I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
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"I Get Along Without You Very Well" is a popular song composed by Hoagy Carmichael in 1939, with lyrics based on a poem written by Jane Brown Thompson.[1]
Thompson's idenity as the author of the poem was for many years unknown, she died the night before it was introduced on radio by Dick Powell.[1]
It was performed by Carmichael and Jane Russell in the film The Las Vegas Story (1952).[1]
[edit] Notable recordings
- Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings (1954)
- Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
- Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin (1958)
- Peggy Lee – If You Go (1961)
- Carly Simon – Torch (1981)
- Diana Krall – The Look of Love (2001)
- Nina Simone - Nina Simone and Piano
Simon's version served as background music for animator Ryan McCullogh's claymation short "Without You" (animated when he was nine), about a dog who pines for his absent young master.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/06/i_get_along_wit.php The Melody Lingers On: I Get Along Without You Very Well, by Tony Thornton
