I Hadn't Anyone Till You
I Hadn't Anyone Till You" is a popular song written by Ray Noble in 1938.[1] It has been recorded by many artists and is regarded as a standard.
| "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Tony Martin (featuring the Ray Noble Band) | |
| Published | 1938 |
| Genre | Jazz, popular standard |
| Composer(s) | Ray Noble |
Tony Martin sang it with the Ray Noble band in 1938, reaching number four in the charts over a period of twelve weeks.[1] A Tommy Dorsey version (with a vocal by Jack Leonard) the same year reached number ten.[1]
Alec Wilder wrote of the song,
It is a smooth, direct, slightly rhythmic ballad of no great range and unmistakably a song of its time, the late thirties. It makes a move in the second half of the B section (the design is A-B-A-C/A) into the key of A major from the parent key of F major, which adds that dash of color needed in a song of so direct and unpushy a nature. It is a song with both sophistication and a flavor of the past.[2]
Other recordings
- Billie Holiday - for the album Velvet Mood (1956)
- Bobby Darin - included in his album It's You or No One (1963)
- Brenda Lee - for her album All Alone Am I (1963)
- Carla Bley - for her album Appearing Nightly (2008)
- Caterina Valente - for the album Strictly U.S.A. (1963).[3]
- Connee Boswell - recorded June 15, 1938.[4]
- Hadda Brooks - performs the song in the motion picture, In a Lonely Place (1950).
- Dinah Shore - for her album Somebody Loves Me (1959).[5]
- Doris Day - included in her album Day by Day (1957).[6]
- Ella Fitzgerald - a single release (1949)[7] and for the album Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" (1960)
- Frank Sinatra - for his album Sinatra and Strings (1962)
- Jeri Southern - for the album The Southern Style (1955).[8]
- Joni James - The Mood Is Romance (1961).[9]
- Judy Garland - for her album Judy in Love (1958)
- Julie London - For the Night People (1966)
- Lena Horne - Lena on the Blue Side (1962)
- Margaret Whiting - for her album Margaret Whiting Sings for the Starry-Eyed (1956).[10]
- Mel Torme - a single release in 1950.[11]
- Patti Page - So Many Memories (1954).[12]
- Sarah Vaughan - Snowbound (1962)
- Steve Lawrence - Swing Softly with Me (1959).[13]
- Vic Damone - a single release in 1950.[14]
References
- Jazzstandards.com
- Wilder, Alec. "American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950" (New York: Oxford University Press, 1972)
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