Little Girl Blue (song)

"Little Girl Blue"
Song

"Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935. The song was introduced by Gloria Grafton in the Broadway musical Jumbo.

Many popular and jazz artists have recorded the tune, including:

• The Afghan Whigs
• Louis Armstrong
• Chet Baker
• Polly Bergen

• The Carpenters - on their posthumous album Lovelines (1989)
• Rosemary Clooney
• Sam Cooke
• Doris Day
• Ethel Ennis - Eyes For You (1964)
• Ella Fitzgerald
• The Four Freshmen - Love Lost (2004)
• Judy Garland
• Red Garland
• Grant Green
• Eddie Harris on his album Exodus to Jazz.
• Johnny Hartman - And I Thought About You (1959)
• Coleman Hawkins
• The Hi-Lo's
• Joni James
• Keith Jarrett
• Janis Joplin - on her album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969, although the lyrics on this version were rearranged)
• Morgana King
• Diana Krall - From This Moment On (2006)
• Stacey Kent - Dreamsville (2001)
• Brenda Lee - Reflections In Blue (1964)
• Laura Mvula
• Anita O'Day
• Oscar Peterson
• The Postal Service (a remix of the Nina Simone version)
• Sue Raney - Sue Raney, Volume II (2004)
• Linda Ronstadt recorded the song for her album For Sentimental Reasons (1986)
• Diana Ross - on her album Touch Me in the Morning (1973)
• Mathilde Santing
• Carly Simon
• Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue was named after the song)
• Frank Sinatra - Songs for Young Lovers (1954)
• Sarah Vaughan
• Margaret Whiting
• Ceil Clayton - on her debut album Ceil Clayton (1964)