Blame It on My Youth
This article is about the song. For the Holly Cole Trio album, see Blame It on My Youth (album). For The Art Farmer album, see Blame It on My Youth (Art Farmer album).
"Blame It on My Youth" is a jazz standard written by Oscar Levant and Edward Heyman in 1934.
Recorded versions
- 1956: Nat King Cole - After Midnight
- 1956: Chris Connor - This Is Chris
- 1956: Mabel Mercer - Midnight at Mabel Mercer's
- 1957: Frank Sinatra - Close to You
- 1958: Rosemary Clooney - Young at Heart
- 1958: André Previn and David Rose – Secret Songs for Young Lovers
- 1958: George Shearing - Burnished Brass (instrumental version)
- 1959: Tammy Grimes - Tammy Grimes
- 1959: Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis
- 1960: Hank Garland - Velvet Guitar (instrumental version)
- 1960: Jeri Southern - At the Crescendo
- 1961: Sammy Davis Jr. - The Wham of Sam
- 1961: Buddy Greco - Songs for Swinging Losers
- 1961: Ann Margret - And Here She Is
- 1962: Vic Dana - Warm & Wild
- 1962: Julie London - Sophisticated Lady
- 1963: James Darren – "They Should Have Given You the Oscar" (Single B-side)
- 1964: John Davidson - The Young Warm Sound of John Davidson
- 1964: Carmen McRae - Second to None, Carmen's Gold (1971)
- 1964: Keely Smith - The Intimate Keely Smith
- 1965: Gloria Lynne - Intimate Moments
- 1969: The Golddiggers - The Golddiggers
- 1975: Charlie Byrd - Top Hat (instrumental version)
- 1981: Gary Burton Quartet - Easy as Pie (instrumental version)
- 1983: Art Farmer - Something Tasty (with Tommy Flanagan), Blame It on My Youth (1988) (instrumental versions)
- 1987: Michael Feinstein - Live at the Algonquin
- 1989: Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film "Let's Get Lost"
- 1991: Keith Jarrett - The Cure, The Melody at Night, with You (1999) (instrumental versions)
- 1993: Holly Cole Trio - Don't Smoke in Bed
- 1993: David Silverman Trio - I Have Dreamed
- 1994: Karrin Allyson - Azure-Té
- 1994: Kenny Rankin - Professional Dreamer
- 1995: Lisa Ekdahl - When Did You Leave Heaven
- 1995: Fred Hersch & Jay Clayton - Beautiful Love
- 1995: Trine-Lise Væring - When I Close My Eyes
- 1997: Brad Mehldau - Art of the Trio, Vol. I, Deregulating Jazz (1998) (instrumental versions)
- 2001: Michiel Borstlap - Gramercy Park (instrumental version)
- 2001: Kurt Elling - Flirting with Twilight
- 2001: Jane Monheit - Come Dream with Me
- 2001: Solveig Slettahjell - Slow Motion Orchestra
- 2001: Viktoria Tolstoy - Blame It on My Youth
- 2003: Aaron Neville - Nature Boy: The Standards Album
- 2004: Eden Atwood - This Is Always: The Ballad Session
- 2004: Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething
- 2004: Nancy Wilson - R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
- 2005: The New Sound Quartet (Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer) - Summertime (instrumental version)
- 2010: Ania Szarmach - Inna
- 2012: Nat Reeves - State of Emergency (instrumental version)
- 2013: Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet - Desertico (instrumental version)