"Alone Together" is a song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Flying Colors in 1932 by Jean Sargent.^[1]

The song soon became a hit, with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra's 1932 recording (vocal by Frank Luther) being the first to reach the charts.^[2] It has become a jazz standard. The first jazz musician to record the song was Artie Shaw in 1939.^[3]

Other versions

Pepper Adams - Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (1957)^[4]
Chet Baker - Chet (1959)
Tony Bennett - recorded on February 28, 1960, for his album Alone Together (1960).^[5]
Pat Boone - for his album The Touch of Your Lips (1964).^[6]
Ray Charles and Betty Carter – Ray Charles and Betty Carter (1961)^[4]
Vic Damone - for his album This Game of Love (1959).^[7]
Miles Davis – Blue Moods (1955)^[4]
Paul Desmond with Jim Hall – Take Ten (1963)^[4]
Judy Garland - That's Entertainment! (1960)
Dizzy Gillespie – (1950)^[4]
Charlie Haden – None but the Lonely Heart (1997)^[4]
Peggy Lee - for the album Things Are Swingin' (1959).^[8]
Julie London - Make Love to Me (1957).^[9]
Barry Manilow - Night Songs (2014).^[10]
Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958)^[4]
Wallace Roney – Obsession (1990)^[4]
Artie Shaw – (1939)^[4]
Archie Shepp - Blue Ballads (1996)
Carly Simon - included in her album Moonlight Serenade (2005).^[11]
Jo Stafford – a single release (1945).^[12]
Mel Torme - included in his album My Kind of Music (1961).^[13]
Stanley Turrentine – Easy Walker (1966)^[4]
Mal Waldron – No More Tears (1988)^[4]
Margaret Whiting - recorded on August 19, 1952, for Capitol Records (catalog No. 2217).^[14]
Bill Evans - Live At The Trident Club (1964)
Paul DeFiglia - solo upright bass for his album In Daylight (2021)
Catherine Russell - title track on her 2019 album

Notes

^ "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 365. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Alone Together)". www.jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 18–21. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
^ "Tony Bennett Discography". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^ "Night Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

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