IMAGINATION
(Johnny Burke / Jimmy Van Heusen)
Glenn Miller & His Orch. (vocal: Ray Eberle) - 1940
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Frank Sinatra) - 1940
Ella Fitzgerald - 1940
Ted Straeter & His Orch. (vocal: Dorothy Rochelle) - 1940
Jan Savitt & His Orch. - 1940
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. - 1940
Dinah Shore - 1940
Kate Smith - 1940
Bebe Daniels - 1940
Chick Bullock & His Orch. - 1940
Al Donahue & His Orch. - 1940
Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians - 1944
Doris Day - 1947
Peggy Lee - 1949
Jeri Southern - 1949
Florence Wright - 1950
Sarah Vaughan - 1954
Lucy Ann Polk - 1954
Chet Baker - 1955
Jerri Adams - 1956
Patti Page - 1956
Nat King Cole - 1956
Alvino Rey & the Jud Conlon Rhythmaires - 1956
Dick Haymes - 1957
Ann Gilbert - 1957
Fran Warren - 1957
June Christy - 1957
Billy Eckstine - 1958
Keely Smith & Louis Prima - 1958
Jack Lemmon - 1958
Peggy King - 1959
Joni James - 1959
Pat Boone - 1960
Jo Stafford - 1960
Rod McKuen - 1960
Dean Martin - 1961
Frank Sinatra - 1961
Helen Humes - 1961
The Quotations - 1961
Paul Petersen - 1962
Ella Fitzgerald (with Nelson Riddle's Orch.) - 1962
Vic Damone - 1962
The Four Freshmen - 1962
Shirley Bassey (with Nelson Riddle's Orch.) - 1962
Rosemary Clooney - 1963
Petula Clark - 1963
Roland Shaw & His Orch. (vocal: Steve Clayton) - 1972
Carmen McRae - 1973
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays - 1979
Miki Howard - 1986
Cleo Laine - 1987
Harry Connick Jr. - 1988
Stephanie Haynes & The Cedar Walton Trio - 1989
Victoria Williams & The Loose Band - 1995
Lena Horne - 1998
Libby York - 1999
René Marie - 2011
Jennifer Keith - 2011
Mathilde Santing - 2011
Laika - 2013
Also recorded by:
Percy Faith; Eddie Fisher; The Fleetwoods; Jimmy Roselli;
Dave Brubeck; Charlie Byrd; Boston Pops Orch.; Mel Tormé;
Benny Carter; Ray Conniff; Billy Daniels; Lionel Hampton;
Woody Herman; Al Hirt; Etta James; Gene Krupa; Stan Getz;
Red Nicholls; Les Paul; Andy Russell; Little Jimmy Scott;
Artie Shaw; Count Basie; The King Sisters; Erroll Garner;
Ray Anthony; Helen Merrill ....... and many, many others.
Imagination is funny
It makes a cloudy day sunny
Makes a bee think of honey
Just as I think of you
Imagination is crazy
Your whole perspective gets hazy
Starts you asking a daisy
What to do, what to do
Have you ever felt a gentle touch
And then a kiss, and then, and then
Find it's only your imagination again
Oh, well
Imagination is silly
You go around willy-nilly
For example, I go around wanting you
And yet I can't imagine that you want me too
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2013)
