Wonder Why
Wonder Why is a song written by Nicholas Brodszky (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyrics) and published in 1951.
Brodszky and Cahn wrote Wonder Why for the film Pretty, Young and Love ( Rich, Young and Pretty 1951, directed by Norman Taurog ). In the film, the film was sung by Vic Damone , Jane Powell and The Four Freshmen . The song was nominated for an Oscar in 1952 in the Best Song category.
The first lines of the song are:
- Wonder why I'm not myself of late
- I'm feeling strangely great, I wonder why
- I suppose some changes could explain
- Why I walk in the rain, just let him try.
Vic Damone's recording of the song, which was released on Mercury Records , hit # 21 on the US charts in September 1951. Wonder Why was covered by numerous musicians in the 1950s, including a. by Billy Eckstine , Tex Beneke , Milt Jackson , Maynard Ferguson , the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band , Tyree Glenn , Sam Donahue , Tal Farlow , Melba Liston , Shelly Manne and Red Garland , in Europe also by Sonya Hedenbratt. Tom Lord lists 85 cover versions of the title. In later years Wonder Why et al. a. also recorded by Alan Broadbent , Cedar Walton and Bill Evans ( The Secret Sessions ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The song was published by the New York music publisher Robbins Music Corp. National Library of Australia
- ↑ Pretty, young and in love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ David F. Lonergan: Hit Records, 1950-1975
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 7, 2014)
- ↑ Information about the song at Jazzstandards.com