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"'''I'm Gettin' Sentimental over You'''" is a 1932 song first released by the [[Dorsey Brothers Orchestra]].<ref>[https://secondhandsongs.com/work/61207/all "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 1 September 2024.]</ref> It was recorded by [[Tommy Dorsey]] and His Orchestra in 1935, becoming his theme song. The lyrics were written by [[Ned Washington]] and the music was by [[George Bassman]]. It was first released in 1932 by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Jean Bowes on vocals on [[Brunswick Records]]. The orchestra re-recorded it in August 1934 with [[Bob Crosby]] on vocals for [[Decca Records]]. The original copyright is dated 1933 and issued to Lawrence Music Publishers, Inc. The copyright was assigned to Mills Music, Inc. in 1934. [[Noni Bernardi]], a saxophonist with the Dorsey orchestra arranged this song.

Dorsey was the featured trombone soloist when his orchestra played it. It was first recorded in September 1935. A second recording on October 18, 1935 in New York is the arrangement that Tommy would henceforth feature. Cliff Weston was the vocalist and trumpet player. It was released as a single in 1936 on [[Victor Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/im-getting-sentimental-over-you-mt0012683203|title=Single on Allmusic|website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/master/1143515-Tommy-Dorsey-And-His-Orchestra-Im-Gettin-Sentimental-Over-You-Ive-Got-A-Note "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You". Discogs. Retrieved 1 September 2024.]</ref>  After Tommy Dorsey's death in 1956 [[Frank Sinatra]] sang it in the Dorsey Orchestra and also featured it in an album, ''[[I Remember Tommy]]''.

This song was featured in an episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' called "[[Static (The Twilight Zone)|Static]]", and in the films ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'', ''[[Bart Got a Room]]'', ''[[Radio Days]] '' and the Oscar-winning ''[[The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)|The Garden of the Finzi-Continis]]''.

The tempo is considered a [[fox trot]] or [[Swing (dance)|swing]].

==Covers==
* [[The Ink Spots]] featuring [[Bill Kenny (singer)|Bill Kenny]] (1939)
* [[Carol Bruce]] sang the song in the 1941 Universal comedy-musical [[Keep 'Em Flying]] starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]]
* [[Spike Jones]] and the City Slickers performed the piece in City Slicker style with Tommy Dorsey on a "Music America Loves Best" broadcast of June 1945. This version appears on Spike Jones' ''Thank You Music Lovers'' album.<ref>Liner notes for ''Thank You Music Lovers''.</ref>
* [[The Four Freshmen]] – ''The Freshmen Year''
* [[Earl Bostic]] as the B-side of 1951 single "[[Flamingo (song)|Flamingo]]".
* [[Patti Page]] on her 1956 album ''[[Music for Two in Love]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/patti_page/music_for_two_in_love/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713061604/http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/patti_page/music_for_two_in_love/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2012 |title=Music for Two in Love by Patti Page : Reviews and Ratings - Rate Your Music |work=rateyourmusic.com |access-date=18 May 2011 }}</ref>
* The song was a staple of [[Thelonious Monk]]'s live sets from the early 1950s, and he recorded it a number of times ''[[Thelonious Himself]]'' (1957).
*[[Mel Torme]], 1958, in a version conducted and arranged by [[Marty Paich]]
* [[Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass]] covered the song on their 1965 album ''[[Going Places (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album)|Going Places]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/%21%21going-places%21%21-mw0000197252|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=February 26, 2025}}</ref> Their rendition begins with a single horn, playing slowly, in the Big Band style, before breaking into a jazzy rendition by the full Brass.
* [[Ella Fitzgerald]] – [[Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"|Sings Songs from ''Let No Man Write My Epitaph'']], [[Verve Records]], 1960.
*[[Bobby Vinton]] on his 1962 album ''[[Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones]]''
* [[Harry James]] on his 1979 album ''One Night Stand With Harry James on Tour in '64'' (Joyce LP 1074)
* [[The Glenn Miller Orchestra]], conducted by Buddy DeFranco, covered the song in a stylized mix containing both elements of the Alpert/TJB arrangement and quotes from the original Glenn Miller band's upbeat hits. Released as a single, it reached #12 on Billboard's "Easy Listening" survey in 1966.
* [[Andy Cole]] on his 1970 album ''Sentimental Over You'' (EMI/Columbia, 1970).
* [[Bing Crosby]] recorded the song for his album ''[[Feels Good, Feels Right]]'' (1976).
* The band [[They Might Be Giants]] covered this song in the mid-1980s and released it on their 1997 compilation, ''[[Then: The Earlier Years]]''.
* [[Maynard Ferguson]] on his live double album ''[[M.F. Horn 4&5: Live At Jimmy's]]''.
* [[Urbie Green]] on ''The Persuasive Trombone''.
* [[John Abercrombie (guitarist)|John Abercrombie]] and [[Don Thompson (musician)|Don Thompson]] on 1991 album ''[[Witchcraft (John Abercrombie album)|Witchcraft]]''.
* Les Deux Love Orchestra on the 2009 album ''Ecstasy''.
* Cabaret artist [[Maude Maggart]] covered the song on her 2005 album ''With Sweet Despair''.
* Jazz saxophonist [[Sonny Stitt]] recorded a version of the song on his 1963 album ''[[Now! (Sonny Stitt album)|Now!]]''.
* [[Charles Mingus]] on ''[[Mingus Plays Piano]]''.
* Brian Lynch on ''Keep Your Circle Small''
* [[Gerry Mulligan]] on ''Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer'' (1962) and on ''[[Walk on the Water (album)|Walk on the Water]]'', orchestrated, 1980

==References==
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==Sources==
*Printed sheet music of 1st trombone part
*{{cite book | first = Peter J. | last = Levinson | title = Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way: a Biography | location = Cambridge, MA | publisher = Da Capo Press | year = 2005 | isbn = 978-0-306-81111-1 }}
*Robert L. Stockdale, ''Tommy Dorsey: On the Side'' (Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1995) ISBN 978-0-8108-2951-0
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