I'll Be Around

I'll Be Around

Composer

Alec Wilder

Lyricist

Alec Wilder

Published

1955

Album

In the Wee Small Hours (1955)

Artist

Frank Sinatra

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Release

1955

Recording

March 4, 1955

Royalties

Audio

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"I'll Be Around" is a song featured in Frank Sinatra's 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours.

History

"I'll Be Around" was written by Alec Wilder in 1942. In an interview with Jay Nordlinger, Wilder claimed that the song came to him while in a taxi cab during his time in Baltimore. After some time, he formulated the melody of the song which only took 20 minutes to perform. However, Wilder stated the lyric for the song took much longer to write.

Releases

Studio recordings

• In the Wee Small Hours (1955)

Reissues

• Concepts (1992)
• The Capitol Years (1998)

Lyrics

I'll be around,
No matter how
You treat me now
I'll be around from now on.

Your latest love
Can never last,
And when its past,
I'll be around when he's gone


Good-bye old friend,
And if you find a love like mine
Just now and then,
Drop me a line to say that you're fine

And when things go wrong
Perhaps you'll see
You're meant for me
So I'll be around when he's gone.

Good-bye old friend,
And if you find a love like mine
Just now and then,
Drop me a line to say that you're fine

And when things go wrong
Perhaps you'll see
You're meant for me
So I'll be around when he's gone.

Other artists

Other artists that have recorded "I'll Be Around."

Chaka Khan Jackie Allen Mildred Bailey Tony Bennett Brook Benton Eve Boswell Ruby Braff Les Brown and his Band of Renown Cab Calloway and his orchestra Diahann Carroll Don Cherry Randy Crawford Vic Damone Bobby Darin Doris Day Eileen Farrell Tiziana Ghiglioni Eydie Gorme Al Hibbler Billie Holiday Lena Horne Engelbert Humperdinck Frank Ifield Harry James and Helen Ward Salena Jones Rebecca Kilgore Cleo Laine and Dudley Moore Peggy Lee Gloria Lynne Marian McPartland Helen Merrill Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band Mitch Miller, Percy Faith Orchestra, and Chorus The Mills Brothers Red Norvo and his orchestra Jackie Paris Tony Pastor and his orchestra Arthur Prysock Linda Purl Johnnie Ray George Shearing Don Shirley Dinah Shore Carly Simon Carol Sloane Johnny Smith Hank Thompson The Three Sounds Mel Tormé Sarah Vaughan Marlene VerPlanck Dinah Washington Jackie Wilson