The original key is G major and has the form A-B1-A-B2. Chick Corea recorded a piano solo version of it in the original key of G major, but it has been recorded in many different keys, including F major (later Sinatra), C major (Bill Evans and Stan Getz), D major (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga), Billie Holiday (B-flat major) and Nat King Cole (E major). It is usually performed as a ballad.
Other versions
Tex Beneke released a version in 1947 with Garry Stevens on vocal.
Shawn Colvin sang the song for
AT&T's concert for the benefit of the Walden Woods Project and The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, which was released on the album Stormy Weather (1998).[3]
Chick Corea on his albums, Solo Piano - Standards (2000) and Trilogy 2.
Doris Day released a version in 1957 on her Day by Day album. (Columbia Records CL-942) Recorded Sept. 17-20, 1956, conducted by Paul Weston.
In 1996, an album titled But Beautiful was released that featured live recordings by
Bill Evans and
Stan Getz made in 1974. The album includes a version of the Burke/Van Heusen standard.
Bill Evans has recorded also the song on the albums Homecoming (1979) and Getting Sentimental (1978).
The original key is G major and has the form A-B1-A-B2. Chick Corea recorded a piano solo version of it in the original key of G major, but it has been recorded in many different keys, including F major (later Sinatra), C major (Bill Evans and Stan Getz), D major (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga), Billie Holiday (B-flat major) and Nat King Cole (E major). It is usually performed as a ballad.
Other versions
Tex Beneke released a version in 1947 with Garry Stevens on vocal.
Shawn Colvin sang the song for
AT&T's concert for the benefit of the Walden Woods Project and The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, which was released on the album Stormy Weather (1998).[3]
Chick Corea on his albums, Solo Piano - Standards (2000) and Trilogy 2.
Doris Day released a version in 1957 on her Day by Day album. (Columbia Records CL-942) Recorded Sept. 17-20, 1956, conducted by Paul Weston.
In 1996, an album titled But Beautiful was released that featured live recordings by
Bill Evans and
Stan Getz made in 1974. The album includes a version of the Burke/Van Heusen standard.
Bill Evans has recorded also the song on the albums Homecoming (1979) and Getting Sentimental (1978).