"Ev'rything I've Got" (sometimes referred to as "Ev'rything I've Got Belongs to You") is a
show tune
A show tune is a song originally written as part of the score of a work of musical theatre or musical film, especially if the piece in question has become a standard, more or less detached in most people's minds from the original context.
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from the
Rodgers and Hart
Rodgers and Hart were an American songwriting partnership between composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and the lyricist Lorenz Hart (1895–1943). They worked together on 28 stage musicals and more than 500 songs from 1919 until Hart ...
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By Jupiter
''By Jupiter'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, music by Rodgers, and lyrics by Hart. The musical is based on the play ''The Warrior's Husband'' by Julian F. Thompson, set in the land of the Amazons. '' ...
'' (1942), in which it was introduced by
Ray Bolger
Raymond Wallace Bolger (January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian and stage performer (particularly musical theatre) who started in the silent-film era.
Bolger was a major Broadway performer in ...
and
Benay Venuta
Benay Venuta (born Benvenuta Rose Crooke, January 27, 1910 – September 1, 1995) was an American actress, singer and dancer.
Early life
Born in San Francisco, Venuta was a graduate of Hollywood High School. She attended finishing school in ...
.
Notable recordings
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook
''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book'' is a 1956 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lore ...
'' (1956)
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Blossom Dearie
Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Profile at AllMusicDearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City over ...
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Blossom Dearie
Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Profile at AllMusicDearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City over ...
'' (1957)
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Johnny Pace
Johnny Pace (born 1929, Paterson, New Jersey – 1979) was an American jazz and blues vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s, although he had limited recording and was overshadowed by Frank Sinatra, he rivalled Johnny Desmond, Chet Baker and Bobby Darin ...
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Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace
''Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace'' is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker featuring vocalist Johnny Pace which was recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label early the following year.Sara Gazarek
Sara Gazarek is an American jazz singer from Seattle.
Life and career
Gazarek was born in Seattle, Washington and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to attend the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. In college her teache ...
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Blossom & Bee
''Blossom & Bee'' is a studio album by American jazz singer Sara Gazarek released on June 19, 2012, by Palmetto Records. All the tracks are cover versions except "Blossom & Bee", which Gazarek wrote with producer Larry Goldings and Bill DeMain, an ...
'' (2012)
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
Cécile McLorin Salvant (born August 28, 1989) Kaplan, Fred"Cécile McLorin Salvant's Timeless Jazz" ''The New Yorker'', May 22, 2017. is an American jazz vocalist. She was the winner of the first prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz C ...
- ''The Window'' (2018)
References
* ''Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre'' Stanley Green, published by Dodd Mead, 1976
Songs with music by Richard Rodgers
Songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart
1942 songs
Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals
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