"I'll Be Seeing You (in all the old familiar places)": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video
"I'll Be Seeing You (in all the old familiar places)"
William Zinsser comments that "I'll Be Seeing You," although written several years before WWII, was "resuscitated during the war [becoming] the talisman for all separated lovers longing to see each other again 'in all the old familiar places'" (p. 154).
Ed.'s note: The resuscitation of "I'll Be Seeing You" during the war was due to, outside of the war itself, two 1943 hit recordings, one by Bing Crosby and the other by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocal by Frank Sinatra .
Notes
- Other songs written for Right This Way currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook :
- 1. I Can Dream, Can't I?
- For a complete listing of songs used in the original Broadway production of this show, see IBDB song list .
- William Zinsser. Easy to Remember The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs . Jaffrey, New Hampshire: David R. Godine, 2001.
Questions
What is I'll Be Seeing You (in all the old familiar places)?
William Zinsser comments that "I'll Be Seeing You," although written several years before WWII, was "resuscitated during the war [becoming] the talisman for all separated lovers longing to see each other again 'in all the old familiar places'" (p. 154).
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Cite this page as ""I'll Be Seeing You (in all the old familiar places)": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video," Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/ill_be_seeing_you.html
Which Cafe Songbook pages are related?
Also read "I'll Follow You" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/ill_follow_you_m.html); "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/ill_be_home_for_christmas.html); "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/ill_get_by_m.html); "I'll Be Around" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/ill_be_around.html).
Cite this page: "I'll Be Seeing You (in all the old familiar places)": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video, Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/ill_be_seeing_you.html