Johnny One Note

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Field	Value
name	Johnny One Note
type	song
published	1937
writer	Lorenz Hart
composer	Richard Rodgers
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"Johnny One Note" is a 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms, in which 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).
• Mary Martin - included in the album Babes in Arms (1951).
• Blossom Dearie – for her album Blossom Dearie (1956)
• Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
• Chris Connor – for her album Chris Craft (1958). Later included in Jazz Date with Chris Connor (1999)
• Eydie Gorme - Gormé Sings Showstoppers (1959).
• Ethel Azama with the Marty Paich Orchestra (1959)
• Johnny Mathis for his album Live It Up! (1961)
• Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
• Carol Burnett – Carol Burnett Remembers How They Stopped the Show (1961).
• Shirley Bassey - I've Got a Song for You (1966)
• 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)

References

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