How Little We Know

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"How Little We Know" is a song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer for the 1944 film To Have and Have Not , where it is performed by the character "Slim" played by Lauren Bacall. A young Andy Williams recorded the song for the film as a possible alternative track to dub Bacall's low voice; however, Bacall claimed that they used her singing. [1] After the film's release, it was a hit recording sung by Judy Johnson. Nick Perito and his orchestra recorded an instrumental cover of the song for Muzak's Stimulus Progression program in the 1970s.

In 1948, a recording of "How Little We Know" by British singer Steve Conway was released by Columbia. [2] It has been covered periodically, most recently in 1999 by Michael Feinstein with the Maynard Ferguson Big Band for the album Big City Rhythms. [3]

This song should not be confused with the Carolyn Leigh/Phillip Springer composition "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know", which was first recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1956.

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References

  1. "When Andy Williams dubbed Lauren Bacall". Los Angeles Times . 26 September 2012.
  2. "January Columbia Records". Sunday Pictorial . January 18, 1948. p. 10.
  3. Hoagy Carmichael. "Cover versions of How Little We Know by Betty Jane Bonney - SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com.