Little Girl Blue (song)

"Little Girl Blue"
Song from Jumbo
Published	1935
Writer	Lorenz Hart
Composer	Richard Rodgers

"Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935.^[1] The song was introduced by Gloria Grafton in the Broadway musical Jumbo.^[2]

Many popular and jazz artists have recorded the tune, including:

The Afghan Whigs
Louis Armstrong
Chet Baker
Polly Bergen
The Carpenters - on their posthumous album Lovelines (1989)
Rosemary Clooney
Sam Cooke
Doris Day
Ethel Ennis - Eyes For You (1964)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
The Four Freshmen - Love Lost (2004)
Judy Garland
Red Garland
Grant Green
Eddie Harris on his album Exodus to Jazz.
Johnny Hartman - And I Thought About You (1959)
Coleman Hawkins
The Hi-Lo's
Joni James
Keith Jarrett
Janis Joplin - on her album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969, although the lyrics on this version were rearranged)
Morgana King
Diana Krall - From This Moment On (2006)
Stacey Kent - Dreamsville (2001)
Brenda Lee - Reflections In Blue (1964)
Laura Mvula
Anita O'Day
Oscar Peterson
The Postal Service (a remix of the Nina Simone version)
Sue Raney - Sue Raney, Volume II (2004)
Linda Ronstadt recorded the song for her album For Sentimental Reasons (1986)
Diana Ross - on her album Touch Me in the Morning (1973)
Mathilde Santing
Carly Simon
Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue was named after the song)
Frank Sinatra - Songs for Young Lovers (1954)
Sarah Vaughan
Margaret Whiting
Ceil Clayton - on her debut album Ceil Clayton (1964)

References

↑ Jacobs, Dick & Harriet Jacobs – ‘’Who Wrote That Song?’’ published by Writer’s Digest Books, 1993,
↑ Green, Stanley - ‘’Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre’’ published by Dodd, Mead, 1976

Rodgers and Hart

Musicals	The Garrick Gaieties Dearest Enemy The Girl Friend Peggy-Ann A Connecticut Yankee Present Arms Ever Green Simple Simon America's Sweetheart Jumbo On Your Toes Babes in Arms I'd Rather Be Right The Boys from Syracuse I Married an Angel Too Many Girls Higher and Higher Pal Joey By Jupiter

Songs	"Manhattan" "Mountain Greenery" "Here in My Arms" "Blue Room" "My Heart Stood Still" "Thou Swell" "To Keep My Love Alive" "You Took Advantage of Me" "With a Song in My Heart" "A Ship Without a Sail" "Dancing on the Ceiling" "Ten Cents a Dance" "He Was Too Good to Me" "I've Got Five Dollars" "Isn't It Romantic?" "Lover" "Mimi" "Blue Moon" "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "My Romance" "Little Girl Blue" "There's a Small Hotel" "Glad to Be Unhappy" "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" "Where or When" "I Wish I Were in Love Again" "My Funny Valentine" "Johnny One Note" "The Lady Is a Tramp" "Have You Met Miss Jones?" "I'll Tell the Man in the Street" "Spring Is Here" "Falling in Love with Love" "This Can't Be Love" "Sing for Your Supper" "I Like to Recognize the Tune" "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" "Give It Back to the Indians" "You're Nearer" "It Never Entered My Mind" "I Could Write a Book" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Ev'rything I've Got" "Wait till You See Her"

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