Too Close for Comfort (1956 song)

"Too Close for Comfort" is a popular song by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, and Larry Holofcener.

It was written in 1956 as part of the score for the Broadway musical Mr. Wonderful starring Sammy Davis, Jr.

The Top 40 hit version that year was recorded by Eydie Gormé.

	Sample of Too Close For Comfort by Eydie Gorme
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Notable versions

A memorable 1956 duet of the song featured Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams, although the 1958 recordings by Davis and Frank Sinatra are the best-known versions of the song. It also was recorded by Jamie Cullum in 2002 for his album Pointless Nostalgic, and by Dianne Reeves (in 2005) for the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack to Good Night, and Good Luck. Other versions include:

• Eydie Gormé - Her single recording charted at #39 in the U.S. (1956) and was included on her album Eydie Gormé (1957)
• Johnny Mathis - Wonderful Wonderful (1957)
• Harry James - Harry James And His New Swingin' Band (MGM SE-3778, 1959)
• Plas Johnson - This Must Be The Plas (1959)
• Art Pepper - Intensity (1960)
• Natalie Cole - Take a Look (1993)
• Mel Torme - "Swings Shubert Alley" (1960)
• Herbie Nichols - "Herbie Nichols Trio" (Bethlehem BCP81 1957)
• Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Feat. Dianne Reeves - "The Phat Pack", 2006
• Christian McBride - "Gettin to It" (1995)
• Stan Getz - "The Steamer" (1956)