There Will Never Be Another You

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"There Will Never Be Another You"
Joan Merrill by A. L. Whitey Schafer.jpg
Song by Joan Merrill
Published1942
Released1942 (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]

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"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]

Recorded versions

ReleasePerformerVocalistRecording dateAlbumLabelSource
1942 Joan Merrill with Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra Joan Merrill 1942Film Iceland Bluebird [5]
1942 Teddy Powell and His Orchestra Peggy Mann July 17, 1942 Bluebird [5]
1942 Woody Herman and His OrchestrainstrumentalJuly 24, 1942single Decca [6] [7]
1942 Tommy Tucker Time July 31, 1942 Okeh [8]
1942 Victor Silvester & His Ballroom OrchestraInstrumental1942 Columbia [9]
1950 Lionel Hampton QuintetinstrumentalJanuary 16, 1950 Decca [10] [7]
1951 Gordon Jenkins & His OrchestraGordon JenkinsTime to Dance with Gordon Jenkins Capitol [11]
1951 Wynton Kelly Trioinstrumental Piano Interpretations Blue Note [12]
1954 Lester Young with Oscar Peterson instrumentalNovember 28, 1952 Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio Norgran [7]
1954 Art Tatum instrumentalDecember 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 instrumentalDecember 15 & 16, 1955 Sonny Stitt Plays Roost
1956 Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd instrumentalFebruary 8, 1956 The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley Savoy [15]
1957 Stan Getz QuartetinstrumentalNovember 24, 1956 The Steamer Verve
1957 Lou Donaldson QuintetinstrumentalJune 9, 1957 Swing and Soul Blue Note [16]
1958 Hampton Hawes instrumentalJanuary 27, 1958 Four! Contemporary [7]
1958 Lee Morgan with Curtis Fuller & Hank MobleyinstrumentalApril 21, 1958 Monday Night at Birdland Roulette [17] [18]
1958 Max Roach QuintetinstrumentalSeptember 4, 1958 Deeds, Not Words Riverside
1959 Tony Bennett and Count Basie with His OrchestraTony BennettDecember 30, 1958 In Person! Columbia [7]
1959 Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle Keely Smith1959 Swingin' Pretty Capitol
1961 Bud Powell instrumentalDecember 17, 1961 A Portrait of Thelonious Columbia
1962 Frank Sinatra September 11-12, 1961 Point of No Return Capitol
1963 Joe Pass Instrumentalprobably, 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 instrumentalJune 17, 1965 There Will Never Be Another You (album) Impulse!
1966 Chris Montez The More I See YouA&M [21]
1967 Andy Williams 1967 Love, Andy Columbia
1967 Julie London 1966 Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast Liberty
1971 Jimmy McGriff instrumental1971 Groove Grease Groove Merchant
1987 Woody Shaw instrumentalMarch 24, 1986 Solid [7]
1994 Rosemary Clooney [22] [23]
1996 Michel Petrucciani and Stéphane Grappelli instrumentalJune 1995Flamingo [7]
2007 Lee Konitz with Lennie Tristano instrumentalJune 11, 1955Live at the Confucius Restaurant 1955 [7]
2009Brownman Electryc TrioinstrumentalJanuary 2008Juggernaut [7]
2020 John Scofield instrumentalAugust 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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