While We're Young (1943 song)
1943 song
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"While We're Young" is a 1943 song with music composed by Alec Wilder and Morty Palitz, to lyrics by Bill Engvick, which was popularized by Don Cherry, Tony Bennett and other artists.[1] Wilder quoted his Algonquin neighbour, James Thurber, as saying that Engvick's lyrics to "While We're Young" was "the finest piece of English writing he knew".[2] The lyric Thurber refers to begins:
We must fulfill This golden time When hearts awake So shyly, Softly.
Songs were made to sing While we're young. Ev'ry day is spring While we're young...
| "While We're Young" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Released | 1943 |
| Genre | pop, big band |
| Songwriters | Alec Wilder, Morty Palitz, Bill Engvick |
Other recordings
- Peggy Lee on Rendezvous with Peggy Lee (1949)
- Tony Bennett, B-side to Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart" (1951), and also from debut album Because of You (1952)
- Single by Don Cherry (1951)[3]
- Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (1952) and re-recorded for the album For the Young at Heart (1960)
- Judy Garland on Miss Show Business (1955)
- Percy Faith and His Orchestra with Mitch Miller – It's So Peaceful in the Country 3×7″ EP set (1956)
- Rosemary Clooney – Sings Songs for the Young at Heart EP (1956)
- Johnny Mathis on his 1957 Warm LP and 1958 While We're Young EP
- Mike Douglas, B-side to "Here's to My Jenny" (1966)
- Art Garfunkel – Some Enchanted Evening (2007)
