"Johnny One Note" is a 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms, where it was introduced by Wynn Murray. Judy Garland sang it in the Rodgers & Hart biopic Words and Music (1948).
Popular recordings in 1937 were by Hal Kemp & His Orchestra (vocal by Skinnay Ennis) and by Victor Young and His Orchestra (vocal by Bobby Dolan).
Other notable recordings
- Judy Garland – single release for MGM Records (catalog No. 30172) b/ I Wish I Were in Love Again (1948).4
- Mary Martin - included in the album Babes in Arms (1951).5
- Blossom Dearie – for her album Blossom Dearie (1956)6
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)7
- Chris Connor – for her album Chris Craft (1958).8 Later included in Jazz Date with Chris Connor (1999)
- Eydie Gorme - Gormé Sings Showstoppers (1959).9
- Ethel Azama with the Marty Paich Orchestra (1959)
- Johnny Mathis for his album Live It Up! (1961)10
- Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)11
- Carol Burnett – Carol Burnett Remembers How They Stopped the Show (1961).12
- Shirley Bassey - I've Got a Song for You (1966)13
- The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: The Complete Recordings (2002) – recorded during sessions for the original 1967 LP and included as a bonus track on the 2002 CD
- Ted Heath – Big Band Percussion (1968) – an instrumental version, the first eight bars of which were used for many years as the opening theme to BBC1's children's news programme John Craven's Newsround
- Barbra Streisand (in a medley with "One Note Samba") – Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments (1973)14
References
Hischak, Thomas (2007). The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 138. ISBN 978-0313341403. 978-0313341403 ↩
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Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 534. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. 0-89820-083-0 ↩
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