"Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935.Jacobs, Dick & Harriet Jacobs – ‘’Who Wrote That Song?’’ published by Writer’s Digest Books, 1993, The song was introduced by Gloria Grafton in the Broadway musical Jumbo.Green, Stanley – ‘’Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre’’ published by Dodd, Mead, 1976
Film appearances 1950 The Jackpot 1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo – sung by Doris Day 1990 The Handmaid's Tale 2022 Saint Omer – sung by Nina Simone
Recordings Many popular and jazz artists have recorded the tune, including:
The Afghan Whigs - Debonair (1994) Chet Baker - Chet Baker Meets Space Jazz Trio (1988) Polly Bergen – Little Girl Blue (1955) Donald Byrd – Byrd in Flight, as "Little Boy Blue": (Blue Note 1960) Ann Hampton Callaway – To Ella with Love (1996) Barbara Cook - From the Heart: The Best of Rodgers and Hart (1959) Sam Cooke – My Kind of Blues (1961) Doris Day – Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) Ethel Ennis – Eyes for You (1964) Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956) Judy Garland – Alone (1957) Red Garland – A Garland of Red (Prestige 1956) The Four Freshmen – Love Lost (1959) Johnny Hartman – And I Thought About You (1959) The Hi-Lo's - Now Hear This. Milt Jackson – Reverence and Compassion (1993) Harry James Joni James – Little Girl Blue (1956) Keith Jarrett – Standards in Norway (1995) Janis Joplin – I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969, although the lyrics on this version were rearranged) Morgana King - It's a Quiet Thing (1965) Diana Krall – From This Moment On (2006) Stacey Kent – Dreamsville (2001) Brenda Lee – Reflections in Blue (1964) Grant Green – Oleo with Sonny Clark (1962) Eddie Harris – Exodus to Jazz (1961) John Lewis – The John Lewis Piano (1957) Hank Mobley – Mobley's Message (Prestige 1956) Gerry Mulligan with Jon Eardley – California Concerts (1954) Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960) Oscar Peterson – My Favorite Instrument (solo piano) The Postal Service (a remix of the Nina Simone version) - Verve Remixed 3 (2005) Sue Raney – Sue Raney, Volume II (2004) Linda Ronstadt – For Sentimental Reasons (1986) Diana Ross – Touch Me in the Morning (1973) Mathilde Santing Combo - Hand In Hand (1983) The Carpenters – Lovelines (1989) Rosemary Clooney – Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein (1990) Carly Simon – My Romance (1990) Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue was named after the song) Frank Sinatra – Songs for Young Lovers (1954) Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958) Margaret Whiting – this charted briefly in 1947 Nancy Wilson - Hello Young Lovers (1962) Pinky Winters – Pinky (1954) Louis Armstrong – Pops Is Tops-The Verve Studio Albums (2018) Laura Mvula – Music from and Inspired by 12 Years a Slave (2013)
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