If I Knew Then (Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard song)

"If I Knew Then" is a 1939 song written by Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard, and performed by Jurgens' big band with Howard singing.[1] Their version charted briefly in 1939.[2]
Bing Crosby recorded the song on February 9, 1940 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3] It was also covered by Johnny Mercer and his Pied Pipers (1945),[4] Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra,[5] Sarah Vaughan on Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown and Swingin' Easy, Val Doonican (1968)[6] and many others.

Sheet music of "If I Knew Then"

References
  1. William Emmett Studwell, Mark Baldin -The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras 2000 " "If I Knew Then" (1939) ... "
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 243. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  4. "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  5. Billboard - 12 Aug 1944 "Sammy Kaye ... "If I Knew Then" is the Dick Jurgens-Eddy Howard hit of an earlier year, with Tommy Ryan on the lyrical end,"
  6. "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved August 16, 2017.



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