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"By Myself " is a 1937
jazz standard . It was written by
Arthur Schwartz and
Howard Dietz .
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The song was first sung by Jack Buchanan in the show "
Between the Devil " (1937) and was a musical number in the 1953 musical
comedy film ,
The Band Wagon .
Notable recordings
Mabel Mercer – Songs by Mabel Mercer, Vol. 2 (1953)
Barbara Carroll Trio – Lullabies in Rhythm (1954)
Lee Wiley and
Ellis Larkins – Duologue: Lee Wiley Sings Rogers & Hart; Ellis Larkins Plays Piano Solos (1954)
Art Farmer –
Farmer's Market (1956)
Patty McGovern – Wednesday's Child (1956), arranged by
Thomas Talbert
Helen Merrill –
Dream of You (1956), arranged by
Gil Evans
Sammy Davis Jr. –
Sammy Swings (1957)
Judy Garland –
Alone (1957), arranged by
Gordon Jenkins ;
I Could Go On Singing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1963)
Gogi Grant – Granted It's Gogi (1957), arranged by
Johnny Mandel
Jerry Lewis – Jerry Lewis Just Sings (1957), arranged by
Buddy Bregman
Johnny Mathis –
Warm (1957), arranged by
Percy Faith
Ruth Price – The Party's Over (1957)
Freddie Redd –
San Francisco Suite (1957)
Mal Waldron –
Mal/3: Sounds (1958)
Tony Bennett –
Hometown, My Town (1959), arranged by
Ralph Burns ;
Steppin' Out (1993)
Carmen McRae –
Book of Ballads (1959), arranged by Frank Hunter
Teresa Brewer – Ridin' High (1960), arranged by
Jerry Fielding
Shirley Scott –
Hip Soul (1961)
Fred Astaire – Three Evenings with Fred Astaire (1962), arranged by
David Rose
Shelley Manne and
Jack Marshall – Sounds Unheard Of (1962)
Lena Horne –
Lena Like Latin (1963), arranged by
Shorty Rogers
Doc Severinsen – Torch Songs for Trumpet (1963)
Jack Jones – Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Julie London –
In Person at the Americana (1964), arranged by
Don Bagley
Esther Ofarim - Is it really me? (1965), arranged and produced by
Bobby Scott
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Don Shirley – Water Boy (1965)
Ann-Margret -
Songs from The Swinger (And Other Swingin' Songs) (1966)
Cher –
Bittersweet White Light (1973)
Dave McKenna – By Myself (1976), "Dancing in the Dark" and Other Music of Arthur Schwartz (1986), and Fresh Air in Concert (1990)
Shirley Horn – A Lazy Afternoon (1978)
Roger Kellaway – Say That Again (1978)
James Williams – Flying Colors (1978)
Cal Collins – By Myself (1980)
Johnny Hartman – Once in Every Life (1981)
Maxine Sullivan – Maxine Sullivan With the Ike Isaacs Quintet (1981); On Tour With the Allegheny Jazz Quartet: Starring Maxine Sullivan (1984); Uptown (1985, with the
Scott Hamilton Quintet )
Buddy De Franco and
Oscar Peterson – Hark: Buddy De Franco Meets the Oscar Peterson Quartet (1985), with
Joe Pass and
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Ella Fitzgerald and
Joe Pass –
Easy Living (1986)
Barney Kessel – Red, Hot and Blues (1988)
Joe Pass –
Blues for Fred (1988)
Junior Cook – On a Misty Night (1990)
Trudy Desmond – Tailor Made (1992), arranged by Roger Kellaway
Stephanie Nakasian – Bitter Sweet (1992)
Lou Levy – By Myself (1995)
Gary Lemel – Moonlighting (1999), arranged by Roger Kellaway
Paul Smoker – Standard Deviations (1999)
Claudia Schmidt – I Thought About You: A Jazz Collection (2001)
Cleo Laine – Quality Time (2002), arranged by
John Dankworth
Susie Arioli – Learn to Smile Again (2005)
Herb Geller – Herb Geller Plays the Arthur Schwartz Songbook (2005)
Stevie Holland –
More Than Words Can Say (2006)
Meredith D'Ambrosio – By Myself (2012)
Cecile McLorin Salvant – The Window (2018)
See also
References