Jim (song)

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"Jim"
Song by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1941 (1941-09-20)
RecordedAugust 1, 1941 (1941-08-01)
Label Decca 3963
Songwriter(s) Nelson Shawn, Caesar Petrillo, Edward Ross
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra singles chronology
"Blue Champagne"
(1941)
"Jim"
(1941)
"Tangerine"
(1942)

"Jim" [1] is a popular song with music by James Caesar Petrillo and Milton Samuels (who also used the pseudonym Edward Ross), lyrics by Nelson Shawn. [2] The song was published in 1941. [3]

Two versions reached the Billboard charts in 1941: Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocals by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell), which peaked at No. 2; and Dinah Shore (No. 5). [4]

It has also been recorded by Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and many other artists. [5] An instrumental version was recorded in 1964, by Oscar Peterson, featuring Clark Terry, for the album Oscar Peterson Trio + One .

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