Why Was I Born

Updated on Oct 19, 2023

Edit

Comment

"Why Was I Born?" is a 1929 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.

It was written for the show Sweet Adeline (1930).

Notable recordings

Dorothy Lamour - Road to Romance (1958)

Margaret Whiting - Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1960)

Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane - Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane (1963)

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963)

Cher - Bittersweet White Light (1973)

Billie Holiday - Quintessential Billie Holiday: Vol. III (1990)

Georgia Brown - Georgia Brown Sings Gershwin/Georgia Brown (2003)

Sonny Rollins - Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert (2005)

(Text) CC BY-SA