Nobody Else But Me

"Nobody Else But Me", sometimes called "Nobody Else But You", is a 1946 song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1946 Broadway revival of the musical Showboat when it was introduced by Jan Clayton as the character 'Magnolia'.^[1] This was the last song written by Kern; he died shortly before the 1946 production opened.^[2]

Vocal recordings[]

• 1946 Jan Clayton in the Show Boat cast album.^[3]
• 1961 Ruth Price – for her album .
• 1963 Sarah Vaughan – for her album The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan.
• 1964 Tony Bennett – included in his album When Lights Are Low.
• 1965 Dinah Shore – for her album Lower Basin Street Revisited.^[4]
• 2001 Kristin Chenoweth – for her album Let Yourself Go.
• 2015 Tony Bennett – for the album The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern.
• 1995 Mel Torme – for the album Velvet & Brass.

Instrumental recordings[]

• 1964 Stan Getz – included on his album Nobody Else but Me, first released in 1994.
• 1967 Joe Pass – included on his album Simplicity.
• 1976 Bill Evans – recorded during sessions for his album Quintessence, and first released as a bonus track on compact disc reissues of the album.
• 1977 Bill Evans – recorded for his album I Will Say Goodbye, which was first released in 1980.
• 1978 Bill Evans – recorded for his album New Conversations, this was the last recorded studio version of the song by Evans, but the first to be released.
• 1984 Ed Bickert – Recorded for his album Bye Bye Baby.
• 1997 Brad Mehldau – Recorded for his album The Art of the Trio Volume One.
• 2018 Walter Smith III – Recorded for his album Twio

References[]

External links[]

• Chords for Nobody Else But Me