Johnny One Note

"Johnny One Note" is a 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms,[1] where it was introduced by Wynn Murray. Judy Garland sang it in the Rodgers & Hart biopic Words and Music (1948).

Popular recordings in 1937 were by Hal Kemp & His Orchestra (vocal by Skinnay Ennis) and by Victor Young and His Orchestra (vocal by Bobby Dolan).[2]

Other notable recordings

Judy Garland – single release for MGM Records (catalog No. 30172) b/ I Wish I Were in Love Again (1948).[3]
Mary Martin - included in the album Babes in Arms (1951).[4]
Blossom Dearie – for her album Blossom Dearie (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
Chris Connor – for her album Chris Craft (1958).[5] Later included in Jazz Date with Chris Connor (1999)
Eydie Gorme - Gormé Sings Showstoppers (1959).[6]
Ethel Azama with the Marty Paich Orchestra (1959)
Johnny Mathis for his album Live It Up! (1961)
Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
Carol Burnett – Carol Burnett Remembers How They Stopped the Show (1961).[7]
Shirley Bassey - I've Got a Song for You (1966)
The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: The Complete Recordings (2002) – recorded during sessions for the original 1967 LP and included as a bonus track on the 2002 CD
Ted Heath – Big Band Percussion (1968) – an instrumental version, the first eight bars of which were used for many years as the opening theme to BBC1's children's news programme John Craven's Newsround
Barbra Streisand (in a medley with "One Note Samba") – Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments (1973)

Hischak, Thomas (2007). The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 138. ISBN 978-0313341403.
Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 534. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
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Judy Garland songs
1930s	"Good Morning" "Over the Rainbow" "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"
1940s	"Among My Souvenirs" "Be a Clown" "The Boy Next Door" "A Couple of Swells" "Easter Parade" "F.D.R. Jones" "For Me and My Gal" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "How About You?" "I Wish I Were in Love Again" "It's a Great Day for the Irish" "Johnny One Note" "Journey to a Star" "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "On the Sunny Side of the Street" "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" "The Wearing of the Green" "The Trolley Song"
1950s	"April Showers" "Carolina in the Morning" "Confessin'" "Day In, Day Out" "Get Happy" "How About Me?" "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" "I Concentrate on You" "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" "Just You, Just Me" "Last Night When We Were Young" "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" "More Than You Know" "The Man That Got Away" "Swanee" "Stormy Weather" "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" "Theme from San Francisco" "What'll I Do"
1960s	"After You've Gone" "Almost Like Being in Love" "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" "Down with Love" "Do It Again" "Fly Me to the Moon" "A Foggy Day" "Hey, Look Me Over" "I Happen to Like New York" "If Love Were All" "Moon River" "Oh Shenandoah" "This Can't Be Love" "You Go to My Head"