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Released on Riverside, also Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk), Waltz for Debby (Cannonball Adderley) and Monk’s Mood (Thelonious Monk)
Written by Hugh Martin, also Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland), The Trolley Song (Judy Garland) and The Boy Next Door (Judy Garland)
Part of It’s Magic, also Just for Me, Little Niles and Music, Maestro, Please
Written by Ralph Blane, also Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland), The Trolley Song (Judy Garland) and The Boy Next Door (Judy Garland)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Hugh Martin wrote 13 songs on fono
Ralph Blane wrote 12 songs on fono
Hugh Martin’s most frequent co-writer is Ralph Blane (11 songs together)
Hugh Martin first appears on fono in 1944, 14 years before this song
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
- Performed by
- Abbey Lincoln, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Jerome Richardson, Jo Jones, Kenny Dorham, Paul Chambers and Wynton Kelly
- Part of
- It’s Magic
- Released on
- Riverside
- Written by
- Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
- Performed by
- Abbey Lincoln, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Jerome Richardson, Jo Jones, Kenny Dorham, Paul Chambers and Wynton Kelly
- Part of
- It’s Magic
- Released on
- Riverside
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Hugh Martin
Same label: Riverside
Same release: It’s Magic
Same writer: Hugh Martin
Same label: Riverside
Same release: It’s Magic
Same writer: Hugh Martin
Same label: Riverside
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was performed by Abbey Lincoln
An Occasional Man was performed by Abbey Lincoln
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was performed by Benny Golson
An Occasional Man was performed by Benny Golson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was performed by Curtis Fuller
An Occasional Man was performed by Curtis Fuller
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was performed by Jerome Richardson
An Occasional Man was performed by Jerome Richardson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was performed by Jo Jones
An Occasional Man was performed by Jo Jones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was performed by Kenny Dorham
An Occasional Man was performed by Kenny Dorham
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was performed by Paul Chambers
An Occasional Man was performed by Paul Chambers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was performed by Wynton Kelly
An Occasional Man was performed by Wynton Kelly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was written by Hugh Martin
An Occasional Man was written by Hugh Martin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was written by Ralph Blane
An Occasional Man was written by Ralph Blane
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz An Occasional Man is part of the release It’s Magic
An Occasional Man is part of the release It’s Magic
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Riverside is the label of the song An Occasional Man
Riverside is the label of the song An Occasional Man
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz An Occasional Man was released on 1958