But Not for Me (song)
| "But Not for Me" | |
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New World Music | |
| Songwriter(s) | George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin |
"But Not for Me" is a popular song originally written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the musical Girl Crazy (1930).[1]
Best Female Vocal Performance.[1]
Singer Ketty Lester remade "But Not for Me" with a gospel arrangement. The song reached No. 10 on the US Adult Contemporary chart, No. 41 on the Billboard Top 40, and No. 45 in the UK in 1962.[2]
Other recordings
- Harry James with Helen Forrest – recorded for Columbia on December 30, 1941 and reached No. 12 in the Billboard charts in 1942.[3][4]
- Bing Crosby – recorded both in 1942[5] and 1954[6] for his radio show. It was included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954–56) issued by Mosaic in 2009.[7]
- Judy Garland – for the 1943 film Girl Crazy.
- Miles Davis – Bags' Groove (1954).[4]
- Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings (1954).[4]
- Doris Day on Day by Day (1956).
- Buddy De Franco on Mr. Clarinet(1956).
- Modern Jazz Quartet – Django (1956).[4]
- Kenny Burrell – Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956).[4]
- Red Garland – Red Garland's Piano (1956).[4]
- Polly Bergen – on The Polly Bergen Show (1957).[8]
- Ahmad Jamal – At the Pershing: But Not for Me (1958).[4]
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959).[4]
- John Coltrane – My Favorite Things (1961).[4]
- Sam Cooke – My Kind of Blues (1961).[9]
- Dexter Gordon – Take the A Train (1967).[4]
- Frank Sinatra - Trilogy: Past Present Future (1980)
- Linda Ronstadt – For Sentimental Reasons (Linda Ronstadt album) (1986).[4]
- Harry Connick Jr. – for the 1989 film and subsequent soundtrack When Harry Met Sally.[4]
- Elton John – in 1993 for the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral.[10]
- Olivier Caillard and Hélène Bohy – C'est pas pour moi (French version) in Les P'tits Loups du Jazz (1993).[11]
- James Moody with Kenny Barron – Moody 48 (2008).[4]
- Barry Manilow - Night Songs (Barry Manilow album) (2014)
- Rod Stewart - Stardust - The great american Songbook III (2004)
- Diana Krall - Love Is Here to Stay (album) (2018). Krall talks about and performs the song while interviewed by Elton John on Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...
- Esperanza Spalding and Fred Hersch - Alive at the Village Vanguard (2023)
- Timothy Levitch - The Cruise (1998) The film starts with Levitch singing the song a cappella.
- Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's (1958)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Who Could Ask For Anything More". The Gershwin Initiative Website. 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ Ketty Lester, "But Not for Me" Chart Positions Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "The Polly Bergen Show". Classic Television Archives. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ "Sam Cooke | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- ^ Original Soundtrack - Four Weddings and a Funeral Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-08-21
- ^ "Les P'tits Loups du Jazz" (in French). Retrieved 2019-06-25.
