My Funny Valentine is a song byRichard RodgersandLorenz Hartfrom the1937American musical “ Place aux Rhythm” ( Babes in Arms ). After being recorded byChet Baker,Frank SinatraandMiles Davis, the song became apopularjazz standard, appearing on more than1,300 albumsof more than 600 artists.
Notable interpretations
- 1952: Chet Baker / Gerry Mulligan , My Funny Valentine
- 1953: Frank Sinatra , Songs for Young Lovers (in) and up to tens of benefits “live”
- 1956: Ella Fitzgerald , Ella Fitzgerald Song Sings the Rodgers & Hart (en)
- 1958: Dolores Duran
- 1960: Dinah Shore with André Previn , Dinah Sings, Previn Plays (en)
- 1962: Bill Evans and Jim Hall , Undercurrent
- 1967: Barbra Streisand , Simply Streisand (en)
- 1976: Dolly Parton
- 1979: Elvis Costello , Taking Liberties
- 1981: Julie London My Funny Valentine (soundtrack of the movie Anti-gang )
- 1982: Rickie Lee Jones , Girl at Her Volcano (EP)
- 1984: Michel Petrucciani , Note not notes
- 1985: Nico , Camera obscura
- 1986: Billy Eckstine , Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (in) with Bobby Tucker (Verve Emercy)
- 1990: Carly Simon , My Romance (en)
- 1994: Van Morrison , A Night in San Francisco (en)
- 1999: Damien Saez , Strange Days
- 1999: Rev Run and his wife Justine Simmons
- 2001: Kristin Chenoweth , Let Yourself Go (Album )
- 2004: Angela McCluskey , The Things We Do
- 2005: Rufus Wainwright , Sweetheart
- 2013: Tricky , False Idols
- 2015: Viktor Lazlo on stage in his recital 3 Women
- Miles Davis
- 1956: Cookin ‘with the Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane
- 1958: Jazz at the Plaza with Bill Evans and John Coltrane
- 1964: My Funny Valentine / The Complete Concert
In the cinema
- 1957: Trudy Erwin (dubbed for Kim Novak ) in The Blonde or the Rousse .
- 1989: Michelle Pfeiffer in Susie and the Baker Boys ( The Fabulous Baker Boys ).
- 1999: Matt Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley .
- 2007: Saleh Bakri in The Visit of the Band of Eran Kolirin .
- 2015: Chris Evans and Alice Eve in Before We Go
- 2017: Ethan Hawke in Born to be blue
On television
- 2011: Jenna Ushkowitz sings the music in the Glee series .
- 2011: Vanessa Williams sings a piece in the series Desperate Housewives .
- 2013: James Pickens Jr. and Loretta Devine sing a piece in the Gray’s Anatomy series .