I Wish I Were in Love Again

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Published 1937 Composer(s) Richard Rodgers		Writer(s) Lorenz Hart

"I Wish I Were in Love Again" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney performed it in the 1948 film Words and Music. Garland released it as a single in 1946 and again in 1948 as a b-side with "Johnny One Note."

Notable recordings

Judy Garland - 1946 Decca single

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)

Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)

Julie Andrews - Broadway: The Music of Richard Rodgers (1994)

Susannah McCorkle - From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies (1999)

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (2000)

Audra McDonald - Happy Songs (2002)

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