All the Things You Are

"All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.

The song was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939)[1][2] and was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart.[3] It appeared in the film Broadway Rhythm (1944) when it was sung by Ginny Simms,[4] and again in the Kern biopic Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), sung by Tony Martin.[5]

Popular recordings of the song in 1939 were by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal by Jack Leonard), Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (vocal by Helen Forrest) and Frankie Masters and His Orchestra (vocal by Harlan Rogers).[6] The song has been recorded by a great many artists [7] and is considered a jazz standard.

  1. ^ "Jerome Kern" Archived 2016-12-25 at the Wayback Machine. Songwriters Hall of Fame
  2. ^ Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 15–17. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  3. ^ Paymer, Marvin E.; Post, Don E. (1999). Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs, 1920–1945. Noble House. pp. 369–. ISBN 978-1-881907-09-1. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "All the Things You Are". www.jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 469. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  7. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.