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Johnny One Note

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Published
  
1937

Composer(s)
  
Richard Rodgers

Writer(s)
  
Lorenz Hart

"Johnny One Note" is a 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms, where it was introduced by Wynn Murray. Judy Garland sang it in the Rodgers & Hart biopic Words and Music (1948).

Notable recordings

  • Carol Burnett – Carol Burnett Remembers How They Stopped the Show (1963)
  • Chris Connor – Jazz Date with Chris Connor (1999)
  • Blossom Dearie – Blossom Dearie (1956)
  • Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
  • Judy Garland – single release b/ I Wish I Were in Love Again (1948)
  • Ted Heath – Big Band Percussion (1968) – an instrumental version, the first eight bars of which were used for many years as the opening theme to BBC One's children's news programme John Craven's Newsround
  • Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
  • Barbra Streisand (in a medley with "One Note Samba") – Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments (1973)
  • The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: The Complete Recordings (2002) – recorded during sessions for the original 1967 LP and included as a bonus track on the 2002 CD

    • References

    Johnny One Note Wikipedia
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