By Myself (1937 song)

"By Myself" is a 1937 jazz standard. It was written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz.^[1]

The song was first sung by Jack Buchanan in the show "Between the Devil" (1937) and was a musical number in the 1953 musical comedy film, The Band Wagon.

Notable recordings

Mabel Mercer – Songs by Mabel Mercer, Vol. 2 (1953)

Barbara Carroll Trio – Lullabies in Rhythm (1954)

Lee Wiley and Ellis Larkins – Duologue: Lee Wiley Sings Rogers & Hart; Ellis Larkins Plays Piano Solos (1954)

Art Farmer – Farmer's Market (1956)

Patty McGovern – Wednesday's Child (1956), arranged by Thomas Talbert

Helen Merrill – Dream of You (1956), arranged by Gil Evans

Sammy Davis Jr. – Sammy Swings (1957)

Judy Garland – Alone (1957), arranged by Gordon Jenkins; I Could Go On Singing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1963)

Gogi Grant – Granted It's Gogi (1957), arranged by Johnny Mandel

Jerry Lewis – Jerry Lewis Just Sings (1957), arranged by Buddy Bregman

Johnny Mathis – Warm (1957), arranged by Percy Faith

Ruth Price – The Party's Over (1957)

Freddie Redd – San Francisco Suite (1957)

Mal Waldron – Mal/3: Sounds (1958)

Tony Bennett – Hometown, My Town (1959), arranged by Ralph Burns; Steppin' Out (1993)

Carmen McRae – Book of Ballads (1959), arranged by Frank Hunter

Teresa Brewer – Ridin' High (1960), arranged by Jerry Fielding

Shirley Scott – Hip Soul (1961)

Fred Astaire – Three Evenings with Fred Astaire (1962), arranged by David Rose

Shelley Manne and Jack Marshall – Sounds Unheard Of (1962)

Lena Horne – Lena Like Latin (1963), arranged by Shorty Rogers

Doc Severinsen – Torch Songs for Trumpet (1963)

Jack Jones – Where Love Has Gone (1964)

Julie London – In Person at the Americana (1964), arranged by Don Bagley

Esther Ofarim - Is it really me? (1965), arranged and produced by Bobby Scott^[2]

Don Shirley – Water Boy (1965)

Ann-Margret - Songs from The Swinger (And Other Swingin' Songs) (1966)

Cher – Bittersweet White Light (1973)

Dave McKenna – By Myself (1976), "Dancing in the Dark" and Other Music of Arthur Schwartz (1986), and Fresh Air in Concert (1990)

Shirley Horn – A Lazy Afternoon (1978)

Roger Kellaway – Say That Again (1978)

James Williams – Flying Colors (1978)

Cal Collins – By Myself (1980)

Johnny Hartman – Once in Every Life (1981)

Maxine Sullivan – Maxine Sullivan With the Ike Isaacs Quintet (1981); On Tour With the Allegheny Jazz Quartet: Starring Maxine Sullivan (1984); Uptown (1985, with the Scott Hamilton Quintet)

Buddy De Franco and Oscar Peterson – Hark: Buddy De Franco Meets the Oscar Peterson Quartet (1985), with Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass – Easy Living (1986)

Barney Kessel – Red, Hot and Blues (1988)

Joe Pass – Blues for Fred (1988)

Junior Cook – On a Misty Night (1990)

Trudy Desmond – Tailor Made (1992), arranged by Roger Kellaway

Stephanie Nakasian – Bitter Sweet (1992)

Lou Levy – By Myself (1995)

Gary Lemel – Moonlighting (1999), arranged by Roger Kellaway

Paul Smoker – Standard Deviations (1999)

Stacey Kent – Let Yourself Go (1999)

Claudia Schmidt – I Thought About You: A Jazz Collection (2001)

Cleo Laine – Quality Time (2002), arranged by John Dankworth

Susie Arioli – Learn to Smile Again (2005)

Herb Geller – Herb Geller Plays the Arthur Schwartz Songbook (2005)

Stevie Holland – More Than Words Can Say (2006)

Meredith D'Ambrosio – By Myself (2012)

Cecile McLorin Salvant – The Window (2018)

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