Born to Be Blue (Mel Tormé song)

"Born to Be Blue" is a 1946 traditional pop torch song written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells. It was first recorded by Tormé and Sonny Burke in 1946. It was revived by both singers and instrumentalists starting in the mid-1950s, and is considered a jazz standard.

Cover versions Performer Album Year Anita Wardell Kinda Blue 2008 Anton Schwartz The Slow Lane 2000 Benny Green Source 2011 Bobby Timmons Born to Be Blue! 1963 Charlie Byrd Byrd Song 1965 Chet Baker Baby Breeze 1965 Clifford Brown Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings 1989 Dexter Gordon Lullaby for a Monster 1981 Eddie Harris The In Sound 1965 Ella Fitzgerald Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! 1961 Freddie Hubbard Born to Be Blue 1982 Gene Ammons Twisting the Jug 1961 Helen Merrill Helen Merrill 1955 Jack Bruce Things We Like 1968 Mildred Bailey Me and the Blues 1957 Ray Charles Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul 1963 Rebecca Martin & Paul Motian Trio 2000 + One On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity 2006 Stan Getz Cool Velvet – Stan Getz and Strings 1961 Wes Montgomery Full House 1962 Wynton Kelly Piano Interpretations 1951

See also List of jazz standards

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