"That's All" is a 1952 song written by Alan Brandt with music by
Bob Haymes
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. It has been covered by many
jazz
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Nat King Cole
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in 1953, achieved some popularity but was not among that year's top 20 songs. It was Bobby Darin's version from his 1959 album of the same title that introduced the song to a wider audience, and it has since become a
jazz standard
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.
The song is part of the
Great American Songbook
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, and
Alec Wilder
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included it in his book ''American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950'', even though it was composed two years after that period. Wilder gave two reasons for making this exception: (1) “it is one of the last free-flowing, native, and natural melodies in the grand pop style”; (2) “it went through no initial hit phase but became an immediate standard”.
Michael Bublé
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on ''
Michael Bublé
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(2003)
*Ceil Clayton on ''Ceil Clayton, Norman Records'' (1964)
* Darren Criss at ''Northalsted Market Days'' (2011)
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June Christy
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Nat King Cole
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on ''This Is Nat 'King' Cole, LP T-870, (1957)''
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Billy Eckstine
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with ''Pete Rugoloand his Orchestra'' (1958)
* Sam Cooke
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Dorothy Dandridge
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Bill Elliott
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Wendi Williams
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Connie Francis
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Judy Garland
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Leif Garrett
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on ''
Leif Garrett
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Harry James
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on ''In A Relaxed Mood'' ( MGM E-4274, 1965)
* Joni James on ''Like Three O'Clock In The Morning'' (1963)
* Beverly Kenney on ''Snuggled on your Shoulder'' (1954)
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Stacey Kent
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on ''Tenderly'' (2015)
* Barney Kessel on ''Easy Like'' (1956)
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Johnny Mathis
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on ''Heavenly'' (1959)
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Johnny Nash
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on ''Johnny Nash'' (1958)
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Ricky Nelson
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on ''Songs by Ricky'' (1959); single reached #48 on Billboard in 1963
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Oscar Peterson
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Carl Riseley
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Curtis Stigers
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on ''Hooray for Love'' (2014)
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Billy Taylor
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Mel Tormé
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on ''That's All'' (1965)
* Steve Tyrell on ''This Guy's In Love'' (2003)
* Sarah Vaughan on ''Sarah Vaughan a Paris'' (1958)
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Will Downing
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with
Stevie Wonder
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on ''Love's the Place to Be'' (1993)
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Lee Morgan
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One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' ...
on "
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