Little Girl Blue (song)
| "Little Girl Blue" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1935 |
| Composer | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyricist | Lorenz Hart |
| Audio example | |
| "Little Girl Blue" by Nina Simone (2013 – Remaster)" on YouTube | |
"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]
Film appearances
- 1950 The Jackpot
- 1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo – sung by Doris Day
- 1990 The Handmaid's Tale
- 2022 Saint Omer – sung by Nina Simone
Recordings
Many popular and jazz artists have recorded the tune, including:
- The Afghan Whigs - Debonair (1994)
- Chet Baker - Chet Baker Meets Space Jazz Trio (1988)
- Polly Bergen – Little Girl Blue (1955)
- Donald Byrd – Byrd in Flight, as "Little Boy Blue": (Blue Note 1960)[3]
- Ann Hampton Callaway – To Ella with Love (1996)[4]
- Barbara Cook - From The Heart: The Best of Rodgers And Hart (1959)
- Sam Cooke – My Kind of Blues (1961)[5]
- Doris Day – Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)[6]
- Ethel Ennis – Eyes for You (1964)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956)[7]
- Judy Garland – Alone (1957)[8]
- Red Garland – A Garland of Red (Prestige 1956)[9]
- The Four Freshmen – Love Lost (1959)[10]
- Johnny Hartman – And I Thought About You (1959)[11]
- The Hi-Lo's - Now Hear This.[12]
- Milt Jackson – Reverence and Compassion (1993)[13]
- Harry James
- Joni James – Little Girl Blue (1956)
- Keith Jarrett – Standards in Norway (1995)[14]
- Janis Joplin – I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969, although the lyrics on this version were rearranged)[15]
- Morgana King - It's a Quiet Thing (1965)
- Diana Krall – From This Moment On (2006)[16]
- Stacey Kent – Dreamsville (2001)[17]
- Brenda Lee – Reflections in Blue (1964)[18]
- Grant Green – Oleo with Sonny Clark (1962)[19]
- Eddie Harris – Exodus to Jazz (1961)[20]
- John Lewis – The John Lewis Piano (1957)[21]
- Hank Mobley – Mobley's Message (Prestige 1956)[22]
- Gerry Mulligan with Jon Eardley – California Concerts (1954)[23]
- Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)[24]
- Oscar Peterson – My Favorite Instrument (solo piano)[25]
- The Postal Service (a remix of the Nina Simone version) - Verve Remixed 3 (2005)
- Sue Raney – Sue Raney, Volume II (2004)[26]
- Linda Ronstadt – For Sentimental Reasons (1986)[27]
- Diana Ross – Touch Me in the Morning (1973)[28]
- Mathilde Santing Combo - Hand In Hand (1983)
- The Carpenters – Lovelines (1989)[29]
- Rosemary Clooney – Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein (1990)[30]
- Carly Simon – My Romance (1990)[31]
- Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue was named after the song)[32]
- Frank Sinatra – Songs for Young Lovers (1954)[33]
- Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)[34]
- Margaret Whiting – this charted briefly in 1947[35]
- Nancy Wilson - Hello Young Lovers (1962)[36]
- Pinky Winters – Pinky (1954)
- Louis Armstrong – Pops Is Tops-The Verve Studio Albums (2018)[37]
- Laura Mvula – Music from and Inspired by 12 Years a Slave (2013)
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
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