The song of the day for Tuesday, February 17i, 2026, is “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road).”
About This Song
“One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” was written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the 1943 film The Sky’s The Limit, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. Harold Arlen called this song one of his “tapeworms” as at 48 bars, it was longer than the standard 32 bar popular song. Alec Wilder, in American Popular Song, says that “the honors must go the lyric. Just imagine having the acuity and courage to start a song, as Mercer does, with ‘It’s a quarter to three!’.
About This Version
Tony Bennett recorded “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” in June 1992 for Perfectly Frank, his tribute to Frank Sinatra. Ralph Sharon wrote the arrangement.
“One For My Baby (And One More For The Road),” as well as Perfectly Frank, is available on Apple Music.
We have Sinatra’s 1958 recording of “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” from Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely, with an arrangement by Nelson Riddle.
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