That's All (1952 song)
"That's All" is a 1952 song written by Alan Brandt with music by Bob Haymes. It has been covered by many jazz and blues artists. The first recording, by Nat King Cole in 1953, achieved some popularity but was not among that year's top 20 songs. It was Bobby Darin's version in his 1959 album That's All that introduced the song to a wider audience.[1]
"That's All" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1954 by Travis Music/Keys-Hansen |
Songwriter(s) | Alan Brandt |
Composer(s) | Bob Haymes |
The song is part of the Great American Songbook, and Alec Wilder included it in his book American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950, even though it was composed two years after that period. Wilder gave two reasons for making this exception: (1) “it is one of the last free-flowing, native, and natural melodies in the grand pop style”; (2) “it went through no initial hit phase but became an immediate standard”.[1]
Cover versions
- Edie Adams on the last episode (filmed 1960) of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
- Michael Bublé on Michael Bublé (2003)
- Ceil Clayton on Ceil Clayton, Norman Records (1964)
- Darren Criss at Northalsted Market Days (2011)
- June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy (1956), A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening (1986)
- Nat King Cole on This Is Nat 'King' Cole, LP T-870, (1957)
- Billy Eckstine with Pete Rugoloand his Orchestra (1958)
- Sam Cooke
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Tony Danza on The House I Live In (2002)
- Bobby Darin on That's All (1959)
- Eliane Elias on her album Dreamer (2004)
- Bill Elliott & Wendi Williams on Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Original Soundtrack (1999)
- Connie Francis on The Exciting Connie Francis (1959)
- Judy Garland
- Leif Garrett on Leif Garrett (1977)[2]
- Johnny Hartman on This One's for Tedi (1985)
- Dick Haymes on Keep It Simple (1978). Dick is the elder brother of Bob Haymes, the song's composer.
- Harry James on In A Relaxed Mood (MGM E-4274, 1965)
- Joni James on Like Three O'Clock In The Morning (1963)
- Beverley Kenney on Snuggled on your Shoulder (1954)
- Stacey Kent - Tenderly (2015)
- Barney Kessel on Easy Like (1956)
- Johnny Mathis on Heavenly (1959)
- Ricky Nelson on Songs by Ricky (1959); single reached #48 on Billboard in 1963
- Carl Riseley on The Rise (2008)
- Mathilde Santing on Ballads (2004)
- Nina Simone on Nina Simone With Strings
- Frank Sinatra on Sinatra and Strings (1962)
- Rod Stewart on It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook
- Curtis Stigers on Hooray for Love (2014)
- Billy Taylor Trio, Prestige Records (1953)
- Thee Midniters
- Mel Torme on That's All (1965)
- Steve Tyrell on This Guy's In Love (2003)
- Sarah Vaughan on Sarah Vaughan a Paris (1958)
- Ben Webster on King of the Tenors (1953)
- Father Tom Vaughn on "Cornbread (Meat Loaf, Greens & Devilled Eggs)" (1967)
- Ahmad Jamal on Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV (1958)
- Will Downing with Stevie Wonder on Love's the Place to Be (1993)
In popular culture
- Adam Sandler (in The Wedding Singer)
- Ace Young (on American Idol)
- Edie Adams (on the final episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)
- Gail Edwards (on It's a Living episode "Healings, Nothing More Than Healings)
- Kevin Spacey (as Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea performing at the Copacabana.)
- Dustin Hoffman (in Tootsie)
References
- Burlingame, Sandra. "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (That's All)". Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- "Leif Garrett, Leif Garrett". Retrieved December 16, 2016.