# By Myself (1937 song)

"By Myself" is a 1937 jazz standard. It was written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz.
The song was first sung by Jack Buchanan in the show "Between the Devil" (1937) and was a musical number in the 1953 musical comedy film, The Band Wagon.

## Notable recordings

* Mabel Mercer – Songs by Mabel Mercer, Vol. 2 (1953)
* Barbara Carroll Trio – Lullabies in Rhythm (1954)
* Lee Wiley and Ellis Larkins – Duologue: Lee Wiley Sings Rogers & Hart; Ellis Larkins Plays Piano Solos (1954)
* Art Farmer – Farmer's Market (1956)
* Patty McGovern – Wednesday's Child (1956), arranged by Thomas Talbert
* Helen Merrill – Dream of You (1956), arranged by Gil Evans
* Sammy Davis Jr. – Sammy Swings (1957)
* Judy Garland – Alone (1957), arranged by Gordon Jenkins; I Could Go On Singing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1963)
* Gogi Grant – Granted It's Gogi (1957), arranged by Johnny Mandel
* Jerry Lewis – Jerry Lewis Just Sings (1957), arranged by Buddy Bregman
* Johnny Mathis – Warm (1957), arranged by Percy Faith
* Ruth Price – The Party's Over (1957)
* Freddie Redd – San Francisco Suite (1957)
* Mal Waldron – Mal/3: Sounds (1958)
* Tony Bennett – Hometown, My Town (1959), arranged by Ralph Burns; Steppin' Out (1993)
* Carmen McRae – Book of Ballads (1959), arranged by Frank Hunter
* Teresa Brewer – Ridin' High (1960), arranged by Jerry Fielding
* Shirley Scott – Hip Soul (1961)
* Fred Astaire – Three Evenings with Fred Astaire (1962), arranged by David Rose
* Shelley Manne and Jack Marshall – Sounds Unheard Of (1962)
* Lena Horne – Lena Like Latin (1963), arranged by Shorty Rogers
* Doc Severinsen – Torch Songs for Trumpet (1963)
* Jack Jones – Where Love Has Gone (1964)
* Julie London – In Person at the Americana (1964), arranged by Don Bagley
* Esther Ofarim - Is it really me? (1965), arranged and produced by Bobby Scott
* Don Shirley – Water Boy (1965)
* Ann-Margret - Songs from The Swinger (And Other Swingin' Songs) (1966)
* Cher – Bittersweet White Light (1973)
* Dave McKenna – By Myself (1976), "Dancing in the Dark" and Other Music of Arthur Schwartz (1986), and Fresh Air in Concert (1990)
* Shirley Horn – A Lazy Afternoon (1978)
* Roger Kellaway – Say That Again (1978)
* James Williams – Flying Colors (1978)
* Cal Collins – By Myself (1980)
* Johnny Hartman – Once in Every Life (1981)
* Maxine Sullivan – Maxine Sullivan With the Ike Isaacs Quintet (1981); On Tour With the Allegheny Jazz Quartet: Starring Maxine Sullivan (1984); Uptown (1985, with the Scott Hamilton Quintet)
* Buddy De Franco and Oscar Peterson – Hark: Buddy De Franco Meets the Oscar Peterson Quartet (1985), with Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
* Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass – Easy Living (1986)
* Barney Kessel – Red, Hot and Blues (1988)
* Joe Pass – Blues for Fred (1988)
* Junior Cook – On a Misty Night (1990)
* Trudy Desmond – Tailor Made (1992), arranged by Roger Kellaway
* Stephanie Nakasian – Bitter Sweet (1992)
* Lou Levy – By Myself (1995)
* Gary Lemel – Moonlighting (1999), arranged by Roger Kellaway
* Paul Smoker – Standard Deviations (1999)
* Stacey Kent – Let Yourself Go (1999)
* Claudia Schmidt – I Thought About You: A Jazz Collection (2001)
* Cleo Laine – Quality Time (2002), arranged by John Dankworth
* Susie Arioli – Learn to Smile Again (2005)
* Herb Geller – Herb Geller Plays the Arthur Schwartz Songbook (2005)
* Stevie Holland – More Than Words Can Say (2006)
* Meredith D'Ambrosio – By Myself (2012)
* Cecile McLorin Salvant – The Window (2018)