My Funny Valentine

This article is about the song. For other uses, see My Funny Valentine (disambiguation).
"My Funny Valentine"
Sheet music
Song
Published1937 by Chappell & Co.
GenreTraditional pop
Composer(s)Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)Lorenz Hart

"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart coming of age musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by teenaged star Mitzi Green. The song became a popular jazz standard, appearing on over 1300 albums performed by over 600 artists. One of them was Chet Baker,[1] for whom it became his signature song.[2][3] In 2015 the Gerry Mulligan quartet's 1953 version of the song (featuring Chet Baker) was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry for its "cultural, artistic and/or historical significance to American society and the nation’s audio legacy".[4] Mulligan also recorded the song with his Concert Jazz Band in 1960.[5]

  1. ^ "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (My Funny Valentine)".
  2. ^ Schwanebeck, Wieland; McFarland, Douglas (8 October 2018). Patricia Highsmith on Screen. Springer. ISBN 9783319960500.
  3. ^ "My Funny Valentine". Jazz Messengers.
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  5. ^ "National Recording Registry To "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"". The Library of Congress. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2015.