"All by Myself"

Song
Genre	Jazz
Songwriter(s)	Irving Berlin

"All by Myself" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin, published in 1921.

It was introduced in The Music Box Revue of 1922. Popular recordings in 1921 were by Ted Lewis, Frank Crumit, Aileen Stanley, Benny Krueger's Orchestra, Vaughn De Leath and by Ben Selvin (vocal by Ernest Hare).^[1]

Other notable recordings

Marion Harris (1921)
All Star Trio (1921)
Bob Crosby's Bobcats, recorded February 6, 1940 (Decca 3248A) with vocal chorus by Marion Mann^[2]
Bing Crosby, recorded July 18, 1946 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra^[3] and included on the Decca album Blue Skies
The Skyrockets Orchestra, Conductor: Paul Fenoulhet with vocal by Doreen Lundy. Recorded in London on November 14, 1946. It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label (catalogue number BD 5955).
Steve Conway, released as a single by Columbia in Britain in 1947^[4]
Frankie Masters (1947)
Pat Boone - for his album Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin (1957).^[5]
Connee Boswell - for her album Connee Boswell Sings Irving Berlin - A Golden Anniversary Tribute (1958).^[6]
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)
Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis (1959)
Kay Starr - included in her album Kay Starr: Jazz Singer (1960).^[7]
Bobby Darin, included in his album Oh! Look at Me Now in 1962
Nat King Cole - for his album Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
Brenda Lee - included in her album All Alone Am I (1962)
Sue Raney - All by Myself (1964).^[8]
Nancy Sinatra - for her album Sugar (1966)
Teresa Brewer - American Music Box, Vol. 1 (Songs of Irving Berlin) (1987).^[9]
Martha Wainwright - Boardwalk Empire Volume 1: Music from the HBO Original Series (2011)

Performances on film

Part of the song is sung by Betty Boop (Mae Questel) in the 1933 animated short film Is My Palm Read

It was performed by Bing Crosby and Joan Caulfield (dubbed by Betty Russell) in the 1946 film Blue Skies.

Notable live radio performances

Crosby also performed it alongside Al Jolson. This performance was broadcast live on Crosby's radio show on May 7, 1947.^[10]

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 469. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
^ "Advertisers' Announcements". Daily Mirror. January 18, 1947. p. 8.
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^ "PHILCO RADIO TIME". www.bingmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

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Irving Berlin

Musicals

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Film	Alexander's Ragtime Band Annie Get Your Gun Blue Skies Call Me Madam Carefree The Cocoanuts Easter Parade Follow the Fleet Hallelujah Holiday Inn On the Avenue Second Fiddle There's No Business Like Show Business This Is the Army Top Hat White Christmas

Songs

"Alexander's Ragtime Band"
"All Alone"
"All by Myself"
"All of My Life"
"Always"
"Any Bonds Today?"
"Anything You Can Do"
"At the Devil's Ball"
"The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)"
"Blue Skies"
"Change Partners"
"Cheek to Cheek"
"Count Your Blessings"
"A Couple of Swells"
"Daddy, Come Home"
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
"Easter Parade"
"Follow the Crowd"
"For Your Country and My Country"
"Get Thee Behind Me Satan"
"The Girl That I Marry"
"God Bless America"
"Goodbye, France"
"Happy Holiday"
"Heat Wave"
"Heaven Watch the Philippines"
"How About Me?"
"How Deep Is the Ocean?"
"How's Chances?"
"I Got Lost in His Arms"
"I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)"
"I Love a Piano"
"I Never Had a Chance"
"I Used to Be Color Blind"
"I Want To Go Back To Michigan"
"I'm an Indian Too"
"I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind"
"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket"
"I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now"
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"
"Isn't This a Lovely Day?"
"It's a Lovely Day Today"
"It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow"
"Lazy"
"Let Yourself Go"
"Let's All Be Americans Now
"Let's Face the Music and Dance"
"Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee"
"Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk"
"Mandy"
"Moonshine Lullaby"
"My Defenses Are Down"
"The Near Future"
"No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)"
"Now It Can Be Told"
"Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning"
"Play a Simple Melody"
"A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody"
"Puttin' On the Ritz"
"Reaching for the Moon"
"Remember"
"San Francisco Bound"
"Say It Isn't So"
"Say It with Music"
"Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone"
"Sisters"
"Slumming on Park Avenue"
"The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)"
"Stay Down Here Where You Belong"
"Steppin' Out with My Baby"
"Supper Time"
"That International Rag"
"That Mysterious Rag"
"There's No Business Like Show Business"
"They Say It's Wonderful"
"They Were All Out of Step But Jim"
"This Year's Kisses"
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
"What'll I Do"
"When I Lost You"
"White Christmas"
"Who Do You Love, I Hope?"
"With You"
"You Can Have Him"
"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun"
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
"You'd Be Surprised"
"You're Just in Love"
"You're Laughing at Me"

Ellin Berlin (wife)
Mary Ellin Barrett (daughter)