How About Me?

Last updated December 26, 2021

"How About Me?" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1928. The song is an expression of sorrow over a love affair that is over. The first recording by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians (vocal by Clare Hanlon) was popular in 1928^[1] and the song has subsequently been recorded by many artists.^[2]

Notable recordings

Judy Garland - Alone (1957)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)
Judy Holliday - Trouble Is a Man (1958).^[3]
Julie London - Around Midnight (1960)
Sue Raney - All By Myself (1964).^[4]
Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were (1974)
Rosemary Clooney - Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin (1984)
Ernie Andrews - How About Me (2006)

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 438. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
↑ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
↑ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
↑ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 438. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

[2] "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[3] "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[4] "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

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v t e Judy Garland songs
1930s	"Good Morning" "Over the Rainbow" "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"
1940s	"Among My Souvenirs" "Be a Clown" "The Boy Next Door" "A Couple of Swells" "Easter Parade" "F.D.R. Jones" "For Me and My Gal" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "How About You?" "I Wish I Were in Love Again" "It's a Great Day for the Irish" "Johnny One Note" "Journey to a Star" "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "On the Sunny Side of the Street" "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" "The Wearing of the Green" "The Trolley Song"
1950s	"April Showers" "Carolina in the Morning" "Confessin'" "Day In, Day Out" "Get Happy" "How About Me?" "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" "I Concentrate on You" "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" "Just You, Just Me" "Last Night When We Were Young" "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" "More Than You Know" "The Man That Got Away" "Swanee" "Stormy Weather" "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" "Theme from San Francisco" "What'll I Do"
1960s	"After You've Gone" "Almost Like Being in Love" "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" "Down with Love" "Do It Again" "Fly Me to the Moon" "A Foggy Day" "Hey, Look Me Over" "I Happen to Like New York" "If Love Were All" "Moon River" "Oh Shenandoah" "This Can't Be Love" "You Go to My Head"