I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)

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I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) is a pop song written by Fred E. Ahlert (music) and Roy Turk (lyrics) and released in 1928.

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Harry James rehearsing for the Coca Cola Radio Show, New York, between 1946 and 1948, Image: William P. Gottlieb

The Ahlert Turk ballad I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) is written in C major in the form ABAB ' ; the long song verse moves to E major before returning back to C major. the 28-bar chorus is unusual in its length and phasing .

First recordings and later cover versions

The musicians who successfully covered the song from 1928 onwards included Nick Lucas (# 12), Ruth Etting (# 9), Aileen Stanley (# 18) and Gus Arnheim , other versions were by Irving Aaronson , Elsie Carlisle (Dominion A. 180), the Original Wolverines (Vocalion, with Frank Sylvano, vocals) and the studio formation Ipana Troubadours (Columbia, with Bing Crosby ), Lud Gluskin , Stefan Weintraub , John Morris and Red Roberts also recorded the song in Berlin . Became popular I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) in the United States primarily through the film A Guy named Joe , where it (1943) Irene Dunne to Spencer Tracy turned sang; the following year the Harry James Orchestra (with Dick Haymes , vocals) had a number one hit with the pop song.

The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 159 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Mildred Bailey , Cozy Cole / Henry Jerome , John Coltrane , Eddie Condon , Duke Ellington , Frank Froeba , Jan Garber , Benny Goodman , Coleman Hawkins , Woody Herman , Earl Hines , Johnny Hodges , Billie Holiday / Teddy Wilson , Budd Johnson , Andy Kirk , Lucky Millinder , Red Nichols , Jackie Paris , Sun Ra , Charlie Spivak , Art Tatum and Sam "The Man" Taylor & Dick Hyman .

I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) also found use in numerous films; Harry Richman sang him in Puttin 'on the Ritz (1930, directed by Edward Sloman ), Dinah Shore in Follow the Boys (1944, directed by A. Edward Sutherland ). Dan Dailey interpreted him in You Were Meant for Me (1948, directed by Lloyd Bacon ). A trio of Dennis Day , June Haver and Gloria de Haven sang in the 1950 film of the same name (directed by Richard Sale ). Gogi Grant was vocal double for Ann Blyth in The Helen Morgan Story (1957). The song was u. a. also successfully covered by Ink Spots (# 4 R&B, 1944), Connie Francis (1958) and Shirley Bassey (# 10 in Great Britain, 1961).

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d e Marvin E. Paymer, Don E. Post: Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs . 1999, p. 131
  2. ↑ u. a. with Leo McConville , Mannie Klein , Tommy Dorsey , Jimmy Dorsey , Arthur Schutt , Vic Berton
  3. ↑ a b Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
  4. ↑ Columbia DB 4737