Somebody Loves Me

"Somebody Loves Me" is a popular song, with music written by George Gershwin, and lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Buddy DeSylva. This is not to be confused with the Southern gospel song written by W.F. & Marjorie Crumley. The song was published in 1924 and featured in George White's Scandals of 1924.

One of the better-known versions was by The Four Lads. This recording was made on August 18, 1952 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39865. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on October 18, 1952. It peaked at #22 on the charts.^[1]

Recorded versions

• Tex Beneke
• Dave Brubeck
• Benny Carter
• Sonny Clark
• Alma Cogan
• Nat King Cole
• Perry Como
• Ray Conniff
• Bing Crosby - rec. June 14, 1939 - released as Brunswick 02807, matrix DLA 1777
• Vic Damone
• Doris Day
• Tommy Dorsey
• Cliff Edwards -Also known as "Ukulele Ike"
• Roy Eldridge
• Duke Ellington
• Herb Ellis
• Percy Faith and his orchestra
• Eddie Fisher
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) and her Verve/Polygram release: "Jazz at the Philharmonic, the Ella Fitzgerald Sets".
• Helen Forrest
• The Four Freshmen - 4 Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
• The Four Lads
• Erroll Garner
• George Gershwin
• Banu Gibson
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Jackie Gleason
• Benny Goodman and his orchestra - rec. May 11, 1936 - released as Victor 25497, matrix 02458-1
• Lionel Hampton
• Ted Heath
• Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra
• Woody Herman and his orchestra
• Lena Horne - rec. June 4, 1943 - from the movie "Broadway Rhythm" (1944)
• Alberta Hunter
• Dick Hyman
• Harry James and his orchestra
• Joni James
• Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra
• Peggy Lee
• Oscar Levant
• Oscar Peterson
• Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
• Julie London
• Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
• Maureen McGovern
• The McGuire Sisters
• Don McLean
• Ralph Marterie
• Meat Loaf
• Melanie
• Johnny Mercer
• Red Norvo Trio
• Isabelle & Tom Patricola - rec. August 1924 - released as Vocalion B 14866, matrix 13513
• Les Paul
• Johnny Paycheck
• Oscar Peterson - rec. November or December 1952 - released on the LP "Oscar Peterson Plays Gershwin"
• The Platters
• Django Reinhardt
• Buddy Rich
• Maurice Rocco
• Dinah Shore - rec. December 10, 1940 - released as Bluebird B10978, matrix BS 058246-1
• Frank Sinatra
• Stuff Smith
• Aileen Stanley - rec. September 9, 1924 - released as Victor 19454, matrix B-30807-3
• Art Tatum
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
• Jack Teagarden with Eddie Condon and His Orchestra - rec. December 14, 1944 - released as Decca 23430, matrix 72633
• Dinah Washington
• Paul Weston and his orchestra
• Paul Whiteman orchestra
• Lester Young with Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich - rec. 1946 - released 1951 on a Mercury Records 10 inch LP as The Lester Young Trio

See also

• List of 1920s jazz standards

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

George Gershwin
Albums	Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls
Ballets	An American in Paris Gershwin Piano Concerto Three Preludes Who Cares? List of stagings
Operas	Blue Monday (1922) Porgy and Bess (1935)
Orchestral works	Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Concerto in F (1925) An American in Paris (1928) Second Rhapsody (1931) Cuban Overture (1932) Strike Up the Band (1934) Hoctor's Ballet (1937)
Piano compositions	Three Preludes (1926) French Ballet Class (1937)
Songs	"Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" "Bidin' My Time" "Blah Blah Blah" "Boy Wanted" "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" "But Not for Me" "By Strauss" "Clap Yo' Hands" "Do It Again" "Doin' Time" "Embraceable You" "Fascinating Rhythm" "A Foggy Day" "For You, For Me, For Evermore" "Funny Face" "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" "He Loves and She Loves" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "I Can't Be Bothered Now" "I Got Rhythm" "I Was Doing All Right" "I've Got a Crush on You" "Isn't It a Pity?" "Just Another Rhumba" "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" "Looking for a Boy" "Lorelei" "Love Is Here to Stay" "Love is Sweeping the Country" "Love Walked In" "The Man I Love" "My Cousin in Milwaukee" "My One and Only" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Of Thee I Sing" "Oh, Lady Be Good!" "Oh, So Nice!" "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" "'S Wonderful" "Sam and Delilah" "Slap That Bass" "Somebody from Somewhere" "Somebody Loves Me" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Soon" "Stairway to Paradise" "Stiff Upper Lip" "Strike Up the Band" "Summertime" "Swanee" "That Certain Feeling" "They All Laughed" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Things Are Looking Up" "Tra-la-la" "Treat Me Rough" "Walking the Dog" "Who Cares?" "You've Got What Gets Me"
Tribute albums	Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin By George Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Sings Gershwin Gershwin Live! Gershwin's World The Glory of Gershwin Ira, George and Joe Nice Work If You Can Get It Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin
Related articles	Gershwin Prize Arthur Gershwin Frances Gershwin Ira Gershwin Gershwin Theatre
List of compositions by George Gershwin Category:George Gershwin