Johnny One Note

"Johnny One Note" is a 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms,^[1] where it was introduced by Wynn Murray. Judy Garland sang it in the Rodgers & Hart biopic Words and Music (1948).^[2]

"Johnny One Note"
Song
Published	1937
Songwriter(s)	Lorenz Hart
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers

Popular recordings in 1937 were by Hal Kemp & His Orchestra (vocal by Skinnay Ennis) and by Victor Young and His Orchestra (vocal by Bobby Dolan).^[3]

Other notable recordings

• Judy Garland – single release for MGM Records (catalog No. 30172) b/ I Wish I Were in Love Again (1948).^[4]
• Mary Martin - included in the album Babes in Arms (1951).^[5]
• Blossom Dearie – for her album Blossom Dearie (1956)^[6]
• Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)^[7]
• Chris Connor – for her album Chris Craft (1958).^[8] Later included in Jazz Date with Chris Connor (1999)
• Eydie Gorme - Gormé Sings Showstoppers (1959).^[9]
• Ethel Azama with the Marty Paich Orchestra (1959)
• Johnny Mathis for his album Live It Up! (1961)^[10]
• Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)^[11]
• Carol Burnett – Carol Burnett Remembers How They Stopped the Show (1961).^[12]
• Shirley Bassey - I've Got a Song for You (1966)^[13]
• The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: The Complete Recordings (2002) – recorded during sessions for the original 1967 LP and included as a bonus track on the 2002 CD
• Ted Heath – Big Band Percussion (1968) – 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 (in a medley with "One Note Samba") – Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments (1973)^[14]