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Blame It on My Youth

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"Blame It on My Youth" is a jazz standard written by Oscar Levant and Edward Heyman in 1934.

Recorded versions

  • 1956: Nat King Cole - After Midnight
  • 1956: Chris Connor - This Is Chris
  • 1956: Mabel Mercer - Midnight at Mabel Mercer's
  • 1957: Frank Sinatra - Close to You
  • 1958: Rosemary Clooney - Young at Heart
  • 1958: André Previn and David Rose – Secret Songs for Young Lovers
  • 1958: George Shearing - Burnished Brass (instrumental version)
  • 1959: Tammy Grimes - Tammy Grimes
  • 1959: Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis
  • 1960: Hank Garland - Velvet Guitar (instrumental version)
  • 1960: Jeri Southern - At the Crescendo
  • 1961: Sammy Davis Jr. - The Wham of Sam
  • 1961: Buddy Greco - Songs for Swinging Losers
  • 1961: Ann Margret - And Here She Is
  • 1962: Vic Dana - Warm & Wild
  • 1962: Julie London - Sophisticated Lady
  • 1963: James Darren – "They Should Have Given You the Oscar" (Single B-side)
  • 1964: John Davidson - The Young Warm Sound of John Davidson
  • 1964: Carmen McRae - Second to None, Carmen's Gold (1971)
  • 1964: Keely Smith - The Intimate Keely Smith
  • 1965: Gloria Lynne - Intimate Moments
  • 1969: The Golddiggers - The Golddiggers
  • 1975: Charlie Byrd - Top Hat (instrumental version)
  • 1981: Gary Burton Quartet - Easy as Pie (instrumental version)
  • 1983: Keith Jarrett Trio - Standards Vol 2 (instrumental version)
  • 1983: Art Farmer - Something Tasty (with Tommy Flanagan), Blame It on My Youth (1988) (instrumental versions)
  • 1987: Michael Feinstein - Live at the Algonquin
  • 1989: Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film "Let's Get Lost"
  • 1991: Keith Jarrett - The Cure, The Melody at Night, with You (1999) (instrumental versions)
  • 1993: Holly Cole Trio - Don't Smoke in Bed
  • 1993: David Silverman Trio - I Have Dreamed
  • 1994: Karrin Allyson - Azure-Té
  • 1994: Kenny Rankin - Professional Dreamer
  • 1995: Lisa Ekdahl - When Did You Leave Heaven
  • 1995: Fred Hersch & Jay Clayton - Beautiful Love
  • 1995: Trine-Lise Væring - When I Close My Eyes
  • 1997: Brad Mehldau - Art of the Trio, Vol. I, Deregulating Jazz (1998) (instrumental version)
  • 2001: Michiel Borstlap - Gramercy Park (instrumental version)
  • 2001: Kurt Elling - Flirting with Twilight
  • 2001: Jane Monheit - Come Dream with Me
  • 2001: Solveig Slettahjell - Slow Motion Orchestra
  • 2001: Viktoria Tolstoy - Blame It on My Youth
  • 2003: Aaron Neville - Nature Boy: The Standards Album
  • 2004: Eden Atwood - This Is Always: The Ballad Session
  • 2004: Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething
  • 2004: Nancy Wilson - R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
  • 2005: Steve Heckman Quartet - "Live at Yoshi's"
  • 2005: The New Sound Quartet (Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer) - Summertime (instrumental version)
  • 2008: Jennifer Leitham - "Left Coast Story"
  • 2010: Ania Szarmach - Inna
  • 2012: Nat Reeves - State of Emergency (instrumental version)
  • 2012: Elisa Rodrigues - Heart Mouth Dialogues
  • 2013: Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet - Desertico (instrumental version)

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