Words: Alan Jay Lerner
Music: Frederick Loewe
Arrangement: David Harrington, Ben May, and Clarke Bean
Genre: Show tune from the musical “Brigadoon“, jazz, pop
The song was first sung by David Brooks and Marion Bell in the Broadway production version of the musical Brigadoon.
It was later sung and danced in the 1954 film version of Brigadoon by the actor Gene Kelly.
Judy Garland sang it in 1963.
It was later sung by Ant Z (played by Woody Allen) in the 1998 animated movie Antz by Dreamworks Pictures.
It was sung by Nick D’Egidio for the 2003 movie The Cooler.
1947 David Brooks and Marion Bell
1947 Frank Sinatra (#20 on the charts)
1947 Mildred Bailey with Julian Work’s Orchestra (one week on the charts at #21)
1947 Mary Martin with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (one week on the charts at #21)
1953 Nat King Cole on “Sings for Two In Love”
1954 Gene Kelly in the movie Brigadoon
1957 Red Garland with Paul Chambers and Art Taylor on “Red Garland’s Piano”
1961 Frank Sinatra on his album, “Come Swing With Me”
1963 Judy Garland
1962 Ella Fitzgerald with with Dizzy Gillespie on “Ella Sings Broadway”
1978 Michael Johnson on “The Michael Johnson Album” – rose to top 10 on the charts
1992 Natalie Cole
2016 Bradley Walsh on “Chasing Dreams”
2017 Seth MacFarlane on “In Full Swing”
2020 James Taylor on “American Standard”
1946 Brigadoon on Broadway
1954 Brigadoon (film)
1996 Groundhog Day (film)
1998 Antz (film)
2003 The Cooler (film)
2020 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (show)
