Just as Though You Were Here

Song

"Just as Though You Were Here"
Song
Published	1942
Genre	Traditional pop
Composer(s)	John Benson Brooks
Lyricist(s)	Eddie DeLange

"Just as Though You Were Here" is a song written by John Benson Brooks (music) and Eddie DeLange (lyrics). The first recording was made by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra on May 18, 1942^[1] with vocals by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers.^[2] It reached the Billboard charts in July 1942, peaking at No. 6 during a ten-week stay.^[3] Sinatra recorded the song again on September 24, 1974 for Reprise.^[4]

Other versions

Many other artists have recorded the song including The Ink Spots in 1942 (Decca 18466A).^[5] This version went to number ten on the Harlem Hit Parade chart.^[6]
This song was played by Tom Oren to win the 2018 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition.^[7]

References

^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 137. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ "jazzdiscography.com". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 275.
^ Murph, John (4 December 2018). "Tom Oren Wins 2018 Monk Competition". DownBeat. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

Tommy Dorsey

Studio albums

The One and Only Tommy Dorsey (1961)
Tommy Dorsey's Dance Party (1966)
Tommy Dorsey (1937–1941) (1976)
Yes Indeed! (1990)

Compilation albums

Up Swing (1944)
Smoke Rings (1944)
Starmaker (1944)
The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions (1982)
Music Goes Round and Round (1991)
Stop, Look and Listen (1994)
This Is Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Vol. 1 (2001)
It's D'Lovely 1947–1950 (2004)

Songs

"Boogie Woogie"
"Dolores"
"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)"
"For Sentimental Reasons"
"The Hucklebuck"
"I Can Dream, Can't I?"
"I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)"
"I'll Be Seeing You"
"I'll Never Smile Again"
"Imagination"
"In the Blue of Evening"
"In the Middle of a Dream"
"Indian Summer"
"It's Always You"
"Just as Though You Were Here"
"Let's Get Away from It All"
"The Morning After"
"Oh! Look at Me Now"
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
"Once in a While"
"Only Forever"
"Our Love Affair"
"Sleep"
"Stardust"
"Take Me"
"There Are Such Things"
"This Is No Dream"
"This Love of Mine"
"To You"
"We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)"
"Yes, Indeed!"
"You Taught Me to Love Again"

The Dorsey Brothers

"Annie's Cousin Fannie"
"Tomorrow's Another Day"
"Harlem Chapel Chimes"
"Dese Dem Dose"

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Discography
Columbia singles (1939–1940)	"It's Funny to Everyone but Me" "On a Little Street in Singapore" "Ciribiribin" "All or Nothing at All"
RCA Victor singles (1940–1942)	"Imagination" "I'll Be Seeing You" "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" "I'll Never Smile Again" "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" "Our Love Affair" "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" "Stardust" "Dolores" "It's Always You" "Oh! Look at Me Now" "Without a Song" "Let's Get Away from It All" "This Love of Mine" "Blue Skies" "Pale Moon (An Indian Love Song)" "Embraceable You" "Just as Though You Were Here" "Take Me" "In the Blue of Evening" "How About You?" "There Are Such Things"
Bluebird singles (1942–1943)	"Night and Day" "The Night We Called It a Day" "The Song Is You"
Columbia singles (1943–1953)	"Close to You" "You'll Never Know" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" "White Christmas" "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" "Ol' Man River" "Stormy Weather" "When Your Lover Has Gone" "Dream" "If I Loved You" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "Mighty Lak' a Rose" "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" "America the Beautiful" "Day by Day" "Full Moon and Empty Arms" "Soliloquy (Part 1 & 2)" "Begin the Beguine" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Jingle Bells" "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" "September Song" "Five Minutes More" "Sweet Lorraine" "Time after Time" "Mam'selle" "Almost Like Being in Love" "Tea for Two" "My Romance" "So Far" "A Fellow Needs a Girl" "But Beautiful" "I've Got a Crush on You" "All of Me" "Nature Boy" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "My Melancholy Baby" "Autumn in New York" "Why Can't You Behave?" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Bali Ha'i" "Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk" "I Only Have Eyes for You" "The Old Master Painter" "Peachtree Street" "Goodnight, Irene" "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "April in Paris" "I Could Write a Book" "The Birth of the Blues"
Capitol singles (1953–1961)	"I'm Walking Behind You" "I've Got the World on a String" "My One and Only Love" "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" "I Love You" "Young at Heart" "Don't Worry 'bout Me" "Three Coins in the Fountain" "The Gal That Got Away" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Melody of Love" "Learnin' the Blues" "Love and Marriage" "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" "You're Sensational" "True Love" "Well, Did You Evah!" "Mind If I Make Love to You?" "Hey! Jealous Lover" "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" "All the Way" "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" "Witchcraft" "Mistletoe and Holly" "French Foreign Legion" "High Hopes" "Old MacDonald" "My Blue Heaven" "I'll Remember April" "I Love Paris"
Reprise singles (1961–1983)	"Granada" "I'll Be Seeing You" "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" "Without a Song" "Stardust" "Come Rain or Come Shine" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "Me and My Shadow" "Call Me Irresponsible" "I Have Dreamed" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "My Kind of Town" "Softly, as I Leave You" "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" "The Little Drummer Boy" "It Was a Very Good Year" "Strangers in the Night" "Summer Wind" "You Make Me Feel So Young" "That's Life" "The September of My Years" "Somethin' Stupid" "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" "My Way of Life" "My Way" "Goin' Out of My Head" "Something" "Bein' Green" "Send In the Clowns" "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" "Theme from New York, New York" "Here's to the Band" "To Love a Child"
Qwest singles (1983–1984)	"Teach Me Tonight" "Mack the Knife" "It's All Right with Me" "Until the Real Thing Comes Along"
Compositions	"This Love of Mine" "Sheila" "Peachtree Street" "Take My Love" "I'm a Fool to Want You" "Mistletoe and Holly" "Mr. Success"
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