Too Marvelous for Words

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Johnny Mercer (in 1937)
composer:Richard A. Whiting (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Victoria Music Ltd.
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
Harms, Inc. (on 1937-01-25)
sub-publisher:ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/27906 [info]
Wikidata:Q2154748 [info]
referred to in medleys:Medley 2: I can't Give you Anything but love / Too Marvelous for words / Pennies from Heaven / A foggy day / Embraceable you / The lady is a tramp / Where or when (order: 2)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1937-03-03Too Marvelous for Words (Decca matrix DLA738-A)Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra3:06
1937-03-03Too Marvelous for WordsJimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra?:??
1937-03-23Too Marvelous for Words (1937-03-23, mx. M-295-1)Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores2:58
1940-06-20Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalArt Tatum2:29
1943-10-22Too Marvelous for WordsJo Stafford3:16
1943-10-28Too Marvelous for Words (alternate take two)Red Norvo and His Overseas Spotlight Band4:16
1943-10-28Too Marvelous for WordsRed Norvo and His Overseas Spotlight Band4:36
1943-11-17Too Marvellous for WordsHarry James and His Orchestra3:14
1944-12-12Too Marvelous for WordsGeorge Wettling’s New Yorkers4:04
1946-04-11Too Marvelous for WordsThe Nat King Cole Trio2:51
1947-08-08Too Marvelous for WordsThe King Cole Trio2:35
1947-08-08Too Marvelous for WordsThe Nat King Cole Trio2:34
1947Too Marvellous for WordsNat King Cole2:32
1947Too Marvelous for WordscoverThe Nat King Cole Trio2:33
1949-09-17Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalLester Young Quartet2:57
1949-09-17Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalLester Young3:04
1949-09-17Too Marvelous for Wordscover and instrumentalLester Young3:04
1949-09-17Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)instrumentalLester Young3:01
1949-09-17Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)Lester Young3:02
1949-09-30Too Marvellous for WordsCharlie Ventura & His Orchestra2:24
1950-01-06Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalStan Getz Quartet2:56
1950-01-06Too Marvelous for Words (1950-01-06, mx. B-1203)instrumentalStan Getz Quartet2:56
1950-01-06Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalStan Getz2:56
1950-03Too Marvellous for WordsLester Young Quartet3:00
1950-04-16Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalArt Tatum2:26
1950-09-20Too Marvellous for WordsinstrumentalJerry Wiggins Trio3:30
1951-01-13Too Marvellous for WordsinstrumentalLester Young5:37
1952-02-26Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalOscar Peterson Quartet2:47
1953-01Too Marvelous for Wordsinstrumental and liveGerry Mulligan Quartet3:40
1953-06-20Too Marvelous for Wordsinstrumental and liveDave Brubeck & Paul Desmond8:04
1953-06Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalOscar Pettiford3:06
1953-12-02Too Marvellous for WordsinstrumentalGerry Wiggins Trio3:27
1953-12-29Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalArt Tatum2:58
1953-12-29Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalArt Tatum3:01
1954-02-10Too Marvelous for Wordsinstrumental and liveJimmy Raney, Stan Getz & Bob Brookmeyer4:45
1954-06Too Marvelous for WordsArtie Shaw and His Gramercy Five5:47
1954-06Too Marvelous for WordsArtie Shaw5:47
1954-09-03Too Marvelous for WordsBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:16
1954-09-03Too Marvelous for WordsBillie Holiday2:13
1954-09-24Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalThe J.J. Johnson Quintet3:34
1954-09-24Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalJay Jay Johnson3:35
1954Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalVirgil Gonsalves Sextet, Buddy Wise, Lou Levy4:02
1955-03-10Too Marvelous for WordsJeri Southern4:19
1956-01-16Too Marvelous for WordsFrank Sinatra2:32
1956-01-16Too Marvelous for WordscoverFrank Sinatra2:32
1956-02-20Too Marvelous for WordsMaurice Meunier4:31
1956-02Too Marvelous for WordsJane Fielding2:31
1956-03-13Too Marvellous For WordsinstrumentalArt Simmons Quartet4:10
1956-03Too Marvelous for Words (live, 1956-03: Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois)liveJeri Southern4:45
1956-07-10Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalRuby Braff2:38
1956-10-22Too Marvelous for Words (live, 1956-10-22: Count Basie’s, NYC, NY, USA)The Count Basie Orchestra featuring Joe Williams5:28
1956-10-22Too Marvelous for WordsCount Basie5:13
1956Too Marvelous for Words (1956)Ruby Braff2:38
1957-03Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalHank Jones & Tyree Glenn3:53
1957-05-27Too Marvelous for WordsInez Jones2:27
1957-08-23Red Sails in the Sunset / Love in Bloom / Ramona / Too Marvelous for Wordsinstrumental and medleyIrving Garner?:??
1957Too Marvelous for Words (℗1995 Hindsight Records, Inc., previously unreleased)June Christy with Les Brown and His Band of Renown1:26
1958-12-21Queen Anne’s Rain: Too Marvellous for WordsliveThe Ray Ellington Quartet2:21
1960-01-24The Last Smoking Seagoon: Too Marvelous for WordsliveThe Ray Ellington Quartet2:10
1961-06-13Too Marvelous for Words (mono)Gene Ammons?:??
1962-06-01Too Marvelous for WordsliveFrank Sinatra1:53
1962-06-05Too Marvelous for WordsliveFrank Sinatra1:49
1962-11-26Too Marvellous for Wordscover and liveFrank Sinatra0:48
1962-11-26Too Marvellous for Wordscover and liveFrank Sinatra0:49
1962Too Marvellous for Words (live, 1962: Chicago, Illinois)liveFrank Sinatra0:47
1963-09-13“Too Marvelous for Words”liveFrank Sinatra2:34
1964Too Marvelous for WordscoverElla Fitzgerald2:32
1975-03-28Too Marvelous for Words (live, 1975‐03‐28: Bourbon Street, Toronto, ON, Canada)instrumental and livePaul Desmond7:57
1975-07-25Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalVic Dickenson5:04
1975-10-27 – 1975-10-29Too Marvelous for Words (live, 1975‐10‐27–1975‐10‐29: Bourbon Street, Toronto, ON, Canada)livePaul Desmond7:00
1976-04-11Too Marvellous For Wordscover and instrumentalGeorge Shearing Trio And Stephane Grappelli4:04
1991-02Too Marvelous For WordscoverHoward Alden & George van Eps5:13
1993-12-04Too Marvelous for WordsinstrumentalPer Goldschmidt, Tom Harrell, Niels Lan Doky, Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Alvin Queen5:56
2000Too Marvelous for WordsJody Sandhaus3:28
2006-02-23 – 2006-12-14Too Marvelous for WordsNorma Winstone, Stan Tracey Trio | Bobby Wellins4:37
2009Too Marvelous for WordscoverDiana Krall4:05
2020-01-23Too Marvelous for Wordsinstrumental and liveAnthony Braxton6:38
To Marvelous for WordsNat King Cole2:24
Too Marvellous for WordsBillie Holiday2:13
Too Marvellous for WordsBillie Holiday2:11
Too Marvellous for WordsBillie Holiday2:15
Too Marvellous for WordsDoris Day?:??
Too Marvellous for WordsinstrumentalNorman Percival & His Orchestra3:00
Too Marvellous for WordsDoris Day?:??
Too Marvellous for WordsBillie Holiday2:13
Too Marvellous for WordsDoris Day3:17
Too Marvellous for WordsDoris Day3:17
Too Marvellous for WordsDoris Day?:??
Too Marvellous for WordsBillie Holiday2:13
Too Marvellous for WordsJohnny Mercer2:35
Too Marvellous for WordsliveFrank Sinatra1:52
Too Marvellous for Wordscover, instrumental and liveErroll Garner3:33
Too Marvellous for WordsOscar Peterson2:48
Too Marvellous for WordscoverNat King Cole2:32
Too Marvellous for WordscoverNat King Cole2:43
Too Marvellous for WordscoverNat King Cole2:33
Too Marvellous for WordsinstrumentalStan Getz2:56
Too Marvellous for WordsBillie Holiday2:13
Too Marvellous for WordsBillie Holiday2:15
Too Marvellous for WordscoverNat King Cole2:23
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