I Hadn't Anyone Till You Explained

I Hadn't Anyone Till You
Type:	single
Genre:	Jazz, popular standard
Published:	1938
Artist:	Tony Martin (featuring the Ray Noble Band)
Composer:	Ray Noble

"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" is a popular song written by Ray Noble in 1938.^[1] It has been recorded by many artists and is regarded as a standard.

Tony Martin sang it with the Ray Noble band in 1938, reaching number four in the charts over a period of twelve weeks. A Tommy Dorsey version (with a vocal by Jack Leonard) the same year reached number ten.

Alec Wilder wrote of the song,

It is a smooth, direct, slightly rhythmic ballad of no great range and unmistakably a song of its time, the late thirties. It makes a move in the second half of the B section (the design is A-B-A-C/A) into the key of A major from the parent key of F major, which adds that dash of color needed in a song of so direct and unpushy a nature. It is a song with both sophistication and a flavor of the past.^[2]

Other recordings

• Billie Holiday - for the album Velvet Mood (1956)
• Bobby Darin - included in his album It's You or No One (1963)
• Brenda Lee - for her album All Alone Am I (1963)
• Carla Bley - for her album Appearing Nightly (2008)
• Caterina Valente - for the album Strictly U.S.A. (1963).^[3]
• Connee Boswell - recorded June 15, 1938.^[4]
• Hadda Brooks - performs the song in the motion picture, In a Lonely Place (1950).
• Dinah Shore - for her album Somebody Loves Me (1959).^[5]
• Doris Day - included in her album Day by Day (1957).^[6]
• Ella Fitzgerald - a single release (1949)^[7] and for the album Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" (1960)
• Frank Sinatra - for his album Sinatra and Strings (1962)
• Jeri Southern - for the album The Southern Style (1955).^[8]
• Joni James - The Mood Is Romance (1961).^[9]
• Judy Garland - for her album Judy in Love (1958)^[10]
• Julie London - For the Night People (1966)
• Lena Horne - Lena on the Blue Side (1962)
• Margaret Whiting - for her album Margaret Whiting Sings for the Starry-Eyed (1956).^[11]
• Mel Torme - a single release in 1950.^[12]
• Patti Page - So Many Memories (1954).^[13]
• Sarah Vaughan - Snowbound (1962)
• Steve Lawrence - Swing Softly with Me (1959).^[14]
• Vic Damone - a single release in 1950.^[15]

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-2/ihadntanyonetillyou.htm Jazzstandards.com
2. Wilder, Alec. "American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950" (New York: Oxford University Press, 1972)
3. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . 1963 . December 31, 2018.
4. Web site: Connee Boswell Discography . guymcafee.com . December 31, 2018.
5. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . December 31, 2018.
6. Web site: allmusic.com . allmusic.com . December 31, 2018.
7. Web site: 45worlds.com . 45worlds.com . December 31, 2018.
8. Web site: allmusic.com . allmusic.com . December 31, 2018.
9. Web site: allmusic.com . allmusic.com . December 31, 2018.
10. Web site: www.allmusic.com. www.allmusic.com. August 1, 2024.
11. Web site: allmusic.com . allmusic.com . December 31, 2018.
12. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . December 31, 2018.
13. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . December 31, 2018.
14. Web site: allmusic.com . allmusic.com . December 31, 2018.
15. Web site: 45worlds.com . 45worlds.com . December 31, 2018.