It was introduced in the tryouts of their 1930 Broadway musical Simple Simon, but was dropped before the show's New York opening.
Despite its inauspicious beginning, the song has become a jazz standard, and has been recorded by such artists as Eileen Farrell, Natalie Cole, Barry Galbraith, Chet Baker, Thad Jones, Nina Simone, Shirley Horn, Chris Connor, Jeri Southern (When Your Heart's on Fire (1957))[1] and Carmen McRae (Book of Ballads (1958)).
Australian singer Renée Geyer recorded the song on her album Difficult Woman in 1994.
This song, sung by Bob Shane, is featured in The Kingston Trio album called Something Special released in 1962 with orchestral accompaniment which was unusual for the group.
[4] This song was also recently released by Bob Shane, of the Kingston Trio, on his new album "The World Needs a Melody".