I Cover the Waterfront (song)

"I Cover the Waterfront"
Single by Sarah Vaughan
GenreJazz blues
Songwriter(s)Edward Heyman
Producer(s)Johnny Green
Sarah Vaughan singles chronology
"If You Could See Me Now"
(1946) 		"I Cover the Waterfront"
(1947) 		"Tenderly"
(1947)
Billie Holiday singles chronology
"God Bless the Child"
(1942) 		"I Cover the Waterfront"
(1946) 		"Lady Sings the Blues"
(1956)

"I Cover the Waterfront" is a 1933 popular song and jazz standard composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman.[1] The song was inspired by Max Miller's 1932 best-selling novel, I Cover the Waterfront.[2]

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  2. ^ "I Cover the Waterfront". Songbook1.wordpress.com. March 28, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2021.