Johnny One Note
"Johnny One Note" is a 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms, in which it was introduced by Wynn Murray. Judy Garland sang it in the Rodgers & Hart biopic Words and Music.
Popular recordings in 1937 were by Hal Kemp & His Orchestra and by Victor Young and His Orchestra.
Other notable recordings
- Judy Garland – single release for MGM Records b/ I [Wish I Were in Love Again].
- Mary Martin - included in the album Babes in Arms.
- Blossom Dearie – for her album Blossom Dearie
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella [Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook]
- Chris Connor – for her album Chris Craft. Later included in Jazz Date with Chris Connor
- Eydie Gorme - Gormé Sings Showstoppers.
- Ethel Azama with the Marty Paich Orchestra
- Johnny Mathis for his album Live It Up!
- Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and [Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart]
- Carol Burnett – Carol Burnett Remembers How They Stopped the Show.
- Shirley Bassey - I've Got a Song for You
- The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: The Complete Recordings – recorded during sessions for the original 1967 LP and included as a bonus track on the 2002 CD
- Ted Heath – Big Band Percussion – an instrumental version, the first eight bars of which were used for many years as the opening theme to BBC1's children's news programme John Craven's Newsround
- Barbra Streisand – ''Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments''