Jim (song)

"Jim"
"Jim"
Song by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Released	September 20, 1941
Recorded	August 1, 1941
Label	Decca 3963
Songwriter(s)	Nelson Shawn, Caesar Petrillo, Edward Ross
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra singles chronology

ReleasedSeptember 20, 1941

RecordedAugust 1, 1941

Songwriter(s)Nelson Shawn, Caesar Petrillo, Edward Ross

"Jim"^[1] is a popular song with music by James Caesar Petrillo and Milton Samuels (who also used the pseudonym Edward Ross), lyrics by Nelson Shawn.^[2] The song was published in 1941.^[3]

Two versions reached the Billboard charts in 1941: Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocals by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell), which peaked at No. 2; and Dinah Shore (No. 5).^[4]

It has also been recorded by Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and many other artists.^[5] An instrumental version was recorded in 1964, by Oscar Peterson, featuring Clark Terry, for the album Oscar Peterson Trio + One.

v t e Jimmy Dorsey
Songs	"Pennies from Heaven" "Never in a Million Years" "It's the Dreamer in Me" "Tailspin" "John Silver" "So Many Times" "The Breeze and I" "I Hear a Rhapsody" "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" "My Sister and I" "Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)" "Maria Elena" "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)" "Blue Champagne" "Jim" "Tangerine" "Jersey Bounce" "I Remember You" "Brazil" "Star Eyes" "Bésame Mucho" "I'm Glad There Is You" "So Rare"
The Dorsey Brothers	"Annie's Cousin Fannie" "Tomorrow's Another Day" "Harlem Chapel Chimes" "Dese Dem Dose"
The California Ramblers	"Has Anybody Seen My Gal?"
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v t e Dinah Shore
Albums	Dinah Sings Some Blues with Red Dinah, Yes Indeed! Dinah Sings, Previn Plays Somebody Loves Me
Singles	"The Breeze and I" "Maybe" "Yes, My Darling Daughter" "My Man" "I Hear a Rhapsody" "Jim" "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" "Blues in the Night" "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" "Skylark" "Sleepy Lagoon" "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" "I'll Walk Alone" "Together" "Candy" "Along the Navajo Trail" "Personality" "Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" "The Gypsy" "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" "The Anniversary Song" I Wish I Didn't Love You So" "The Best Things in Life Are Free" "Little White Lies" "Buttons and Bows" "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" "Far Away Places" "So in Love" "Forever and Ever" "Baby, It's Cold Outside" "A Wonderful Guy" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" "Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!)" "My Heart Cries for You" "You're Just in Love" "Sweet Violets" "Delicado" "Changing Partners" "Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)" "Love and Marriage" "I Could Have Danced All Night" "The Cattle Call" "Fascination"
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