You Are Too Beautiful

You Are Too Beautiful is a 1932 song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1933 film Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, where it was sung by Al Jolson.^[1]^[2] It became a pop and jazz standard in the 1940s, with a notable recording made on August 3, 1945 by Dick Haymes (Decca 23750).^[2]^[3]

Other recordings

Other versions include those by:^[2]

Frank Sinatra (1945)
Bing Crosby (1953), found on compilation albums, among others Through the Years, Vol. 6: 1953–1954
Cannonball Adderley on Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955)
Thelonious Monk on The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Warne Marsh on Music for Prancing (1957)
David Whitfield on Alone (1961)
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman on John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
Sarah Vaughan on Crazy and Mixed Up (1982)

References

^ Forte, Allen (1995). The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924–1950. Princeton University Press. pp. 193–196. ISBN 0-691-04399-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c "You Are Too Beautiful". JazzStandards. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
^ Sullivan, Steve (2017). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings: Volume 3. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 197–198. ISBN 978-1-4422-5449-7.

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[1] Forte, Allen (1995). The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924–1950. Princeton University Press. pp. 193–196. ISBN 0-691-04399-X.

[jazzstan-2] "You Are Too Beautiful". JazzStandards. Retrieved September 19, 2018.

[3] Sullivan, Steve (2017). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings: Volume 3. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 197–198. ISBN 978-1-4422-5449-7.

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