I Happen to Like New York
"I Happen to Like New York" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1930 musical The New Yorkers when it was introduced by Oscar Ragland.[1]
Other recordings
The song has become a standard of the Great American Songbook, with recordings by many different artists, among them:
- British-born singer Dorothy Carless closes her album Mixed Emotions (1956).[2]
- Judy Garland recorded the song for her 1962 album The Garland Touch,[3]
- Caterina Valente recorded the song as the title track of her 1964 album.[4]
- In 1973, Bobby Short included it on the album Live at the Café Carlyle[5]
- The song opens the 1987 Liza Minnelli live album At Carnegie Hall.[6]
Popular culture
- The Bobby Short recording was used in the 1993 film Manhattan Murder Mystery.[7]
References
- ^ "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
See also
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Cole Porter
- See America First
- Hitchy-Koo of 1919
- Paris
- Fifty Million Frenchmen
- Wake Up and Dream
- The New Yorkers
- Gay Divorce
- Nymph Errant
- Anything Goes
- Jubilee
- Red, Hot and Blue
- You Never Know
- Leave It to Me!
- Du Barry Was a Lady
- Panama Hattie
- Let's Face It!
- Something for the Boys
- Mexican Hayride
- Around the World
- Kiss Me, Kate
- Out of This World
- Can-Can
- Silk Stockings
- Happy New Year
- Ace in the Hole
- After You, Who?
- All of You
- All Through the Night
- Allez-Vous-En
- Always True to You in My Fashion
- Another Op'nin', Another Show
- Anything Goes
- At Long Last Love
- Be a Clown
- Begin the Beguine
- C'est Magnifique
- Ca, C'est L'amour
- The Day Is My Enemy
- Do I Love You?
- Don't Fence Me In
- Down in the Depths
- Dream Dancing
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- From This Moment On
- Get Out of Town
- Give Him the Ooh-La-La
- High Society Calypso
- I Am in Love
- I Concentrate on You
- I Get a Kick Out of You
- I Happen to Like New York
- I Love Paris
- I Love You
- I Love You, Samantha
- I've Got My Eyes on You
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- In the Still of the Night
- It's All Right with Me
- It's De-Lovely
- Just One of Those Things
- Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love
- Let's Misbehave
- Little One
- Love for Sale
- Mind If I Make Love to You?
- Miss Otis Regrets
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- Night and Day
- Now You Has Jazz
- Ridin' High
- So in Love
- So Near and yet So Far
- Tom, Dick or Harry
- Too Darn Hot
- True Love
- Well, Did You Evah!
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Why Can't You Behave?
- You Do Something to Me
- You'd Be So Easy to Love
- You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
- You're Sensational
- You're the Top
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