"It Never Entered My Mind" is a show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Higher and Higher, where it was introduced by Shirley Ross.
| "It Never Entered My Mind" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1940 |
| Songwriter(s) | Lorenz Hart |
| Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
Notable recordings
edit- Frank Sinatra – Frankly Sentimental (1949) Originally recorded November 5, 1947,[1] In the Wee Small Hours (1955), She Shot Me Down (1981)
- Patty Andrews (with Gordon Jenkins and orchestra) (1951)
- Julie London – Julie Is Her Name (1955)
- Miles Davis – Miles Davis, Volume 3 (Blue Note 1954) & Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige 1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
- Bud Powell – Bud Powell's Moods (1956)
- Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster – Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
- Stan Getz – Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
- Jeri Southern – Southern Hospitality (1958)
- Stan Getz – Jazz Giants '58
- Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)
- Chet Baker – Chet (1959)
- Barbara Cook – Barbara Cook Sings "From the Heart" (1959)
- Joni James – 100 Strings and Joni (1959)
- Stan Getz – Cool Velvet: Stan Getz and Strings (1960)
- Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
- Chris Connor – Double Exposure with Maynard Ferguson (1961), Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years (2000)
- June Christy – The Intimate Miss Christy (1963)
- Rosemary Clooney – Love (1963)
- Johnny Hartman – The Voice That Is!! (1964)
- Jack Jones – Where Love Has Gone (1964)
- Patty Waters – College Tour (1966)
- Leontyne Price – Right as the Rain (1967
- Oscar Peterson – Another Day (1972)
- Jackie McLean with the Great Jazz Trio – New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
- Keith Jarrett Trio – Standards (1983)
- Larry Coryell – Comin' Home (1984)[2]
- Linda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle – Lush Life (1984)
- George Shearing – Grand Piano (album) (1985)
- Susannah McCorkle – Ballad Essentials (2002)
- Beegie Adair – Centennial Composers Collection (2003)
- Mark Murphy – Once to Every Heart (2005)
- Hugh Masekela – Almost Like Being in Jazz (2005)[3]
- Anthony Braxton Quartet – Standards (Brussels) 2006 (2008)
- Chris Botti – Italia (2007)[4]
- Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - The Capitol Studios Sessions (2018)
- Steve Nelson- Brothers Under the Sun (2017)
Popular culture
edit- The Miles Davis recording was used in the movies:
- Runaway Bride (1999)
- Lenny Bruce biopic Lenny (1974).
Fargo season 04 end credits Was used in Better Call Saul.
References
edit- ^ "It Never Entered My Mind". 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Comin' Home overview". Allmusic.com.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela – Almost Like Being In Jazz". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Italia overview". Allmusic.com.
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