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"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" is a hit song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the movie musical ''The Sky's the Limit'' (1943) and first performed in the film by Fred Astaire. It was popularized by Frank Sinatra. Harold Arlen described the song as "another typical Arlen tapeworm" – a "tapeworm" being the trade slang for any song which went over the conventional 32 bar length. He called it "a wandering song. () Johnny () took it and wrote it exactly the way it fell. Not only is it long – forty-eight bars – but it also changes key. Johnny made it work." In the opinion of Arlen's biographer, Edward Jablonski, the song is "musically inevitable, rhythmically insistent, and in that mood of 'metropolitan melancholic beauty' that writer John O'Hara finds in all of Arlen's music."〔 Sinatra recorded the song several times during his career: In 1947 with Columbia Records, in 1954 for the film soundtrack album ''Young at Heart'', in 1958 for ''Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely'', in 1962 for ''Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris'', in 1966 for ''Sinatra at the Sands'' and finally, in 1993, for his ''Duets'' album. ==Recordings== Countless renditions of "One for My Baby..." have been performed. The following is a list of notable/well-known versions which have been recorded thus far: *Perry Como – 3:45 – Available on the long play record ''So Smooth'' *Billie Holiday – 5:42 – Available on ''The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959'' *Chuck Berry – 2:44 – Available on ''Chuck Berry in London'' *Ella Fitzgerald – 4:18 – Available on ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' *Ella Fitzgerald – 3:58 – Available on ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook'' *Etta James – 3:26 – Available on ''The Second Time Around'' *Frank Sinatra – 3:07 (1947) – Available on ''The Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years'' *Frank Sinatra – 4:05 (1954) – Recorded for the soundtrack to the film ''Young at Heart''; available on ''Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940–1964'' *Frank Sinatra – 4:23 (1958) – Available on ''Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely''; a piano-only rehearsal version is available on ''The Capitol Years'' box set *Fred Astaire – 4:59 – Available on ''Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals'' and ''Hollywood's Best: The 40's'' *Fred Astaire - 3:02 - Available originally on ''Now'' (1165 / 3049 ) (1959) *Julie London – 4.10 – Available on ''Your Number Please'' (1959) *Wes Montgomery – 7:38 (1961) - Available on ''SO Much Guitar!'' *Frank Sinatra – 4:40 (1966) (live version) – Available on ''Sinatra at the Sands'' *Frank Stallone – 4:31 – Available on ''Soft And Low'' *Frankie Laine – 3:39 – Available on ''The Legend at His Best'' *Harold Arlen – 4:15 – Available on ''Too Marvelous For Words: Capitol Sings Johnny Mercer'' *Iggy Pop – 4:05 – Available on ''Party'' (1981) *Iggy Pop – 6:04 (live version) – Available on ''Heroin Hates You'' (1997) *Susannah McCorkle – ''The Songs of Johnny Mercer'' (1977) *Johnny Mercer – 3.09 (1947) – Available on ''Capitol Collector's Series'' *Johnny Mercer – 3:58 – Available on ''My Huckleberry Friend'' (1974) *Laura Fygi – 5:59 (live version) – Available on ''Laura Fygi's Tunes of Passion'' *Lena Horne – 3:24 – Available on ''Bluebird's Best: The Young Star'' *Linda Eder – 4:23 – Available on ''It's No Secret Anymore'' *Lou Rawls – 4:25 – Recorded May 2, 1968 for the album ''You're Good To Me''; Later available on ''Great Gentlemen of Song: Spotlight on Lou Rawls'' *Marlene Dietrich – 4:07 – Available on ''Love Songs'' *Marvin Gaye – 4:30 – Available on ''Moods of Marvin Gaye'' *Nana Mouskouri – 3:15 – Available on ''I'll remember you'' *Sammy Davis, Jr. – 10:20 – Available on the 1967 live album ''That's All!'' *Rosemary Clooney – 3:50 – Available on ''Ballad Essentials'' *Jula de Palma – 3:24 – Available on ''Jula in Jazz 2'' *Tony Bennett – 3:26 – Available on ''Perfectly Frank'' also a 1957 chart single and on ''Duets II'' with John Mayer *Willie Nelson – 2:36 – Available on ''Willie & Leon: One For the Road'' *Robbie Williams – 4:15 – Available on ''Swing When You're Winning'' *Bette Midler – 4:06 – Available on ''Experience The Divine: Greatest Hits (1993)'' *Chris Botti – 4:53 – ''When I Fall in Love''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An evening with Chris Botti )〕 *Sylvia Brooks – Available on ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (2009) 〔Allmusic|Allmusic.com〕 *Mina – Available on ''L'allieva'' (2005) *Hugh Laurie – Available on ''Didn't It Rain'' (2013) *Danny Aiello -- 2004 release ''I Just Wanted to Hear the Words'' *Pat Martino with Bobby Rose -- Available on ''Alone Together with Bobby Rose 2012. High Note HCD7242 *Toots Thielemans with Jamie Cullum -- Available on ''One More for the Road 2006. Verve *Laura Dickinson – 4:29 – Available on ''One For My Baby - To Frank Sinatra With Love'' (2014)〔https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/one-for-my-baby-to-frank-sinatra/id940148822〕 *Sal Viviano - 5:09 - Available on ''Perfectly FRANK - A CENTURY of SINATRA'' (2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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