The Nearness of You

Despite numerous accounts to the contrary, the song was never scheduled for and does not appear in the production of the 1938 Paramount film Romance in the Dark.

[1] It is also heard in the later 1940 recording "In the Mood" by the famous Glenn Miller (1904-1944) and His Orchestra, with vocals by singer Ray Eberle (1919-1979),[2] and by many others.

The first big-selling version was recorded on April 28, 1940, by the Glenn Miller Orchestra (1938-1942), with a vocal by Ray Eberle (Bluebird).

16 on the pop charts with this song[8][9] The 1956 Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), and Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), record album of duets, Ella & Louis, included a version of this song with Fitzgerald soloing vocally while Armstrong soloed both vocally and on trumpet.

[10] German musician Marc Secara (born 1976), recorded the song with the Berlin Jazz Orchestra for the recent album You're Everything (2008).