All of Me ( jazz standard ) - wikipedia All of Me ( jazz standard ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2010 ) `` All of Me '' Song Recorded December 1931 Genre Jazz swing Songwriter ( s ) Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons `` All of Me '' 1931 recording featuring Ruth Etting Problems playing this file ? See media help. `` All of Me '' is a popular song and jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931. First performed by Belle Baker over the radio and recorded in December 1931 by Ruth Etting, it has become one of the most recorded songs of its era, with notable versions by Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson in 1941, the Count Basie Orchestra, Harry James, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan ( for the 1957 album, Swingin ' Easy ), Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine in 1947, Dinah Washington at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, Shirley Bassey in 1962, The Blue Diamonds, Della Reese, Johnnie Ray, Django Reinhardt, Erroll Garner, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Dove, Jean Frye Sidwell, João Gilberto ( Disse Alguém ), Michael Bublé, Miss Montreal in 2012 and The Rockin ' Berries. Ani DiFranco sang the song in 2012 for the documentary, Love, Marilyn. It is also recorded by Eric Clapton on his 2013 album Old Sock with Paul McCartney. The first line of the song was sung by Eddie Cantor in the 1933 motion picture `` Roman Scandals '' which also starred Ruth Etting who first recorded it. In an episode of the 1970s television show Sanford and Son, Redd Foxx ( joined by Scatman Crothers on guitar ) sings a short but memorable version. `` All of Me '' is also performed in the Muppet Show episode guest starring Paul Williams. The song is featured prominently in the 1984 Steve Martin / Lily Tomlin film of the same name. In more recent years, it has been recorded by Pia Zadora, Anne Murray and Jason Danieley. Also, a punk rock rendition of the song was recorded by NOFX. The song was a major hit on records by Paul Whiteman and Louis Armstrong in 1932, and was successfully revived by Johnnie Ray in 1952. Chelsea Krombach performed the song for her debut album Look for the Silver Lining. Laurence Juber has also performed and recorded this song in an all acoustic version played by him. It was featured on his album PCH in 2007. Michael Bublé has released a recording of it on his album, Crazy Love, to be re-released. It is the title track on the 2011 debut album of Australian singer Liam Burrows. Contents 1 Jazz changes 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Jazz changes `` All of Me '' appears in most versions of the Real Book. Generally performed with a swing feel. See also List of 1930s jazz standards References Jump up ^ `` Song : All of Me - Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons ''. Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2011 - 09 - 02. ^ Jump up to : Johnnie Ray interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics `` All of Me '' Chord and Single Note Solo Study Frank Sinatra singles discography Columbia singles ( 1939 -- 1940 ) `` All or Nothing at All '' RCA Victor singles ( 1940 -- 1942 ) `` Imagination '' `` East of the Sun ( and West of the Moon ) '' `` The One I Love ( Belongs to Somebody Else ) '' `` Stardust '' `` Oh ! Look at Me Now '' `` Without a Song '' `` Let 's Get Away from It All '' `` Blue Skies '' `` Pale Moon ( An Indian Love Song ) '' `` Embraceable You '' `` How About You ? '' `` There Are Such Things '' Bluebird singles ( 1942 -- 1943 ) `` Night and Day '' `` The Night We Called It a Day '' `` The Song Is You '' Columbia singles ( 1943 -- 1953 ) `` Close to You '' `` You 'll Never Know '' `` Sunday, Monday, or Always '' `` People Will Say We 're in Love '' `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' `` A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening '' `` White Christmas '' `` Saturday Night ( Is the Loneliest Night of the Week ) '' `` I Dream of You ( More Than You Dream I Do ) '' `` Ol ' Man River '' `` Stormy Weather '' `` When Your Lover Has Gone '' `` Dream '' `` If I Loved You '' `` You 'll Never Walk Alone '' `` Mighty Lak ' a Rose '' `` Nancy ( with the Laughing Face ) '' `` America the Beautiful '' `` Day by Day '' `` Full Moon and Empty Arms '' `` Soliloquy ( Part 1 & 2 ) '' `` Begin the Beguine '' `` Silent Night '' `` Adeste Fideles '' `` Jingle Bells '' `` September Song '' `` Sweet Lorraine '' `` Time after Time '' `` Mam'selle '' `` Almost Like Being in Love '' `` Tea for Two '' `` My Romance '' `` So Far '' `` A Fellow Needs a Girl '' `` But Beautiful '' `` I 've Got a Crush on You '' `` All of Me '' `` Nature Boy '' `` Everybody Loves Somebody '' `` My Melancholy Baby '' `` Autumn in New York '' `` Why Ca n't You Behave ? '' `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` Bali Ha'i '' `` Let 's Take an Old Fashioned Walk '' `` I Only Have Eyes for You '' `` The Old Master Painter '' `` Goodnight, Irene '' `` Nevertheless ( I 'm in Love with You ) '' `` Let It Snow ! Let It Snow ! Let It Snow ! '' `` We Kiss in a Shadow '' `` April in Paris '' `` I Could Write a Book '' `` The Birth of the Blues '' Capitol singles ( 1953 -- 1961 ) `` I 'm Walking Behind You '' `` I 've Got the World on a String '' `` My One and Only Love '' `` South of the Border ( Down Mexico Way ) '' `` I Love You '' `` Young at Heart '' `` Do n't Worry ' bout Me '' `` Three Coins in the Fountain '' `` The Gal That Got Away '' `` Someone to Watch Over Me '' `` Melody of Love '' `` Two Hearts, Two Kisses ( Make One Love ) '' `` Learnin ' the Blues '' `` Love and Marriage '' `` ( Love Is ) The Tender Trap '' `` You 're Sensational '' `` True Love '' `` Well, Did You Evah ! '' `` Mind If I Make Love to You ? '' `` Hey ! Jealous Lover '' `` Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? '' `` All the Way '' `` Chicago ( That Toddlin ' Town ) '' `` Witchcraft '' `` French Foreign Legion '' `` High Hopes '' `` Old MacDonald '' `` My Blue Heaven '' `` I 'll Remember April '' `` I Love Paris '' Reprise singles ( 1961 -- 1983 ) `` Granada '' `` I 'll Be Seeing You '' `` The One I Love ( Belongs to Somebody Else ) '' `` I 'm Getting Sentimental Over You '' `` Polka Dots and Moonbeams '' `` Without a Song '' `` Stardust '' `` Come Rain or Come Shine '' `` I Left My Heart in San Francisco '' `` Me and My Shadow '' `` Call Me Irresponsible '' `` I Have Dreamed '' `` Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas '' `` My Kind of Town '' `` Softly, as I Leave You '' `` I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day '' `` The Little Drummer Boy '' `` It Was a Very Good Year '' `` Strangers in the Night '' `` Summer Wind '' `` You Make Me Feel So Young '' `` That 's Life '' `` The September of My Years '' `` Somethin ' Stupid '' `` The World We Knew ( Over and Over ) '' `` My Way '' `` Goin ' Out of My Head '' `` Something '' `` Bein ' Green '' `` Send in the Clowns '' `` Bad, Bad Leroy Brown '' `` Theme from New York, New York '' `` Here 's to the Band '' `` To Love a Child '' Qwest singles ( 1983 -- 1984 ) `` Teach Me Tonight '' `` Mack the Knife '' `` It 's All Right with Me '' `` Until the Real Thing Comes Along '' Compositions `` This Love of Mine '' `` Sheila '' `` Peachtree Street '' `` Take My Love '' `` I 'm a Fool to Want You '' `` Mistletoe and Holly '' `` Mr. Success '' Book Willie Nelson singles discography 1950s and 1960s 1957 `` No Place for Me '' / `` Lumberjack '' 1959 `` Man With the Blues '' / `` The Storm Has Just Begun '' 1960 `` What a Way to Live '' / `` Misery Mansion '' `` Nite Life '' / `` Rainy Day Blues '' 1961 `` The Part Where I Cry '' / `` Mr. Record Man '' 1962 `` Willingly '' / `` Chain of Love '' `` Touch Me '' / `` Where My House Lives '' `` Wake Me When It 's Over '' / `` There 's Gonna Be Love In My House '' `` You Dream About Me '' / `` Is This My Destiny '' 1963 `` Half a Man '' / `` The Last Letter '' `` Take My Word '' / `` Feed it a Memory '' 1964 `` How Long is Forever '' / `` You Took My Happy Away '' `` Am I Blue '' / `` There 'll Be No Teardrops Tonight '' `` River Boy '' / `` Opportunity to Cry '' `` I Never Cared For You '' / `` You Left Me ( A Long Time Ago ) '' `` Pretty Paper '' / `` What A Merry Christmas This Could Be '' 1965 `` She 's Not For You '' / `` Permanently Lonely '' `` Healing Hands of Time '' / `` One Day at the Time '' `` I Just Ca n't Let You Say Goodbye '' / `` And So Will You, My Love '' 1966 `` One In A Row '' / `` San Antonio Rose '' `` Colombus Stockade Blues '' / `` He Sits at my Table '' `` I 'm Still Not Over You '' / `` I Love You Because '' 1967 `` The Party 's Over '' / `` Make Way for a Better Man '' `` Blackjack County Chain '' / `` Some Other World '' `` San Antonio '' / `` To Make a Long Story Short '' 1968 `` Little Things '' / `` Sweet Memories '' `` Good Times '' / `` Where Do You Stand '' `` Johnny One Time '' / `` She 's Still Gone '' 1969 `` Bring Me Sunshine '' / `` Do n't Say Love or Nothing '' `` I Hope So '' / `` Right or Wrong '' 1970s 1970 `` Once More With Feeling '' / `` Who Do I Know in Dallas '' `` Laying My Burdens Down '' / `` Truth Number One '' 1971 `` I 'm a Memory '' / `` Fire and Rain '' `` Yesterday 's Wine '' / `` Me and Paul '' 1972 `` Words Do n't Fit the Picture '' / `` A Moment '' 1973 `` Shotgun Willie '' ( mono ) / `` Sad Songs and Waltzes '' `` Stay All Night ( Stay a Little Longer ) '' / `` Devil in a Sleepin ' Bag '' `` I Still Ca n't Believe You 're Gone '' / `` Heaven and Hell '' `` Bloody Mary Morning '' / `` After the Fire is Gone '' ( with Tracy Nelson ) `` Sister 's Comin ' Home '' ( mono ) / `` Pick Up The Tempo '' `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' / `` Bandera '' 1976 `` Remember Me ( When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming ) '' / `` Time of the Preacher '' `` I 'd Have to Be Crazy '' ( mono ) / `` Amazing Grace '' `` If You 've Got the Money I 've Got the Time '' / `` The Sound in Your Mind '' 1977 `` Uncloudy Day '' / `` Precious Memories '' `` I Love You A Thousand Ways '' / `` Mom and Dad 's Waltz '' 1978 `` Georgia on My Mind '' / `` On The Sunny Side Of The Street '' `` Blue Skies '' / `` Moonlight in Vermont '' `` All of Me '' / `` Unchained Melody '' 1979 `` Whiskey River '' / `` Under the Double Eagle '' `` September Song '' / `` Do n't Get Around Much Anymore '' `` White Christmas '' / `` Blue Christmas '' 1980s 1980 `` Help Me Make It Through the Night '' / `` The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 '' `` My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys '' / `` Rising Stars '' `` Midnight Rider '' / `` So You Think You 're A Cowboy '' `` On the Road Again '' / `` Jumpin ' Cotton Eyed Joe '' ( performed by Johnny Gimble ) 1981 `` Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground '' / `` I Guess I 've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes '' `` Mona Lisa '' / `` Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star '' `` I 'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter '' / `` Over the Rainbow '' `` Heartaches of a Fool '' / `` Uncloudy Day '' 1982 `` Always on My Mind '' / `` The Party 's Over '' `` Let It Be Me '' / `` Permanently Lonely '' `` Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning '' / `` Old Fords and a Natural Stone '' `` Little Old Fashioned Karma '' / `` Beer Barrel Polka '' `` Why Do I Have to Choose '' / `` Would You Lay with Me ( In a Field of Stone ) '' `` Take It to the Limit '' / `` Till I Gain Control Again '' `` Without a Song '' 1984 `` City of New Orleans ( Unedited version ) '' / `` Why Are You Pickin ' On Me '' 1985 `` Forgiving You Was Easy '' / `` You Would n't Cross the Street '' `` Me and Paul '' / `` I Let My Mind Wander '' 1986 `` Living in the Promiseland '' / `` Bach Minuet in G '' `` I 'm Not Trying to Forget You '' / `` I 've Got the Craziest Feeling '' `` Partners After All '' / `` Home Away From Home '' `` Heart of Gold '' / `` So Much Like My Dad '' `` Island in the Sea '' / `` There Is No Easy Way '' `` Nobody There But Me '' / `` Wake Me When It 's Over '' `` Spanish Eyes '' ( with Julio Iglesias ) / `` Ole Buttermilk Sky '' `` Twilight Time '' / `` Ac - Cent - Tchu - Ate the Positive '' `` Nothing I Can Do About It Now '' / `` If I Were a Painting '' `` There You Are '' / `` Spirit '' `` Is The Better Part Over '' / `` Mr. Record Man '' 1990s `` The Highway '' / `` Spirit '' `` Ai n't Necessarily So '' / `` I Never Cared For You '' ( `` Ai n't Necessarily So '' also on CD Single ) 1991 `` The Piper Came Today '' / `` ( I Do n't Have a Reason ) To Go To California Anymore '' ( `` The Piper Came Today '' also on CD Single ) `` Ten With a Two '' / `` You Decide '' `` Graceland '' `` Still is Still Moving to Me '' / `` Valentine '' 1995 `` Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing '' 1998 `` I Never Cared for You '' 2000s and 2010s 2002 `` Mendocino County Line '' ( with Lee Ann Womack ) / `` Maria ( Shut Up and Kiss Me ) '' ( Both single tracks released on CD and 7 '' record ) 2003 `` Wurlitzer Prize '' ( with Norah Jones ) `` Beer for My Horses '' ( with Toby Keith ) 2005 `` I 'm a Worried Man '' ( with Toots Hibbert ) `` The Harder They Come '' 2006 `` You Do n't Know Me '' `` Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other '' 2008 `` Gravedigger '' `` You Do n't Think I 'm Funny Anymore '' 2011 `` The Scientist '' 2012 `` Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die '' `` Just Breathe '' `` Come On Back Jesus '' 2013 `` From Here to the Moon and Back '' ( with Dolly Parton ) `` Grandma 's Hands '' ( with Mavis Staples ) `` It Wo n't Be Long '' ( with The Secret Sisters ) `` Somewhere Between '' ( with Loretta Lynn ) 2014 `` The Wall '' `` Bring It On '' `` Laws of Nature '' `` Who 'll Buy My Memories '' `` Summer of Roses '' / `` December Day '' 2015 `` It 's All Going to Pot '' `` Alice in Hulaland '' 2016 `` Lay Me Down '' 2017 `` Still Not Dead '' 2018 `` Last Man Standing '' `` Summer Wind '' `` Vote ' Em Out '' Book : Willie Nelson Category : Willie Nelson NOFX Fat Mike El Hefe Eric Melvin Erik Sandin Scott Sellers Scott Aldahl Dave Allen Dave Casillas Steve Kidwiller Studio albums Liberal Animation S&M Airlines Ribbed White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean Punk in Drublic Heavy Petting Zoo So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes Pump Up the Valuum BYO Split Series Volume III The War on Errorism Wolves in Wolves ' Clothing Coaster Self Entitled First Ditch Effort Live albums I Heard They Suck Live ! ! They 've Actually Gotten Worse Live ! Compilation albums Maximum Rocknroll 45 or 46 Songs That Were n't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records The Greatest Songs Ever Written ( By Us ) The Longest EP EPs NOFX ( 1985 ) So What If We 're on Mystic ! The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This The Longest Line HOFX Fuck the Kids Timmy the Turtle The Decline Surfer Regaining Unconsciousness 7 '' of the Month Club Never Trust a Hippy The Myspace Transmissions Cokie the Clown NOFX / The Spits NOFX ( 2011 ) Stoke Extinguisher Singles `` Do n't Call Me White '' `` Leave It Alone '' `` All of Me '' `` Bottles to the Ground '' `` Pods and Gods '' `` The Decline '' Fat Club `` 13 Stitches '' `` Stoke Extinguisher '' Related articles Discography Ten Years of Fuckin ' Up NOFX : Backstage Passport Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Fat Wreck Chords Rock Against Bush ' Book : NOFX Category : NOFX Portal : Punk rock Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_of_Me_(jazz_standard)&oldid=845243705 '' Categories : Pop standards 1930s jazz standards 1931 songs Songs written by Seymour Simons Belle Baker songs Mildred Bailey songs Benny Goodman songs Billie Holiday songs Frank Sinatra songs The Muppets songs Willie Nelson songs NOFX songs Great Depression songs Johnnie Ray songs Columbia Records singles Songs with music by Gerald Marks Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from October 2010 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 10 June 2018, at 12 : 58 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote the song why not take all of me
Answer: Gerald Marks