In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
The title song of the 1955 album, written after midnight at a house in New Jersey.
Frank Sinatra, from In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
- Written by
- David Mann, Bob Hilliard
- Released
- 1955
- Length
- 3:00
- Album
- In the Wee Small Hours
David Mann wrote the music and Bob Hilliard the lyric. They wrote it during a post-midnight session at Hilliard's home in New Jersey, after Hilliard insisted that Mann, who was about to leave for New York, stay and try some impromptu songwriting. Sinatra introduced it as the title track of his 1955 album and recorded it again for Sinatra's Sinatra in 1963. uDiscover calls it the emotional centerpiece of the album.
Covers and versions
- Johnny Mathis (1957)
- Julie London (1960)
- Gerry Mulligan (1963)
- Keith Jarrett (1995)
- Barbra Streisand (2009)
More songs by Frank Sinatra
I've Got You Under My Skin, Fly Me to the Moon, The Girl from Ipanema, Strangers in the Night, My Way, Theme from New York, New York, It Was a Very Good Year
Sources
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, uDiscover Music
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (work), SecondHandSongs