Little Girl Blue (song)
| "Little Girl Blue" | |
|---|---|
| Song from Jumbo | |
| Published | 1935 |
| Writer | Lorenz Hart |
| Composer | Richard Rodgers |
"Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935.[1] The song was introduced by Gloria Grafton in the Broadway musical Jumbo.[2]
Many popular and jazz artists have recorded the tune, including:
- The Carpenters - on their posthumous album Lovelines (1989)
- Rosemary Clooney
- Sam Cooke
- Doris Day
- Ethel Ennis - Eyes For You (1964)
- Ella Fitzgerald
- The Four Freshmen - Love Lost (2004)
- Judy Garland
- Red Garland
- Grant Green
- Eddie Harris on his album Exodus to Jazz.
- Johnny Hartman - And I Thought About You (1959)
- Coleman Hawkins
- The Hi-Lo's
- Joni James
- Keith Jarrett
- Janis Joplin - on her album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969, although the lyrics on this version were rearranged)
- Morgana King
- Diana Krall - From This Moment On (2006)
- Stacey Kent - Dreamsville (2001)
- Laura Mvula
- Anita O'Day
- Oscar Peterson
- The Postal Service (a remix of the Nina Simone version)
- Sue Raney - Sue Raney, Volume II (2004)
- Linda Ronstadt recorded the song for her album For Sentimental Reasons (1986)
- Diana Ross - on her album Touch Me in the Morning (1973)
- Mathilde Santing
- Carly Simon
- Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue was named after the song)
- Frank Sinatra - Songs for Young Lovers (1954)
- Sarah Vaughan
- Margaret Whiting
References
- ↑ Jacobs, Dick & Harriet Jacobs – ‘’Who Wrote That Song?’’ published by Writer’s Digest Books, 1993,
- ↑ Green, Stanley - ‘’Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre’’ published by Dodd, Mead, 1976