All The Things You Are (Hammerstein-Kern) by Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, vocal by Jack Leonard
The Broadway musical “Very Warm For May,” staged by Vincente Minnelli, ran for only a meager 59 performances, but this Kern-Hammerstein tune from the show remains among the 20th Century’s most acclaimed ballads. See also the Artie Shaw-Helen Forrest version.
THE 1940 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1940 (some were recorded in 1939) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed.