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I'll Be Around (1942 song)

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"I'll Be Around" is a popular song written by Alec Wilder and published in 1942. It was first recorded by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra in 1942[1] and the first hit version was by The Mills Brothers in 1943 when it reached No. 17 in the Billboard pop charts. [2] The song has become a well-known standard, recorded by many artists.

Background

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Wilder said, in an interview with music critic Jay Nordlinger,[3] that the song came to him in a taxi cab in Baltimore. Just the title. "I spotted [the title] as I was crumpling up the envelope some days later. Since I was near a piano, I wrote a tune, using the title as the first phrase of the melody. I remember it only took about 20 minutes. The lyric took much longer to write."

Recorded versions

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References

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  1. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 316. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. ^ "Steyn's Song of the Week: 44) I'll Be Around". Steyn Online. February 19, 2007.
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