix, a modern Barbershop Quartet
- Bea Arthur, on The Golden Girls episode "Journey to the Center of Attention"
- Chet Baker, Pat Boone
- Chris Botti, from his album "When I Fall in Love". Vocals are performed by Paula Cole.
- Elkie Brooks, Max Bygraves
- Rosemary Clooney, The King Cole Trio
- Nat King Cole
- Alison Krauss, Art Garfunkel
- Perry Como, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
- Judy Garland, Crystal Gayle, Georgia Gibbs, Eydie Gorme
- Dick Haymes, Judy Holliday, Lena Horne
- Cleo Laine, Joey Lawrence, Julie London,
- Charlie Landsborough
- Art Lund, Gloria Lynne
- Johnny Mathis
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle with Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright, and Rufus Wainwright
- Anne Murray
- Harry Nilsson
- Bernadette Peters performed a particularly poignant TV solo in the mid-70s, but no public recording exists
- Lou Rawls, Linda Ronstadt
- Bobby Scott, Anne Shelton, Dinah Shore
- Frank Sinatra, Johnny Tillotson, Sarah Vaughan
- Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
- Slim Whitman, The Mike Sammes Singers
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[edit] Notes
- ^ "Second Hand Songs - Artist: Irving Berlin" (list), SecondHandSongs.com, 2007-03-24, webpage: IBerlin1096.
- ^ "American Classics - Music Box Revues 1921-1924" (history), webpage: AmClass-IBerlin.
