Alone Together (1932 song)

"Alone Together" is a song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Flying Colors in 1932 by Jean Sargent.^[1]

The song soon became a hit, with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra's 1932 recording (vocal by Frank Luther) being the first to reach the charts.^[2] It has become a jazz standard. The first jazz musician to record the song was Artie Shaw in 1939.^[3]

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First measures of Alone Together^[4]

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Alone Together (1932 song)

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