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I Could Write a Book

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Published
  
1940

Composer(s)
  
Richard Rodgers

Writer(s)
  
Lorenz Hart

"I Could Write a Book" is a show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey (1940), where it was introduced by Gene Kelly and Leila Ernst.

Notable recordings

  • Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter (1979)
  • Harry Connick, Jr. - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
  • Rosemary Clooney - Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein (1990)
  • Miles Davis - Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
  • Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
  • Frank Sinatra - I Hear a Rhapsody (album) (1952)
  • The Swingle Singers - New World (1995)
  • Mel Tormé - Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)
  • Dinah Washington - For Those in Love (1955)
  • Monica Zetterlund - Swedish Sensation! (1960)

    • References

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