Music written by: George Gershwin
Lyrics written by: Ira Gershwin
Comments: Written for the musical comedy Girl Crazy.
First performance: But Not for Me by Ginger Rogers & Willie Howard in stage production Girl Crazy (October 14, 1930)
First recording: But Not for Me by Lee Wiley with Max Kaminsky's Orchestra (November 15, 1939)
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Lyrics:
They're writing songs of love, but not for me
A lucky star's above, but not for me
With love to lead the way, I've found more skies of gray
Than any rainy day could give guarantee
I was a fool to fall and get that way
I should have known the price, I'd have to pay
Although I can't dismiss, the memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me
Singers:
1 Ginger Rogers & Willie Howard October 14, 1930 (performance date) 2 Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra 1940 3 Lee Wiley With Max Kaminsky's Orchestra 1940 4 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest 1942 5 Judy Garland with G. Stoll and His Orchestra 1944 6 Mary Martin 1949 7 Ella Fitzgerald 1951 8 Jackie Gleason 1953 9 The Modern Jazz Quartet 1953 10 Chet Baker April 1954 11 Barbara Carroll 1955 12 Monica Lewis 1955 13 Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1955 14 Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 15 Hank Jones 1956 16 Joni James 1956 17 Charlie Shavers 1956 18 Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son Quartette 1956 19 Doris Day With Paul Weston and His Music From Hollywood December 17, 1956 20 Joe Puma Quartet 1957 21 Sammy Davis, Jr. 1957 22 Ahmad Jamal Trio 1957 23 Jo Stafford, Art Van Damme Quintet 1957 24 Polly Bergen August 1957 25 Bud Shank, Len Mercer Strings 1958 26 Joe Bushkin 1958 27 Urbie Green His Trombone and Orchestra 1959 28 The Flamingos 1959 29 Sonny Stitt 1960 30 Julie London 1960 31 Pete Brown [1] 1960 32 The Bud Freeman All Stars 1960 33 Les McCann, Orchestra Under the Direction of Gerald Wilson 1961 34 John Coltrane 1961 35 Ketty Lester (billboard adult contemporary) 1962 36 Sam Cooke February 1962 37 Wayne Newton 1963 38 Sylvia Telles 1966 39 Ann Burton with The Louis Van Dyke Trio 1967 40 Sun Ra & His Intergalaxtic Arkestra 1970 41 Salena Jones 1974 42 The Thad Jones Mel Lewis Quartet 1978 43 Rosemary Clooney 1980 44 Frank Sinatra March 1980 45 Eiji Kitamura 1981 46 Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis 1982 47 Red Garland 1982 48 Nancy Wilson with The Great Jazz Trio September 1982 49 Pia Zadora & The London Philharmonic Orchestra 1985 50 Linda Ronstadt February 1986 51 Red Holloway & Company 1987 52 Carol Sloane 1987 53 Harry Connick, Jr. 1989 54 Lee Konitz & Franco D'Andrea 1989 55 Tiziana Ghiglioni, Enrico Rava, Mal Waldron 1991 56 Paul Motian 1991 57 Jack Jones 1992 58 Claude Williams 1993 59 Johnny Adams 1993 60 Barbara Paris 1994 61 The New Look Trio 1994 62 Elvis Costello 1994 63 Marcus Roberts 1994 64 Elton John April 5, 1994 65 Kenny Rankin 1995 66 Lisa Ekdahl - Peter Nordahl Trio 1995 67 Louis Smith & Jodie Christian 1995 68 Bobby Shew July 25, 1995 69 The Bobby Shew Quintet, featuring Carl Fontana January 25, 1996 70 Joe Coughlin 1997 71 Marion Montgomery 1997 72 Ray Brown Trio 1997 73 Vic Damone 1997 74 Susannah McCorkle May 27, 1997 75 Anita Wardell 1998 76 Lew Tabackin and His Tokyo Friends August 25, 1998 77 Natalie Merchant October 6, 1998 78 Blue Night Birds 1999 79 Melissa Stylianou 1999 80 Claudia Schmidt With The Jumpboys 2001 81 Curtis Stigers 2001 82 Jerry Jeff Walker May 27, 2003 83 Tracy Silverman 2004 84 Ronnie Milsap 2004 85 Rod Stewart 2004 86 Nate Birkey 2004 87 Kate McGarry April 2005 88 Laurent Filipe 2006 89 Nina Hagen & the Capital Dance Orchestra 2006 90 Gladys Knight October 3, 2006 91 Molly Johnson 2007 92 Linda Davis 2007 93 Kim Hoorweg May 2007 94 Caroline [1] 2008 95 Eliane Elias January 15, 2008
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