Everything Happens to Me (song)

"Everything Happens to Me" (1940) is a pop standard written by Tom Adair and Matt Dennis. It was first recorded by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra. Unusually, the song focused on Sinatra's vocal, with no trombone solo by Dorsey. Years later, Sinatra rerecorded the song with the Hollywood String Quartet; this version was featured on his 1957 album Close to You.

Notable versions

• Chet Baker - (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
• Rosemary Clooney
• Nat King Cole
• Bill Evans
• Ella Fitzgerald with the Frank De Vol orchestra - Hello, Love (1959)
• Erroll Garner
• Stan Getz
• Billie Holiday recorded the song with Her Orchestra in New York City on February 14, 1955. Her orchestra consisted of Charlie Shavers on trumpet, Tony Scott on clarinet, Budd Johnson on tenor saxophone, Carl Drinkard on piano, Billy Bauer on guitar, Leonard Gaskin on bass, and Cozy Cole on drums.
• Stan Kenton - Stompin' At Newport (1957)
• Branford Marsalis - Bloomington (1991)
• Mina - 12 (American Songbook) (2012)
• Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
• Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker with Strings (1949)
• Art Pepper
• Sonny Rollins (1965)
• Neil Sedaka
• Frank Sinatra - Close to You (1957)