I Surrender Dear

"I Surrender Dear" is a song composed by Harry Barris with lyrics by Gordon Clifford. It was first performed by Bing Crosby in the film I Surrender Dear (1931) and became his first solo hit.^[1] It has been covered by a large number of artists, making it a jazz and pop standard. The first jazz vocalist to record the song was Louis Armstrong in 1931.^[1]

Renditions

• Bing Crosby – I Surrender Dear soundtrack (1931)
• Tyree Glenn – I Surrender Dear/The House of parting edited by Blue Star french label (1947)
• Django Reinhardt – Django in Rome 1949/1950 (1950)
• Nat King Cole – Penthouse Serenade (1952)
• Herman's Norwegian Jazz group Soloist: Rowland Greenberg - Recorded on December 3, 1954 and re-released on the extended play Odeon GEON 2
• Ray Charles – The Great Ray Charles (1957)
• Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners (1957)
• Terry Snyder and the All Stars – Persuasive Percussion (1959)
• Paul Gonsalves – Gettin' Together! (1960)
• Aretha Franklin – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
• Thelonious Monk – Solo Monk (1965)
• Count Basie – Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' (1966)
• Julie London – Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (1967)
• Ella Fitzgerald – Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
• Roy Eldridge – Roy Eldridge 4 - Montreux '77 (1977)
• Chet Atkins and Les Paul – Guitar Monsters (1978)
• Abdullah Ibrahim – Autobiography (1978)
• Madonna and Jennifer Grey – Bloodhounds of Broadway soundtrack (1989)

Notes

See also

• List of 1930s jazz standards