"There Will Never Be Another You" | |
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Song by Joan Merrill | |
Published | 1942 |
Released | 1942 |
Genre | Jazz, Swing, Pop |
Composer(s) | Harry Warren |
Lyricist(s) | Mack Gordon |
"There Will Never Be Another You" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon that was written for the Twentieth Century Fox musical Iceland (1942) starring Sonja Henie and John Payne. The songs in the film featured Joan Merrill accompanied by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra. [1]
"This was one of the first musicals made following U.S. entry into the war," wrote film historian Tony Thomas, who noted that three of the songs in Iceland have faded from memory. "But the song that shines from this film like a beacon is 'There Will Never Be Another You'. The melody, built on long rising and falling intervals, is one of the loveliest Warren ever wrote. For all its simplicity it is free of clichès and full of beguiling modulations. Like so many fine pieces of art, this song gives the impression of being written effortlessly. The notes follow each other with a gracious kind of logic." [2]
"There Will Never Be Another You" was published in 1942 [3] and is considered a jazz standard. A 1966 Chris Montez recording of the song went to #4 on the Easy Listening chart and #33 on the Hot 100. [4]
Release | Performer | Vocalist | Recording date | Album | Label | Source |
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1942 | Joan Merrill with Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra | Joan Merrill | 1942 | Film Iceland | Bluebird | [5] |
1942 | Teddy Powell and His Orchestra | Peggy Mann | July 17, 1942 | Bluebird | [5] | |
1942 | Woody Herman and His Orchestra | instrumental | July 24, 1942 | single | Decca | [6] [7] |
1942 | Tommy Tucker Time | July 31, 1942 | Okeh | [8] | ||
1942 | Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra | Instrumental | 1942 | Columbia | [9] | |
1950 | Lionel Hampton Quintet | instrumental | January 16, 1950 | Decca | [10] [7] | |
1951 | Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra | Gordon Jenkins | Time to Dance with Gordon Jenkins | Capitol | [11] | |
1951 | Wynton Kelly Trio | instrumental | Piano Interpretations | Blue Note | [12] | |
1954 | Lester Young with Oscar Peterson | instrumental | November 28, 1952 | Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio | Norgran | [7] |
1954 | Art Tatum | instrumental | December 28, 1953 | The Genius of Art Tatum #4 | Clef Records | [13] |
1954 | Chet Baker | February 15, 1954 | Chet Baker Sings | Pacific Jazz | [7] | |
1955 | Nat King Cole | August 25, 1955 | Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love | Capitol | [7] | |
1955 | Anita O'Day | 1955 | An Evening With Anita O'Day | April 15, 1954-August 11, 1955 | Verve Records | [14] |
1956 | Sonny Stitt | instrumental | December 15 & 16, 1955 | Sonny Stitt Plays | Roost | |
1956 | Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd | instrumental | February 8, 1956 | The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley | Savoy | [15] |
1957 | Stan Getz Quartet | instrumental | November 24, 1956 | The Steamer | Verve | |
1957 | Lou Donaldson Quintet | instrumental | June 9, 1957 | Swing and Soul | Blue Note | [16] |
1958 | Hampton Hawes | instrumental | January 27, 1958 | Four! | Contemporary | [7] |
1958 | Lee Morgan with Curtis Fuller & Hank Mobley | instrumental | April 21, 1958 | Monday Night at Birdland | Roulette | [17] [18] |
1958 | Max Roach Quintet | instrumental | September 4, 1958 | Deeds, Not Words | Riverside | |
1959 | Tony Bennett and Count Basie with His Orchestra | Tony Bennett | December 30, 1958 | In Person! | Columbia | [7] |
1959 | Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle | Keely Smith | 1959 | Swingin' Pretty | Capitol | |
1961 | Bud Powell | instrumental | December 17, 1961 | A Portrait of Thelonious | Columbia | |
1962 | Frank Sinatra | September 11-12, 1961 | Point of No Return | Capitol | ||
1963 | Joe Pass | Instrumental | probably, feb. 1963 | The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions (released 2001) | Pacific Jazz Studios | [19] |
1965 | Nancy Wilson | January 1965 | Gentle Is My Love | Capitol | [20] | |
1965 | Sonny Rollins | instrumental | June 17, 1965 | There Will Never Be Another You (album) | Impulse! | |
1966 | Chris Montez | The More I See You | A&M | [21] | ||
1967 | Andy Williams | 1967 | Love, Andy | Columbia | ||
1967 | Julie London | 1966 | Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast | Liberty | ||
1971 | Jimmy McGriff | instrumental | 1971 | Groove Grease | Groove Merchant | |
1987 | Woody Shaw | instrumental | March 24, 1986 | Solid | [7] | |
1994 | Rosemary Clooney | [22] [23] | ||||
1996 | Michel Petrucciani and Stéphane Grappelli | instrumental | June 1995 | Flamingo | [7] | |
2007 | Lee Konitz with Lennie Tristano | instrumental | June 11, 1955 | Live at the Confucius Restaurant 1955 | [7] | |
2009 | Brownman Electryc Trio | instrumental | January 2008 | Juggernaut | [7] | |
2020 | John Scofield | instrumental | August 2021 | John Scofield | [24] | |
2023 | Rickie Lee Jones | April 28, 2023 | Pieces of Treasure | Modern Recordings | [25] | |
2025 | Matilda Mann | Chet Baker Re:imagined | [26] | |||
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