If I Knew Then (Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard song) explained

"If I Knew Then" is a 1939 song written by Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard, and performed by Jurgens' big band with Howard singing.[1] Their version charted briefly in 1939.[2]
Bing Crosby recorded the song on February 9, 1940 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3] It was also covered by Johnny Mercer and his Pied Pipers (1945),[4] Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra,[5] Sarah Vaughan on Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown and Swingin' Easy, Val Doonican (1968)[6] and many others.

Notes and References

  1. William Emmett Studwell, Mark Baldin -The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras 2000 " "If I Knew Then" (1939) ... "
  2. Book: Whitburn. Joel. Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. 1986. Record Research Inc. Wisconsin, USA. 0-89820-083-0. 243. registration.
  3. Web site: A Bing Crosby Discography. BING magazine. International Club Crosby. August 16, 2017.
  4. Web site: 45worlds.com. 45worlds.com. August 16, 2017.
  5. Billboard - 12 Aug 1944 "Sammy Kaye ... "If I Knew Then" is the Dick Jurgens-Eddy Howard hit of an earlier year, with Tommy Ryan on the lyrical end,"
  6. Web site: 45cat.com. 45cat.com. August 16, 2017.

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