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1929 popular song
"Mean to Me" is a
popular song with music by
Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by
Roy Turk, published in 1929. Hit versions that year were by
Ruth Etting and by
Helen Morgan.
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Ben Bernie and the Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra also recorded what might be the first male version in February 1929 with vocals by Scrappy Albert.
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The song is a popular standard, recorded by many artists.
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Other notable recordings
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Annette Hanshaw - recorded in New York February 20, 1929. Released under the pseudonym of Gay Ellis and Her Orchestra on Harmony 859H.
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Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra with Scrappy Lambert on vocals - recorded in February 1929.
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Billie Holiday recorded her version in 1937 with
Lester Young and
Teddy Wilson and this was very popular that year.
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The Andrews Sisters - recorded September 5, 1940 for Decca Records (catalog No. 3440A).
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- In 1946,
Lester Young,
Nat King Cole and
Buddy Rich recorded the song, which was released on the album
The Lester Young Trio No. 2.
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Frank Sinatra recorded the song on October 31, 1947 for Columbia Records.
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Benny Goodman recorded for Capitol Records H441
The Goodman Touch with Jimmy Rowles, piano (1947)
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Sarah Vaughan recorded the song for her album
Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi (1950) and EP
Hot Jazz (1953)
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Doris Day recorded a version for the 1955 film
Love Me or Leave Me.
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Julie London recorded the song for her album
Lonely Girl (1956).
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Judy Garland - for her album
Alone (1957)
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The Platters - The Flying Platters (1957).
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Debbie Reynolds - for her album Debbie (1959).
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Dean Martin recorded the song in 1960 with
Nelson Riddle and his orchestra for the album
This Time I'm Swingin'!.
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Rosemary Clooney recorded the song for her albums
Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! (1960),
Here's to My Lady (1978) and
Dedicated to Nelson (1995).
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Betty Carter recorded the song in August 1960, released on her album
The Modern Sound of Betty Carter.
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Margaret Whiting - Past Midnight (1961).
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Ella Fitzgerald included the song on her 1962
Verve release
Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, recorded with the
Nelson Riddle Orchestra; she won the
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her work on the album. Fitzgerald recorded a new version in 1975, together with pianist
Oscar Peterson on the album
Ella and Oscar (Pablo Records).
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Robert Goulet - The Wonderful World of Love (1963).
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Chet Baker included the song on his album Baker's Holiday (1965).
[13] Carol Channing for her album Carol Channing Entertains (1965)
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Jack Jones - for his album Without Her (1967).
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Anita O'Day recorded the song for her album My Ship (1975).
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Linda Ronstadt recorded the song with Nelson Riddle for her album
Lush Life (1984).
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Vic Damone - Music of Your Life: Love Songs (Reader's Digest Label Recordings) (2004)
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New Orleans Jazz Vipers have also recorded the song (2005).
In popular culture
An instrumental of the song was heard in the first
Krazy Kat sound cartoon from 1929,
Ratskin.
A brief violin instrumental version is heard in the 1932
Betty Boop cartoon
Minnie the Moocher.
The original recording by Annette Hanshaw is used in the 2008 animated film
Sita Sings the Blues.
See also
References
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^ Whitburn, Joel (1986).
Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.
548.
ISBN
0-89820-083-0.
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"The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com.
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Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.
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ISBN
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"Love Me or Leave Me [Original Soundtrack] - Doris Day | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards".
AllMusic.
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