Little Girl Blue (song)
"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]
| "Little Girl Blue" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1935 |
| Songwriter(s) | Lorenz Hart |
| Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
Film appearances
- 1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo - sung by Doris Day
- 1990 The Handmaid's Tale
Recordings
Many popular and jazz artists have recorded the tune, including:
- The Afghan Whigs
- Louis Armstrong
- Chet Baker
- Polly Bergen - Little Girl Blue (1955)
- Donald Byrd - Byrd in Flight (Blue Note 1960)
- Ann Hampton Callaway - To Ella with Love (1996)
- The Carpenters - Lovelines (1989)
- Rosemary Clooney - Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein (1990)
- Sam Cooke - My Kind of Blues (1961)
- Doris Day - Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
- Ethel Ennis - Eyes for You (1964)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
- The Four Freshmen - Love Lost (2004)
- Judy Garland - Alone (1957)
- Red Garland - A Garland of Red (Prestige 1956)
- Grant Green - Oleo with Sonny Clark
- Eddie Harris - Exodus to Jazz
- Johnny Hartman - And I Thought About You (1959)
- Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul (1956)
- The Hi-Lo's
- Milt Jackson - Reverence and Compassion (1993)
- Harry James
- Joni James
- Keith Jarrett - Standards in Norway
- Janis Joplin - 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)
- Brenda Lee - Reflections in Blue (1964)
- John Lewis - The John Lewis Piano (1957)
- Hank Mobley - Mobley's Message (Prestige 1956)
- Gerry Mulligan with Jon Eardley - California Concerts (1954)
- Laura Mvula - Music from and Inspired by 12 Years a Slave (2013)
- Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
- Oscar Peterson - My Favorite Instrument (solo piano)
- The Postal Service (a remix of the Nina Simone version)
- Sue Raney - Sue Raney, Volume II (2004)
- Linda Ronstadt - For Sentimental Reasons (1986)
- Diana Ross - Touch Me in the Morning (1973)
- Mathilde Santing
- Carly Simon - My Romance (1990)
- Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue was named after the song)
- Frank Sinatra - Songs for Young Lovers (1954)
- Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)
- Margaret Whiting - this charted briefly in 1947[3]
- Nancy Wilson - Hello Young Lovers (1962)
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
- Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 454. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
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