It Never Entered My Mind Explained

"It Never Entered My Mind" is a show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Higher and Higher, where it was introduced by Shirley Ross.

Notable recordings

• Frank Sinatra – Frankly Sentimental (1949) Originally recorded November 5, 1947,^[1] In the Wee Small Hours (1955), She Shot Me Down (1981)
• Patty Andrews (with Gordon Jenkins and orchestra) (1951)
• Julie London – Julie Is Her Name (1955)
• Miles Davis – Miles Davis, Volume 3 (Blue Note 1954) & Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige 1956)
• Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
• Bud Powell – Bud Powell's Moods (1956)
• Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster – Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
• Stan Getz – Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
• Jeri Southern – Southern Hospitality (1958)
• Stan Getz – Jazz Giants '58
• Sarah Vaughan – (1958)
• Chet Baker – Chet (1959)
• Barbara Cook – Barbara Cook Sings "From the Heart" (1959)
• Joni James – 100 Strings and Joni (1959)
• Stan Getz – Cool Velvet: Stan Getz and Strings (1960)
• Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)^[2]
• Chris Connor – Double Exposure with Maynard Ferguson (1961), Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years (2000)
• June Christy – The Intimate Miss Christy (1963)
• Rosemary Clooney – Love (1963)
• Johnny Hartman – The Voice That Is!! (1964)
• Jack Jones – Where Love Has Gone (1964)
• Oscar Peterson – Another Day (1972)
• Jackie McLean with the Great Jazz Trio – New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
• Keith Jarrett Trio – Standards (1983)
• Larry Coryell – Comin' Home (1984)^[3]
• Beegie Adair – Centennial Composers Collection (2003)
• Mark Murphy – Once to Every Heart (2005)
• Hugh Masekela – Almost Like Being in Jazz (2005)^[4]
• Anthony Braxton Quartet – Standards (Brussels) 2006 (2008)
• Chris Botti – Italia (2007)^[5]

Popular culture

• The Miles Davis recording was used in the movies:
• Runaway Bride (1999)
• Lenny Bruce biopic Lenny (1974).

Fargo season 04 end creditsWas used in Better Call Saul.

Notes and References

1. Web site: It Never Entered My Mind. 25 October 2010.
2. Web site: www.allmusic.com. www.allmusic.com. July 3, 2024.
3. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r137088|pure_url=yes}} Comin' Home overview]. Allmusic.com.
4. Web site: Hugh Masekela – Almost Like Being In Jazz. Discogs. discogs.com. 24 October 2017.
5. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1187619|pure_url=yes}} Italia overview]. Allmusic.com.