How Deep Is the Ocean?
"How Deep Is the Ocean " is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1932, and can be heard in the background of the 1933 film The Life of Jimmy Dolan. The song was introduced by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra with vocals by Jack Fulton.
The song was written at a low point in Berlin's professional and personal life, and is among the select few of his numbers that were introduced on the radio rather than on stage or film. The song is a series of questions posed one after another, the only exception being the second line, "I'll tell you no lie."[1]
Notable recordings
| Date | Main recording artist | Featured vocalists (or instrumental) |
Album title, notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Harry James | (Instrumental) | Trumpet After Midnight, Columbia CL-553 |
| 1955 | Jackie Gleason | (Instrumental) | Jackie Gleason Presents Lonesome Echo, 10 inch that reached No. 1 in the Billboard 200 chart |
| 1960 | Miss Toni Fisher | Toni Fisher | "How Deep Is the Ocean", released only as single A-side |
| 1962 | Al Hirt | (Instrumental) | Trumpet and Strings with arrangements by Marty Paich. The album peaked #96 in the Billboard 200 chart.[2] |
| 1990 | Franck Amsallem | (Instrumental) | "Out A Day" recorded with Gary Peacock and Bill Stewart |
See also
References
- ^ Wilson, Jeremy. "How Deep Is the Ocean? (How High Is the Sky?)". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Al Hirt, Trumpet and Strings Retrieved April 8, 2013.
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