Exactly Like You (song)

"Exactly Like You" is a popular song, with music written by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and published in 1930. The song was introduced by Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence in the 1930 Broadway show Lew Leslie's International Revue which also featured McHugh and Fields's "On the Sunny Side of the Street".

Recorded versions

• Gene Ammons
• Louis Armstrong (1930)
• Svend Asmussen
• Tony Bennett
• Acker Bilk
• Don Byas (Helen Humes, vocal)
• Cab Calloway (1945)
• Elsie Carlisle
• Nat King Cole (1949)
• John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette (1957)
• Eddie Condon (1944)
• Sam Cooke
• Count Basie (1936)
• Bing Crosby (1944)
• Bob Crosby
• Cass Daley
• Vic Damone
• Tommy Dorsey
• Duane Eddy (1963)
• Ruth Etting (1930)

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Aretha Franklin (on the album "The Electrifying Aretha Franklin", 1962)
• Red Garland (1958)
• Erroll Garner (1954)
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Benny Goodman Trio (vocal: Lionel Hampton) (1936)
• Glen Gray Orchestra (1930)
• Coleman Hawkins
• Ted Heath
• Woody Herman
• Earl Hines
• Hot Club of Cowtown
• Harry James
• Etta Jones & Houston Person (1980)
• Diana Krall (2006)
• Frankie Laine
• Sam Lanin Orchestra (vocal: Smith Ballew) (1930)
• Carmen McRae (1954)
• Ramsey Lewis (1961)

• Willie Nelson
• Anita O'Day (1975)
• Patti Page (1949)
• Oscar Peterson
• Duffy Power
• Louis Prima (1950)
• Rebirth Brass Band
• Sue Raney - Songs for A Raney Day (2010)
• Don Redman Orchestra (1937)
• Django Reinhardt
• Harry Richman (1930)
• Duke Robillard (1987)
• Nina Simone (on the 1959 album Nina Simone at Town Hall)
• Frank Sinatra
• Kay Starr (1969)
• Mel Tormé
• Doris Troy (1970)
• Sarah Vaughan (1954)
• Andy Williams (1963)

The song was featured in the opening credits of the 1982 black comedy film Eating Raoul. It was famously performed by Tom Jones on The Morecambe and Wise Show in 1971, with Eric and Ernie as backing singers ("Yeah Yeah Yeah!").

See also

• List of 1930s jazz standards