I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL (EXCEPT SOMETIMES)
(Music: Hoagy Carmichael / Lyrics: Based on a poem by Jane Brown Thompson)


Dick Powell - 1939
Larry Clinton & His Orch. (vocal: Bea Wain) - 1939
Red Norvo & His Orch. (voval: Terry Allen) - 1939
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Bob Eberly) - 1939
Dick Todd - 1939
Lew Stone & His Stone Crackers (vocal: Sam Browne) - 1940
Dinah Shore - 1947
Jane Russell (feat. in the film "The Las Vegas Story") - 1952
Evelyn Knight - 1953
Chet Baker - 1954
Frank Sinatra - 1955
Betty Madigan - 1956
The Four Freshmen - 1957
Tony Mitchell - 1957
Nelson Riddle & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1957
Billie Holiday - 1958
Frankie Laine - 1958
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1958
Rita Moreno - 1959
Susan barrett - 1959
Dirk Bogarde - 1960
Anthony Newley - 1960
Stan Kenton & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1960
Peggy Lee - 1961
Joni James - 1961
Rosemary Clooney (with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.) - 1962
Matt Monro - 1962
Petula Clark - 1962
Carol Lawrence - 1962
June Christy - 1963
Jack Jones - 1963
Eddie Fisher - 1966
Lena Horne - 1966
Scott Walker - 1967
Karen Chandler - 1968
Nina Simone - 1969
The Anita Kerr Singers - 1974
Meredith D'Ambrosio - 1978
Carly Simon - 1981
Ann Burton - 1981
Margaret Whiting - 1985
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - 1985
Linda Ronstadt - 1986
Trudy Richards - 1990
Mary Coughlan - 1990
Crystal Gayle - 1999
Diana Krall - 2001
Kurt Elling - 2001
Jerry Jeff Walker - 2003
Stacey Kent - 2003
Karen Akers - 2006
Daniel Matto - 2010
Cheyenne Jackson - 2011
Molly Ringwald - 2013
Sílvia Pérez Cruz - 2014


Also recorded by:
Luciana Souza; Sandy Nitch & Tommy Deering; Julie Keim; 

Charlie Barnet; Jim Ferguson; Charlie Watts; Duratti Column;

Lisa Casalino; Agneta Baumann; Tom Wopat; Renato Russo;

Todd Murray; Cheryl Bentyne; Gary Williams; Katie Eagleson;  

Jamie Cullum; Bill Charlap; Ed Reed  .......... and many others.





As recorded by RED NORVO & HIS ORCH.,
vocal by TERRY ALLEN, February 8th 1939:


I get along without you very well
Of course I do
Except when soft rains fall
And drip from leaves, then I recall
The thrill of being sheltered in your arms
Of course I do
But I get along without you very well


I've forgotten you just like I should
Of course I have
Except to hear your name
Or someone's laugh that is the same
But I've forgotten you just like I should


What a guy
What a fool am I
To think my breaking heart could kid the Moon
What's in store
Should I phone once more
No, it's best that I stick to my tune


I get along without you very well
Of course I do
Except perhaps in Spring
But I should never think of Spring
For that would surely break my heart in two



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2014)