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==Renditions==
==Renditions==
*[[Frank Sinatra]] - [[Sinatra's Sinatra]] (1963).
*[[Frank Sinatra]] – [[Sinatra's Sinatra]] (1963).
*[[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]] – ''Call Me Irresponsible'' (1963).<ref>{{cite web|title=discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jack-Jones-Call-Me-Irresponsible/master/322475|website=discogs.com|access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]] – ''Call Me Irresponsible'' (1963).<ref>{{cite web|title=discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jack-Jones-Call-Me-Irresponsible/master/322475|website=discogs.com|access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Bobby Darin]] – [[From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie]] (1964),<ref>{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000841491|website=allmusic.com|access-date=November 23, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Bobby Darin]] – [[From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie]] (1964),<ref>{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000841491|website=allmusic.com|access-date=November 23, 2021}}</ref>
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*[[Brenda Lee]] – included in the album ''Too Many Rivers'' (1965).<ref>{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/too-many-rivers-mw0000857824|website=allmusic.com|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Brenda Lee]] – included in the album ''Too Many Rivers'' (1965).<ref>{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/too-many-rivers-mw0000857824|website=allmusic.com|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Dinah Washington]] – included in the compilation album ''It's Magic: Capitol Sings Sammy Cahn'' (1995).<ref>{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-magic-capitol-sings-sammy-cahn-capitol-mw0000645148|website=allmusic.com|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Dinah Washington]] – included in the compilation album ''It's Magic: Capitol Sings Sammy Cahn'' (1995).<ref>{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-magic-capitol-sings-sammy-cahn-capitol-mw0000645148|website=allmusic.com|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>
*[[George Shearing]] (piano w/ Quintet) - "Here and Now" (1966).<ref>Capitol ST 2372</ref>
*[[George Shearing]] (piano w/ Quintet) – "Here and Now" (1966).<ref>Capitol ST 2372</ref>
*[[Julie London]] - "Our Fair Lady" (1965).<ref>Liberty LBY 1251. </ref>
*[[Julie London]] – "Our Fair Lady" (1965).<ref>Liberty LBY 1251. </ref>


==References==
==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121231081154/http://www.wat.tv/video/gloria-lynne-billy-eckstine-15sm6_2fgqp_.html Hollywood, 1983: duet Billy Eckstine-Gloria Lynne]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121231081154/http://www.wat.tv/video/gloria-lynne-billy-eckstine-15sm6_2fgqp_.html Hollywood, 1983: duet Billy Eckstine-Gloria Lynne]


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Latest revision as of 03:31, 26 November 2024

This article is about the song. For the episode of Frasier, see Call Me Irresponsible (Frasier). For the album by Michael Bublé, see Call Me Irresponsible (album).
"Call Me Irresponsible"
Song by Jackie Gleason
Published1962 by Paramount Music
Composer(s)Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyricist(s)Sammy Cahn

"Call Me Irresponsible" is a 1962 song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics written by Sammy Cahn which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1963.

According to the Mel Tormé book The Other Side of the Rainbow with Judy Garland on the Dawn Patrol, Van Heusen originally wrote the song for Garland to sing at a CBS dinner. At that time, Garland had just signed to do The Judy Garland Show on CBS, and the intent of the song was to parody her well-known problems. Garland later sang the song on the seventh episode of the show.[1]

However, in 1988, Sammy Cahn said during an interview with freelance writer Harlan Conti, in San Francisco, that the song was originally written for Fred Astaire to sing in the film Papa's Delicate Condition in which Astaire was to star. Cahn personally auditioned the song for Astaire's approval, which was given. However, Astaire's contractual obligations prevented him from making the film and the role went to Jackie Gleason, who introduced the song.[2] It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 36th Academy Awards held in 1964.

Cahn is said to have had a particular satisfaction in the number of five-syllable words in the lyrics of "Call Me Irresponsible".[3]

Renditions

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References

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  1. ^ "Judy Garland TV Songs". Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  2. ^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Celebrating The Centennial Of Lyricist Sammy Cahn", NPR Music, December 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  9. ^ Capitol ST 2372
  10. ^ Liberty LBY 1251.
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