"There Will Never Be Another You" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon that was written for the Twentieth Century Fox musical Iceland (1942), starring Sonja Henie and John Payne. The songs in the film featured Joan Merrill accompanied by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra.Joan Merrill at JazzStandards.com
"This was one of the first musicals made following U.S. entry into the war", wrote film historian Tony Thomas, who noted that three of the songs in Iceland have faded from memory. "But the song that shines from this film like a beacon is 'There Will Never Be Another You'. The melody, built on long rising and falling intervals, is one of the loveliest Warren ever wrote. For all its simplicity it is free of clichès and full of beguiling modulations. Like so many fine pieces of art, this song gives the impression of being written effortlessly. The notes follow each other with a gracious kind of logic."
"There Will Never Be Another You" was published in 1942standards.com/compositions-0/therewillneverbeanotheryou.htm "There Will Never Be Another You" at JazzStandards.com and is considered a jazz standard. A 1966 Chris Montez recording of the song lifted from his album The More I See You went to #4 on the Easy Listening chart and #33 on the Hot 100.
Recorded versions Release Performer Vocalist Recording date Album Label Source 1942 Joan Merrill with Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra Joan Merrill 1942 Film Iceland Bluebird Bluebird Records in the 11500 to 11590 series 1942 Teddy Powell and His Orchestra Peggy Mann July 17, 1942 Bluebird 1942 Woody Herman and His Orchestra instrumental July 24, 1942 single Decca Decca Records in the 18000 to 18499 series 1942 Tommy Tucker Time July 31, 1942 Okeh Okeh Records in the 6500 to 6999 series1942 Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra Instrumental 1942 Columbia 1950 Lionel Hampton Quintet instrumental January 16, 1950 Decca Decca Records in the 27000 to 27495 series 1951 Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra Gordon Jenkins Time to Dance with Gordon Jenkins Capitol Capitol Records in the 100 to 499 series 1954 Lester Young with Oscar Peterson instrumental November 28, 1952 Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio Norgran 1954 Chet Baker February 15, 1954 Chet Baker Sings Pacific Jazz 1955 Nat King Cole August 25, 1955 Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love Capitol 1957 Stan Getz Quartet instrumental November 24, 1956 The Steamer Verve 1958 Lee Morgan with Curtis Fuller & Hank Mobley instrumental April 21, 1958 Monday Night at Birdland Roulette There Will Never Be Another You by Hank Mobley, Billy Root, Curtis Fuller, Lee Morgan, "Specs" Wright, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant, secondhandsongs.com. 1966 Chris Montez 1966 The More I See You A&M 1967 Julie London Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast Liberty 1988 Dexter Gordon instrumental July 20, 1967 Body and Soul Black Lion 1994 Rosemary Clooney 3/7/04 - The Rosemary Clooney: Show Songs from the Classic Television Series2023 Rickie Lee JonesApril 28, 2023Pieces of TreasureModern Recordings 2025 Matilda Mann Chet Baker Re:imagined
References
External links "There Will Never Be Another You" Jazz guitar lesson (melody, chords, solo, and harmonic analysis) "There Will Never Be Another You" at JazzStandards.com, with musicological description and bibliography