The song of the day for Friday, February 22, 2024, is “You Go To My Head.”
About This Song
“You Go To My Head” was written in 1938 by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, the same songwriting team that gave us “Santa Claus is Coming To Town.” “You Go to My Head” is a well-respected popular song. In American Popular Song, Alec Wilder called it “a phenomenon” and “a minor masterpiece.” Al Gioia in The Jazz Standards notes that “this song comes closer than any tune I know to capturing in musical form the feeling of losing control.”
About This Version
Tony Bennett recorded “You Go To My Head” in June 1992, for his album Perfectly Frank, his album in tribute to Frank Sinatra. It was arranged by Ralph Sharon.
“You Go To My Head,” as well as Perfectly Frank, is available on Apple Music.
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