"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" is a song recorded by

Tommy Dorsey Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombo ...

and His Orchestra. The words were written by

Ned Washington Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Life and career Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Be ...

and the music was written by

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. It was first performed in 1932. The original copyright is dated 1933 and issued to Lawrence Music Publishers, Inc. The copyright was assigned to Mills Music, Inc. in 1934.

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, a saxophonist with the Dorsey orchestra arranged this song. Dorsey was the featured trombone soloist when his orchestra played it. It was first recorded in September 1935. A second recording on October 18, 1935 is the exact arrangement that Tommy would henceforth feature. Cliff Weston was the vocalist and trumpet player. It was released as a single in 1936. After Tommy Dorsey's death in 1956 Frank Sinatra sang it in the Dorsey Orchestra and also featured it in an album, ''

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''. This song was featured in an episode of ''

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'' called " Static", and in the films ''

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'', ''

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'', and the Oscar-winning '' The Garden of the Finzi-Continis''. The tempo is considered a fox trot or

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Covers

* The Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny (1939) * Carol Bruce sang the song in the 1941 Universal comedy-musical Keep 'Em Flying starring

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and Lou Costello *

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and the City Slickers performed the piece in City Slicker style with Tommy Dorsey on a "Music America Loves Best" broadcast of June 1945. This version appears on Spike Jones' ''Thank You Music Lovers'' album. *

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– ''Voices In Latin/The Freshmen Year''. *

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as the B-side of 1951 single "

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". *

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on her 1956 album '' Music for Two in Love''. * The song was a staple of

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's live sets from the early 1950s, and he recorded it a number of times '' Thelonious Himself'' (1957). * Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass covered the song on their 1965 album '' Going Places''. Their rendition begins with a single horn, playing slowly, in the Big Band style, before breaking into a jazzy rendition by the full Brass. *

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– Sings Songs From ''Let No Man Write My Epitaph'',

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, 1960. *

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on his 1979 album ''One Night Stand With Harry James on Tour in '64'' (Joyce LP 1074) *

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, conducted by Buddy DeFranco, covered the song in a stylized mix containing both elements of the Alpert/TJB arrangement and quotes from the original Glenn Miller band's upbeat hits. Released as a single, it reached #12 on Billboard's "Easy Listening" survey in 1966. *

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on his 1970 album ''Sentimental Over You'' (EMI/Columbia, 1970). *

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recorded the song for his album '' Feels Good, Feels Right'' (1976). * The band

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covered this song in the mid-1980s and released it on their 1997 compilation, '' Then: The Earlier Years''. *

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on his live double album '' M.F. Horn 4&5: Live At Jimmy's''. * Urbie Green on ''The Persuasive Trombone''. * John Abercrombie and Don Thompson on 1991 album ''

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''. * Les Deux Love Orchestra on the 2009 album ''Ecstasy''. * Cabaret artist

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''. * Jazz saxophonist

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recorded a version of the song on his 1963 album '' Now!''. *

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on ''

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''. * Brian Lynch on Keep Your Circle Small *

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on Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer (1962) and on '' Walk on the Water'' orchestrated 1980

References

*Printed sheet music of 1st trombone part * {{authority control 1932 songs Tommy Dorsey songs Frank Sinatra songs Songs with lyrics by Ned Washington Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients 1930s jazz standards