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{{Short description|1930 song by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields}}
'''"Exactly Like You"''' is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]], with music written by [[Jimmy McHugh]] and lyrics by [[Dorothy Fields]], and published in [[1930 in music|1930]]. The song was introduced by [[Harry Richman]] and [[Gertrude Lawrence]] in the 1930 [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] show ''[[Lew Leslie]]'s International Revue'' which also featured McHugh and Fields's "[[On the Sunny Side of the Street]]".<ref>[http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-1/exactlylikeyou.htm "Exactly Like You" at Jazz Standards] - retrieved on 8 June 2009</ref>
"'''Exactly Like You'''" is a popular song with music written by [[Jimmy McHugh]] and lyrics by [[Dorothy Fields]] and published in 1930. The song was introduced by [[Harry Richman]] and [[Gertrude Lawrence]] in the 1930 Broadway show ''[[Lew Leslie]]'s International Revue'' which also featured McHugh and Fields's "[[On the Sunny Side of the Street]]".<ref>[http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-1/exactlylikeyou.htm "Exactly Like You" at Jazz Standards] - retrieved on 8 June 2009</ref>


==Recorded versions==
==Other versions==
* [[Ruth Etting]] (1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=archive.org |url=https://archive.org/details/RuthEttingCollection1925-1935 |website= archive.org |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref>
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* [[Louis Armstrong]] (1930)<ref name="standards">{{cite book |last1=Gioia |first1=Ted |title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-19-993739-4 |pages=109–110}}</ref>
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* [[Casa Loma Orchestra]] (1930)<ref name="standards" />
*[[Gene Ammons]]
* [[Roger Wolfe Kahn|Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra]] with Scrappy Lambert on vocals (1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=secondhandsongs.com |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/389755/all |website=secondhandsongs.com |access-date=June 8, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Louis Armstrong]] ([[1930 in music|1930]])
* [[Count Basie]] with [[Jimmy Rushing]] on vocals<ref name="standards" />
*[[Svend Asmussen]]
* [[Django Reinhardt]] (1937)<ref name="standards" />
*[[Tony Bennett]]
* [[Don Byas]] with [[Thelonious Monk]] (1941)<ref name="standards" />
*[[Acker Bilk]]
* [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Stan Getz]] – ''[[Diz and Getz]]'' (1953)<ref name="standards" />
*[[Don Byas]] ([[Helen Humes]], vocal)
* [[Erroll Garner]] (1954) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/exactly-like-you-mt0002562042|title=Exactly Like You by Erroll Garner|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2022-07-21}}</ref>
*[[Cab Calloway]] ([[1945 in music|1945]])
* [[Bing Crosby]] - for his album ''[[Bing with a Beat]]'' (1957).<ref>{{cite web |title=allmusic.com |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bing-with-a-beat-mw0000453491 |website=allmusic.com |access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Elsie Carlisle]]
* [[Aretha Franklin]]<ref name="standards" />
*[[Nat King Cole]] ([[1949 in music|1949]])
* [[Nina Simone]] (1959)
*[[John Coltrane]] and [[Paul Quinichette]] ([[1957 in music|1957]])
* [[Sue Raney]] - ''Songs for a Raney Day'' (1960)
*[[Eddie Condon]] ([[1944 in music|1944]])
*[[Sam Cooke]] - [[My Kind of Blues (Sam Cooke album)|My Kind of Blues]] (1961)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-kind-of-blues-mw0000848370|title=My Kind of Blues - Sam Cooke {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>
*[[Sam Cooke]]
* [[Benny Goodman]] with [[Lionel Hampton]] on vocals <ref name="standards" />
*[[Count Basie]] ([[1936 in music|1936]])
* [[Steve Masakowski|The Masakowski Family]], ''N. O. Escape'' <ref name="Milano">{{cite web|last1=Milano|first1=Brett|title=The Masakowski Family, "N.O. Escape"|url=http://www.offbeat.com/music/masakowski-family-n-o-escape-independent/|website=OffBeat Magazine |access-date=12 May 2018|date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
*[[Bing Crosby]] ([[1944 in music|1944]])
* [[Dave McKenna]], ''Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Volume 2'' (1989)<ref name="standards" />
*[[Bob Crosby]]
* [[Willie Nelson]]<ref name="standards" />
*[[Cass Daley]]
* [[Frank Sinatra]]<ref name="standards" />
*[[Vic Damone]]
* [[Frank Stallone]] - ''Frankie & Billy with Billy May Orchestra'' (2002)
*[[Tommy Dorsey]]
* [[Regis Philbin]] - ''When You're Smiling'' (2004)
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* [[Diana Krall]], ''[[From This Moment On (album)|From This Moment On]]'' (2006)<ref name="standards" />
*[[Duane Eddy]] ([[1963 in music|1963]])
* [[Joshua Lee Turner]] - feat. The Gabe Terracciano Trio (2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Exactly Like You |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn_kqKiM-Qs |website= YouTube.com |access-date=2022-12-05}}</ref>
*[[Ruth Etting]] ([[1930 in music|1930]])
*[[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*[[Aretha Franklin]] (on the album "[[The Electrifying Aretha Franklin]]", 1962)
*[[Errol Garner]] ([[1954 in music|1954]])
*[[Dizzy Gillespie]]
*[[Benny Goodman]] Trio (vocal: [[Lionel Hampton]]) ([[1936 in music|1936]])
*[[Glen Gray]] Orchestra ([[1930 in music|1930]])
*[[Coleman Hawkins]]
*[[Ted Heath (bandleader)|Ted Heath]]
*[[Woody Herman]]
*[[Earl Hines]]
*[[Hot Club of Cowtown]]
*[[Harry James]]
*[[Diana Krall]] ([[2006 in music|2006]])
*[[Frankie Laine]]
*[[Sam Lanin]] Orchestra (vocal: [[Smith Ballew]]) ([[1930 in music|1930]])
*[[Carmen McRae]] ([[1954 in music|1954]])
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*[[Willie Nelson]]
*[[Anita O'Day]] ([[1975 in music|1975]])
*[[Patti Page]] ([[1949 in music|1949]])
*[[Oscar Peterson]]
*[[Duffy Power]]
*[[Louis Prima]] ([[1950 in music|1950]])
*[[Rebirth Brass Band]]
*[[Don Redman]] Orchestra ([[1937 in music|1937]])
*[[Django Reinhardt]]
*[[Harry Richman]] ([[1930 in music|1930]])
*[[Duke Robillard]] (1987)
*[[Nina Simone]] (on the [[1959 in music|1959]] album ''[[Nina Simone at Town Hall]]'')
*[[Frank Sinatra]]
*[[Kay Starr]] ([[1969 in music|1969]])
*[[Mel Tormé]]
*[[Doris Troy]] ([[1970 in music|1970]])
*[[Sarah Vaughan]] ([[1954 in music|1954]])
*[[Andy Williams]] ([[1963 in music|1963]])
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==References==
The song was featured in the opening credits of the 1982 [[black comedy]] film ''[[Eating Raoul]]''. It was famously performed by [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] on ''The [[Morecambe and Wise]] Show'' in 1971, with [[Eric Morecambe|Eric]] and [[Ernie Wise|Ernie]] as backing singers.
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==Lyrics==
==See also==
*[[List of 1930s jazz standards]]


{{Dorothy Fields|state=collapsed}}
(From the Broadway show "International Revue" in 1930)<br />




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I used to have a perfect sweetheart<br />
Not a real one, just a dream<br />
A wonderful vision of us as a team.<br />
Can you imagine how I feel now<br />
Love is real now, it's ideal.<br />
You're just what I wanted<br />
And now it's nice to live<br />
Paradise to live.<br />
<br />
I know why I've waited<br />
Know why I've been blue<br />
Prayed each night for someone<br />
Exactly like you.<br /><br />
Why should we spend money<br />
On a show or two<br />
No one does those love scenes<br />
Exactly like you.<br />
<br />
You make me feel so grand<br />
I want to hand the world to you.<br />
I hope you'll understand<br />
Each little scheme I'm schemin'<br />
And dream I'm dreamin'.<br /><br />
Now I know why mother <br />
Taught me to be true<br />
She meant me for someone<br />
Exactly like you.<br />


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==Notes==
[[Category:1930 songs]]
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1930s jazz standards]]

==See also==
*[[List of 1930s jazz standards]]

[[Category:Nina Simone songs]]
[[Category:Songs with music by Jimmy McHugh]]
[[Category:Songs with music by Jimmy McHugh]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Dorothy Fields]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Dorothy Fields]]
[[Category:1930 songs]]
[[Category:1930s jazz standards]]




Latest revision as of 02:57, 9 June 2024

"Exactly Like You" is a popular song with music written by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields and published in 1930. The song was introduced by Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence in the 1930 Broadway show Lew Leslie's International Revue which also featured McHugh and Fields's "On the Sunny Side of the Street".[1]

Other versions

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References

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  1. ^ "Exactly Like You" at Jazz Standards - retrieved on 8 June 2009
  2. ^ "archive.org". archive.org. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  4. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Exactly Like You by Erroll Garner". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  6. ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "My Kind of Blues - Sam Cooke | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  8. ^ Milano, Brett (8 February 2017). "The Masakowski Family, "N.O. Escape"". OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Exactly Like You". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.

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