I Hadn't Anyone Till You
"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" is a popular song written by Ray Noble in 1938. It has been recorded by many artists and is regarded as a standard.
Tony Martin sang it with the Ray Noble band in 1938, reaching number four in the charts over a period of twelve weeks. A Tommy Dorsey version the same year reached number ten.
Alec Wilder wrote of the song,
It is a smooth, direct, slightly rhythmic ballad of no great range and unmistakably a song of its time, the late thirties. It makes a move in the second half of the B section into the key of A major from the parent key of F major, which adds that dash of color needed in a song of so direct and unpushy a nature. It is a song with both sophistication and a flavor of the past.
Other recordings
- Billie Holiday - for the album Velvet Mood
- Bobby Darin - included in his album It's You or No One
- Brenda Lee - for her album All Alone Am I
- Carla Bley - for her album Appearing Nightly
- Caterina Valente - for the album Strictly U.S.A..
- Connee Boswell - recorded June 15, 1938.
- Dinah Shore - for her album Somebody Loves Me.
- Doris Day - included in her album Day by Day.
- Ella Fitzgerald - a single release and for the album Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from the Soundtrack of "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"
- Frank Sinatra - for his album Sinatra and Strings
- Jeri Southern - for the album The Southern Style.
- Joni James - The Mood Is Romance.
- Judy Garland - for her album Judy in Love
- Julie London - For the Night People
- Lena Horne - Lena on the Blue Side
- Margaret Whiting - for her album Margaret Whiting Sings for the Starry-Eyed.
- Mel Torme - a single release in 1950.
- Patti Page - So Many Memories .
- Sarah Vaughan - Snowbound
- Steve Lawrence - Swing Softly with Me .
- Vic Damone - a single release in 1950.
Popular culture
- Hadda Brooks - performs the song in the motion picture, In a Lonely Place.