Blame It on My Youth
Introduction "'''Blame It on My Youth'''" is a jazz standard written by Oscar Levant (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics) in 1934.
Recorded versions *1934: The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (vocal by Bob Crosby) - recorded for Decca Records (catalog 320) on November 15, 1934. *1935: Bing Crosby - first broadcast by Crosby on his radio show ''Bing Crosby Entertains'' on February 5, 1935. *1935: Jan Garber and His Orchestra (vocal by Lee Bennett) - a popular record on the Victor label. *1952: Gordon MacRae - a single release for Capitol Records. *1955: Rosemary Clooney - for her album ''While We're Young''. *1957: Nat King Cole - ''After Midnight''*1956: Chris Connor - ''This Is Chris''*1956: Mabel Mercer - ''Midnight at Mabel Mercer's''*1957: Frank Sinatra - ''Close to You''*1958: André Previn and David Rose – ''Secret Songs for Young Lovers''*1958: George Shearing - ''Burnished Brass'' (instrumental version)*1958  Connie Stevens - ''Conchetta''*1959: Tammy Grimes - ''Tammy Grimes''*1959: Connie Francis - ''The Exciting Connie Francis''*1960: Hank Garland - ''Velvet Guitar'' (instrumental version)*1960: Jeri Southern - ''At the Crescendo''*1961: Sammy Davis Jr. - ''The Wham of Sam''*1961: Buddy Greco - ''Songs for Swinging Losers''*1961: Ann-Margret - ''And Here She Is ... Ann-Margret''*1962: Vic Dana - ''Warm & Wild''*1962: Julie London - ''Sophisticated Lady''*1963: James Darren – "They Should Have Given You the Oscar" (Single B-side)*1964: John Davidson - ''The Young Warm Sound of John Davidson''*1964: Carmen McRae - ''Second to None'', ''Carmen's Gold'' (1971)*1964: Keely Smith - ''The Intimate Keely Smith''*1965: Gloria Lynne - ''Intimate Moments''*1969: The Golddiggers - ''The Golddiggers''*1975: Charlie Byrd - ''Top Hat'' (instrumental version)*1981: Gary Burton Quartet - ''Easy as Pie'' (instrumental version)*1983: Keith Jarrett Trio - ''Standards Vol 2'' (instrumental version)*1983: Art Farmer - ''Something Tasty'' (with Tommy Flanagan), ''Blame It on My Youth'' (1988) (instrumental versions)*1986: Michael Feinstein - ''Live at the Algonquin''. *1989: Chet Baker - ''Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film "Let's Get Lost"''*1991: Keith Jarrett Trio - ''The Cure'' (instrumental version)*1993: Holly Cole Trio - ''Don't Smoke in Bed''*1993: David Silverman Trio - ''I Have Dreamed''*1994: Karrin Allyson - ''Azure-Té''*1994: Kenny Rankin - ''Professional Dreamer''*1995: Lisa Ekdahl - ''When Did You Leave Heaven''*1995: Fred Hersch & Jay Clayton - ''Beautiful Love''*1995: Trine-Lise Væring - ''When I Close My Eyes''*1997: Brad Mehldau - ''The Art of the Trio Volume One'' (Grammy Award nominated instrumental version)*1999: Keith Jarrett - ''The Melody at Night, with You'' (instrumental version)*2001: Michiel Borstlap - ''Gramercy Park'' (instrumental version)*2001: Kurt Elling - ''Flirting with Twilight''*2001: Jane Monheit - ''Come Dream with Me''*2001: Solveig Slettahjell - ''Slow Motion Orchestra''*2001: Viktoria Tolstoy - ''Blame It on My Youth''*2003: Aaron Neville - ''Nature Boy: The Standards Album''*2004: Eden Atwood - ''This Is Always: The Ballad Session''*2004: Jamie Cullum - ''Twentysomething''*2004: Nancy Wilson - ''R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)''*2005: Steve Heckman Quartet - "Live at Yoshi's"*2005: The New Sound Quartet (Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer) - ''Summertime'' (instrumental version)*2008: Jennifer Leitham - "Left Coast Story"*2010: Ania Szarmach - ''Inna''*2012: Nat Reeves - ''State of Emergency'' (instrumental version)*2012: Elisa Rodrigues - ''Heart Mouth Dialogues''*2013: Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet - ''Desertico'' (instrumental version)*2014: Barry Manilow - for his album ''Night Songs''*2017: Katharine McPhee - ''I Fall in Love Too Easily''*2019: Petros Klampanis - ''Irrationalities''
Film appearances *1995 Let It Be Me - sung by Frank Sinatra. *1999 Eyes Wide Shut - performed by Brad Mehldau.
References