Dearly Beloved (from “You Were Never Lovelier”)

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lyricist:	Johnny Mercer
composer:	Jerome Kern

part of:	The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) (order: 4)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/124081 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002424033 [info]

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Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
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1942-07-26	Dearly Beloved		Fred Astaire	2:39
1942-07-26	Dearly Beloved		Fred Astaire with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:40
1942-07-26	Dearly Beloved		Fred Astaire	2:38
1942-07-30	Dearly Beloved		Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	2:50
1943	Dearly Beloved		Alvino Rey and His Orchestra	?:??
1944-05-03	Dearly beloved		Bing Crosby	2:49
1944-05-03	Dearly Beloved		Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:48
1944-05-03	Dearly Beloved		Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:46
1952-06-17	Ballad Medley	instrumental and medley	Charlie Parker	17:25
1952-06	Ballad Medley	instrumental and medley	Charlie Parker	17:25
1952-06	Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness of You / I'll Get By / Everything Happens to Me / The Man I Love / What's New / Someone to Watch Over Me / Isn't It Romantic	instrumental and medley	Norman Granz Jam Session	17:23
1952-07	Ballad Medley	instrumental and medley	Charlie Parker	17:25
1952-07	Ballad Medley (All the Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness of You)	cover, instrumental and partial	Charlie Parker	17:26
1954	Dearly Beloved		Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet	3:55
1957-06-11 – 1957-06-12	Dearly Beloved	cover and instrumental	Sonny Rollins	3:05
1957-12-19 –	Dearly Beloved	cover	Helen Merrill	2:07
1960-11-09	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Gigi Gryce Orch-Tette	4:18
1962-07-28	Dearly Beloved [complete unedited version] (live, 1962‐07‐28: The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, NY, USA)	instrumental and live	Sonny Rollins Quartet with Don Cherry	18:42
1962-07-28	Dearly Beloved [originally released edited version] (live, 1962‐07‐28: The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, NY, USA)	instrumental and live	Sonny Rollins Quartet with Don Cherry	8:20
1962-07	Dearly Beloved	instrumental and live	Sonny Rollins	8:18
1963-04-22	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Wes Montgomery	4:52
1964-08	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Erroll Garner	3:00
1976	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Barney Kessel / Herb Ellis	3:18
1980-03-27	Dearly Beloved	cover and instrumental	Derek Smith Trio	3:09
1984-04-29	Dearly Beloved	cover	Malachi Thompson	4:45
1984-05-02	Dearly Beloved		Bill Watrous & Carl Fontana	4:45
1993-12	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	McCoy Tyner & Bobby Hutcherson	6:49
2002-05-29 – 2002-05-30	Dearly Beloved	cover	Joey DeFrancesco	6:04
2002-12	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Rhoda Scott	6:02
2016	Dearly Beloved	cover and instrumental	Frank Caruso / Eddie Gomez / Bob Rummage	4:47
2018	Dearly Beloved	cover	Tomoki Takahashi Quartet	5:30
2023-06-15	Dearly Beloved	cover	Mike DiRubbo	6:37
	Dearly Beloved		The Glenn Miller Orchestra	3:19
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:53
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:52
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:53
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:53
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:51
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:52
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:53
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:53
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:49
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:52
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:48
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:52
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:52
	Dearly Beloved		Richard Tauber	3:15
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Tony Bennett with the Bill Charlap Trio	3:31
	Dearly Beloved		Bing Crosby	2:52
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	2:52
	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	The George Shearing Quintet	2:14
	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Wes Montgomery	4:54
	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Charlie Parker	1:53
	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Charlie Parker	?:??
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	?:??
	Dearly Beloved		Herbie Mann Nonet	4:44
	Dearly Beloved		Mark Murphy	4:06
	Dearly Beloved		Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:08
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Helen Merrill	2:07
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Helen Merrill	2:07
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Nancy Wilson	2:11
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Nancy Wilson	2:14
	Dearly Beloved		Dinah Shore	2:39
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Helen Merrill	2:07
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Ranee Lee	5:22
	Dearly Beloved		Richard Tauber	3:16
	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Lucky Thompson	3:27
	Dearly Beloved	cover and instrumental	Hal Leonard	3:17
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:51
	Dearly Beloved	live	The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band	2:26
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:54
	Dearly Beloved		Dorothy Kirsten	3:19
	Dearly Beloved		The Adam Makowicz Trio	4:37
	Dearly Beloved		Sonny Rollins	3:05
	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Sonny Rollins	8:19
	Dearly Beloved		Jamey Aebersold	5:28
	Dearly Beloved		June Christy	1:37
	Dearly Beloved		The Mel Lewis Orchestra	5:26
	Dearly Beloved		Dinah Shore	2:39
	Dearly Beloved		Vanessa Rubin	3:42
	Dearly Beloved		Fred Astaire	0:45
	Dearly Beloved		Banu Gibson	4:56
	Dearly Beloved		John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	?:??
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:53
	Dearly Beloved		Ann Richards	2:01
	Dearly Beloved		Margaret Whiting	2:52
	Dearly Beloved		Keely Smith	2:45
	Dearly Beloved		John Hanson	2:29
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Terrence Brewer	4:54
	Dearly Beloved		Vic Damone	2:09
	Dearly Beloved		Marge Dodson	2:26
	Dearly Beloved		Glenn Miller	2:53
	Dearly Beloved (stereo)	cover	Nancy Wilson	2:13
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Chris Connor	3:09
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Chris Connor	3:05
	Dearly Beloved	cover	Chris Connor	3:11
	Dearly Beloved	instrumental	Herbie Mann	4:40
	Dearly Beloved		Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth	1:30
	Dearly Beloved		June Christy	3:12
	Dearly Beloved		The Glenn Miller Orchestra	2:54
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