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We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)

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B-side
  
"Tell Me at Midnight"

Label
  
RCA Victor

Released
  
1940 (1940)

Writer(s)
  
Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels and Dick Robertson

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"We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" is a ballad published in 1939 by Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels and Dick Robertson. It was a hit song in 1940 for both The Ink Spots on Decca and Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on RCA Victor, both versions reaching No. 3 in Billboard in December.

Cover versions

  • The Ink Spots version was recorded in July 1940 and released on Decca in October (b/w "My Greatest Mistake").
  • Ella Fitzgerald, who would later record with The Ink Spots, also recorded the song for Decca in 1940; it is included on the 2003 CD compilation Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1.
  • Brenda Lee recorded "We Three" for her 1960 Decca album This Is...Brenda.
  • Bob Dylan has performed the song in concert three times, twice in 1986 and once in 1988.
  • Country singer Wayne Hancock covered "We Three" on his 2001 album A-Town Blues.
  • Paul McCartney included the song on his 2012 album of American standards, Kisses On The Bottom.

    • References

    We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me) Wikipedia
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