My Funny Valentine
| "My Funny Valentine" | |
|---|---|
| Original artist | Mitzi Green |
| Originally released | 1937-04-14 |
| Popularized by | Ruth Gaylor with Hal McIntyre (1945), Frank Sinatra (1954), Chet Baker (1954), Ella Fitzgerald (1956), Julie London (1981, Sharky's Machine↗ film) |
| Note | Mitzi Green first performed it in the musical Babes in Arms↗, but there's no recording known of that |
| Research the song | |
| Wikipedia | song↗, artist↗ |
| song↗, lyrics↗, artist↗ | |
| YouTube | song↗, lyrics↗, song + Mitzi Green↗, song + AJ↗ |
| JazzStandards | song↗ |
"My Funny Valentine" is a 1937 song written by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical Babes in Arms↗. It has become a widely performed jazz standard.[1]scope: entire paragraph
Angelina first sang the song a cappella during an interview for the German TV station RTL in October 2014. She performed later in 2014-11-10 (at the Orcla Growth Awards (a company event) and in 2015-06-23 at the 14th annual Hagekonsert på Aksept in Oslo, Norway. She then posted performances on Instagram on the Valentine's days of 2016 (as a livestream) and 2022 (as a music video). Her (as of early 2026) last known public performance of the song was in the second concert in Las Vegas on leap day 2024.
Original performances
Mitzi Green sang it in the musical Babes in Arms↗ starting on 1937-04-14, but there's no recording known from her.
Performances by other artists
Hal McIntyre (with vocal by Ruth Gaylor) (1945)
This recording was the first one which charted, in 1945:
- My Funny Valentine↗ (2:59) – Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra - Topic
Frank Sinatra (1954)
- My Funny Valentine (Remastered 1998)↗ (2:31) – Frank Sinatra
Chet Baker (1954)
- My Funny Valentine↗ (2:16) – Chet Baker
Ella Fitzgerald (1956)
- My Funny Valentine↗ (3:52) – Ella Fitzgerald
Julie London (1981)
Julie London performed it for the Sharky's Machine↗ film in 1981:
- My Funny Valentine - Julie London↗ (2:43) – Daily Jazz Curation
Michelle Pfeiffer (1989)
Michelle Pfeiffer performed it in the The Fabulous Baker Boys↗ movie in 1989:
- My Funny Valentine (From "Fabulous Baker Boys" Soundtrack)↗ (3:02) – Dave Grusin - Topic
Alice Fredenham (2013)
Anglina might have seen Alice Fredenham's popular audition from Britains Got Talent of 2013 on YouTube:
- Alice Fredenham singing 'My Funny Valentine' - Week 1 Auditions↗ (8:31) – Britain's Got Talent
Performances by Angelina
TV Interview on RTL (German, 2014)
- Interview on RTL (2014-10-06 - recording)
- [1]↗(fragment)
Orkla Growth Awards (2014)
- Orkla Growth Awards (2014-11-10 - rehearsal)
Hagekonsert på Aksept (2015)
- Hagekonsert på Aksept (2015-06-23 - live)
Instagram livestream (2016)
- Instagram Live Stream (2016-02-14 - live)
Instagram music video (2022)
- My Funny Valentine, music video (2022 - recording)
Las Vegas concert (2024)
- Las Vegas 2024, 9:30pm (2024-02-29 - live)
References
- ↑ My Funny Valentine↗. Wikipedia. Accessed 2025-10-23.
