Why Was I Born?
"Why Was I Born?" is a 1929 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.
It was written for the show Sweet Adeline (1930).
Notable recordings
- Dorothy Lamour - Road to Romance (1958)
- Margaret Whiting - Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1960)
- Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane - Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane (1963)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963)
- Cher - Bittersweet White Light (1973)
- Billie Holiday - Quintessential Billie Holiday: Vol. III (1990)
- Georgia Brown - Georgia Brown Sings Gershwin/Georgia Brown (2003)
- Sonny Rollins - Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert (2005)
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