By Myself (1937 song)

"By Myself" is a 1937 jazz standard. It was written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz.

The song was first sung by Jack Buchanan in the show "Between the Devil" (1937) and was a musical number in the 1953 musical comedy film, The Band Wagon.

Notable recordings

 * Mabel Mercer – Songs by Mabel Mercer, Vol. 2 (1953)
 * Barbara Carroll Trio – Lullabies in Rhythm (1954)
 * Lee Wiley and Ellis Larkins – Duologue: Lee Wiley Sings Rogers & Hart; Ellis Larkins Plays Piano Solos (1954)
 * Art Farmer – Farmer's Market (1956)
 * Patty McGovern – ''Wednesday's Child (1956), arranged by Thomas Talbert
 * Helen Merrill – Dream of You (1956), arranged by Gil Evans
 * Sammy Davis Jr. – Sammy Swings (1957)
 * Judy Garland – Alone (1957), arranged by Gordon Jenkins; I Could Go On Singing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1963)
 * Gogi Grant – Granted It's Gogi (1957), arranged by Johnny Mandel
 * Jerry Lewis – Jerry Lewis Just Sings (1957), arranged by Buddy Bregman
 * Johnny Mathis – Warm (1957), arranged by Percy Faith
 * Ruth Price – The Party's Over (1957)
 * Freddie Redd – San Francisco Suite (1957)
 * Mal Waldron – Mal/3: Sounds (1958)
 * Tony Bennett – Hometown, My Town (1959), arranged by Ralph Burns; Steppin' Out (1993)
 * Carmen McRae – Book of Ballads (1959), arranged by Frank Hunter
 * Teresa Brewer – Ridin' High (1960), arranged by Jerry Fielding
 * Shirley Scott – Hip Soul (1961)
 * Fred Astaire – Three Evenings with Fred Astaire (1962), arranged by David Rose
 * Shelley Manne and Jack Marshall – Sounds Unheard Of (1962)
 * Lena Horne – Lena Like Latin (1963), arranged by Shorty Rogers
 * Doc Severinsen – Torch Songs for Trumpet (1963)
 * Jack Jones – Where Love Has Gone (1964)
 * Julie London – In Person at the Americana (1964), arranged by Don Bagley
 * Esther Ofarim - Is it really me? (1965), arranged and produced by Bobby Scott
 * Don Shirley – Water Boy (1965)
 * Ann-Margret - Songs from The Swinger (And Other Swingin' Songs) (1966)
 * Cher – Bittersweet White Light (1973)
 * Dave McKenna – By Myself (1976), "Dancing in the Dark" and Other Music of Arthur Schwartz (1986), and Fresh Air in Concert (1990)
 * Shirley Horn – A Lazy Afternoon (1978)
 * Roger Kellaway – Say That Again (1978)
 * James Williams – Flying Colors (1978)
 * Cal Collins – By Myself (1980)
 * Johnny Hartman – Once in Every Life (1981)
 * Maxine Sullivan – Maxine Sullivan With the Ike Isaacs Quintet (1981); On Tour With the Allegheny Jazz Quartet: Starring Maxine Sullivan (1984); Uptown (1985, with the Scott Hamilton Quintet)
 * Buddy De Franco and Oscar Peterson – Hark: Buddy De Franco Meets the Oscar Peterson Quartet (1985), with Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
 * Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass – Easy Living (1986)
 * Barney Kessel – Red, Hot and Blues (1988)
 * Joe Pass – Blues for Fred (1988)
 * Junior Cook – On a Misty Night (1990)
 * Trudy Desmond – Tailor Made (1992), arranged by Roger Kellaway
 * Stephanie Nakasian – Bitter Sweet (1992)
 * Lou Levy – By Myself (1995)
 * Gary Lemel – Moonlighting (1999), arranged by Roger Kellaway
 * Paul Smoker – Standard Deviations (1999)
 * Stacey Kent – Let Yourself Go (1999)
 * Claudia Schmidt – I Thought About You: A Jazz Collection (2001)
 * Cleo Laine – Quality Time (2002), arranged by John Dankworth
 * Susie Arioli – Learn to Smile Again (2005)
 * Herb Geller – Herb Geller Plays the Arthur Schwartz Songbook (2005)
 * Stevie Holland – More Than Words Can Say (2006)
 * Meredith D'Ambrosio – By Myself (2012)
 * Cecile McLorin Salvant – The Window (2018)