SONG OF THE DAY

“But Not For Me” by Joey De Francesco featuring Joe Doggs (Falling In Love Again, Concord Records, 2003). Written by George and Ira Gershwin.

INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)

– Joe Doggs = Joe Pesci

– The Gershwins wrote this song for their musical Girl Crazy (1930) and introduced in the original production by Ginger Rogers. It is also in the 1992 musical based on Girl Crazy, Crazy for You.

– It is featured in the 1979 Woody Allen movie Manhattan and in the opening scene of the 1998 Bennett Miller documentary The Cruise.

– Other notable covers have been recorded by: Bobby Darin, Chet Baker, Carol Burnett (on “The Muppet Show”), John Coltrane, Elvis Costello, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald , Judy Garland, Ahmad Jamal (on the album “Ahmad Jamal At the Pershing – But Not for Me”), Elton John (on the Four Weddings and a Funeral soundtrack), Harry Connick, Jr. (on the When Harry Met Sally… soundtrack), Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart (on the album Stardust: The Great American Songbook Volume III), Dinah Washington, Miles Davis (on the album Bags’ Groove), and Ronnie Milsap.