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Aren't You Glad You're You?
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Written: 1945

Music by: Jimmy Van Heusen

Words by: Johnny Burke

Written for: The Bells of St. Mary's
(movie, 1945)
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Nat King Cole

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"Aren't You Glad You're You"

from "An Evening with Nat King Cole" (1963)

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About the Movie The Bells of St. Mary's / Origins of the Song

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The Bells of St. Mary's

Other songs written for The Bells of St. Mary's currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook: none.

 

For a complete listing of songs used in this movie, see IMDB soundtrack.



Bing Crosby singing "Aren't You Glad You're You?"
in "The Bells of St. Mary's" (1945)

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"Aren't You Glad You're You?"


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1962
Julius LaRosa
album: On the Sunny Side

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Notes: This recording also appears on a CD combining two LPs: Love Songs A La Rosa and On the Sunny Side
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c. 2004
Mel Tormé
album: Instant Party

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Notes: The year 2004 is when the album was released not the year of the live performance of "Aren't You Glad You're You," but as John Bush notes in his CD Universe product description, all the tracks are from the last fifteen years of Tormé's career, "his AARP years. Bush writes that Jazz label Concord's Instant Party series "selects the most exuberant performances from the repertoire of their many good candidates -- Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, and now Mel Tormé. Tormé recorded loads of great material for Concord during the last 15 years of his career, much of it in the vein for a good cocktail party. Featuring a lot of material in the concert setting where Tormé excelled, the compilation opens with a hilariously self-effacing "I'm Hip" ("I'm so hip I read People magazine") and a similarly amusing "Give Me the Simple Life." Not all of the inclusions encapsulate the concept; "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm," "Aren't You Glad You're You," and "The Carioca" are light enough but not effusive enough. Still, it's a cheap and effective introduction to the magic Mel Tormé created during his AARP years."
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