"Never in a Million Years" is a song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel for the 1937 musical film Wake Up and Live when it was sung by Jack Haley (dubbed by Buddy Clark).^[1] It had its biggest chart success by Bing Crosby featuring Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra. Crosby recorded it on February 28, 1937^[2] and it reached #2 on the US pop chart the same year.^[3]

Other charting versions

Mildred Bailey released a version of the song as a single in 1937 where it reached #8 on the US pop chart.^[4]
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra released a version of the song as a single in 1937 where it reached #7 on the US pop chart.^[5]
Linda Scott released a version of the song as a single in 1962 where it reached #15 on the adult contemporary chart and #56 on the US pop chart.^[6]

Other versions

Alice Faye released a version of the song as a single in 1937.^[7]
Gordon MacRae released a version of the song as a single in 1954 in the United Kingdom.^[8]
Tina Robin released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1957 single "Ca C'est L'amour".^[9]
Kitty Kallen released a version of the song on her 1960 album, If I Give My Heart to You.^[10]
Sarah Vaughan released a version of the song on her 1961 album, My Heart Sings.^[11]
Maureen Evans released a version of the song as a single in 1962 in the United Kingdom.^[12]
Marion Rung released a version of the song in Finland entitled "Ei Enää Milloinkaan" as the B-side to her 1962 single "Lady Sunshine and Mister Moon".^[13]
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians released a version of the song as part of a medley on their 1963 album, The Sweetest Medleys This Side of Heaven.^[14]

References

Sources

Stockdale, Robert L. Jimmy Dorsey: A Study in Contrasts. (Studies in Jazz Series). Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1999.

v t e Bing Crosby singles
Discography
1920s	"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman) "Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman) "Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman) "Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman) "Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman) "Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers) "Louise"
1930s	"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington) "I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim) "Just a Gigolo" "At Your Command" "Stardust" "Goodnight, Sweetheart" "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song) "Waltzing in a Dream" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "Temptation" "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" "June in January" "Love Is Just Around the Corner" "I Wished on the Moon" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "I Can't Escape from You" "Pennies from Heaven" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Sweet Leilani" "Blue Hawaii" "Never in a Million Years" "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" "My Reverie" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "God Bless America" "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Andrews Sisters)
1940s	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Only Forever" "It's Always You" "New San Antonio Rose" (with Bob Crosby) "Dolores" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (with Woody Herman) "Easter Parade" "White Christmas" "Moonlight Becomes You" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" (with Trudy Erwin) "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (with Trudy Erwin) "Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Andrews Sisters) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Jingle Bells" (with Andrews Sisters) "Poinciana" "I Love You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "Swinging on a Star" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Andrews Sisters) "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (with Andrews Sisters) "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" "Amor" "Long Ago (and Far Away)" "Don't Fence Me In" (with Andrews Sisters) "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (with Andrews Sisters) "You Belong to My Heart" "Along the Navajo Trail (with Andrews Sisters) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Les Paul Trio) "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "The Bells of St. Mary's" "McNamara's Band" "Sioux City Sue" "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (with Andrews Sisters) "Night and Day" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (with Andrews Sisters) "Galway Bay "Ballerina" "Now Is the Hour" "But Beautiful" "Far Away Places" "Careless Hands" "Riders in the Sky" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Mule Train"
1950s	"Quicksilver" (with Andrews Sisters) "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Andrews Sisters) "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Play a Simple Melody" (with Gary Crosby) "Sam's Song " (with Gary Crosby) "La Vie en rose" "All My Love" "Beyond the Reef" "Harbor Lights" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "A Marshmallow World" "Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Andrews Sisters) "Gone Fishin'" (with Louis Armstrong) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (with Jane Wyman) "The Isle of Innisfree" "Zing a Little Zong" (with Jane Wyman) "Silver Bells" (with Carol Richards) "Down by the Riverside" (with Gary Crosby) "Young at Heart" "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" "Stranger in Paradise" "In a Little Spanish Town" (with Buddy Cole Trio) "True Love" (with Grace Kelly) "Now You Has Jazz" (with Louis Armstrong) "Well, Did You Evah!" (with Frank Sinatra)
1970s	"That's What Life Is All About"
1980s	"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)

v t e Jimmy Dorsey
Songs	"Pennies from Heaven" "Never in a Million Years" "It's the Dreamer in Me" "Tailspin" "John Silver" "So Many Times" "The Breeze and I" "I Hear a Rhapsody" "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" "My Sister and I" "Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)" "Maria Elena" "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)" "Blue Champagne" "Jim" "Tangerine" "Jersey Bounce" "I Remember You" "Brazil" "Star Eyes" "Bésame Mucho" "I'm Glad There Is You" "So Rare"
The Dorsey Brothers	"Annie's Cousin Fannie" "Tomorrow's Another Day" "Harlem Chapel Chimes" "Dese Dem Dose"
The California Ramblers	"Has Anybody Seen My Gal?"
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v t e Mildred Bailey
Singles	"For Sentimental Reasons" "More Than You Know" "Trust in Me" "Where Are You?" "Never in a Million Years" "Rockin' Chair" "Right or Wrong" "Thanks for the Memory" "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" "Small Fry" "My Reverie"
Songs	"Georgia on My Mind" "Lazy Bones" "Heat Wave" "Someday, Sweetheart" "Honeysuckle Rose" "Squeeze Me" "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" "Slummin' on Park Avenue" "Love Is Here to Stay" "Please Be Kind" "I'm Glad There Is You" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "The Lamp Is Low" "I Thought About You" "Darn That Dream" "Almost Like Being in Love"
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