"All of My Life" is a 1944 song composed by
Irving Berlin.
It was first recorded in 1945 by
Bing Crosby
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whose version reached No. 12 in the Billboard charts. Other chart hits in 1945 were by
Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra (vocal by Billy Williams) and by
The Three Suns.
Other recordings
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer.
Nicknamed "Sassy" and "Jazz royalty, The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine ...
and
Billy Eckstine
William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously ...
recorded it for their album ''
'' (1957).
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Tony Bennett included it on his album ''
Bennett/Berlin'' (1987)
Popular culture
*The song can be heard on the soundtrack of the 1972 film ''
The Godfather
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''.
See also
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List of jazz standards
References
1940s jazz standards
1944 songs
Songs written by Irving Berlin
Jazz compositions in C major
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