Hummin' To Myself
music by sammy fain / lyrics by herb magidson & monty siegel
HUMMIN' TO MYSELF  -  MAE QUESTEL as BETTY BOOP
BETTY BOOP'S BIRTHDAY PARTY    (BETTY BOOP)   1933
Hummin' To Myself is a classic jazz standard written by popular composer Sammy Fain with lyricists Magidson and Monty Siegel. In 1924, Magidson was the first recipient of the Oscar for Best Original Song, and in 1980 he was inducted into the Songwriter Hall of Fame. Sammy Fain was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar nine times. Hummin' To Myself was recorded numerous times in 1932, and it appeared in the the 1933 Fleischer short film Betty Boop's Birthday Party, where it is sung by Mae Questel as Betty Boop. In 2004, popular singer Linda Ronstadt released a critically acclaimed jazz classics album featuring Hummin' To Myself as the album's title track.


SONG
​ONLY
1932

WASHBOARD
RHYTHM
​KINGS
1932

​AMBROSE
1932

JAY
WILBUR
AND HIS
​BAND
1932

CONNEE
​BOSWELL
1932

JOHNNY
HAMP
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA
1932

BEN SELVIN
1932

RUSS
CARLSON
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA
1932

HENRY HALL
BBC DANCE
​ORCHESTRA
1934

CHICK
​BULLOCK
1935

DUNCAN
​WHYTE
​
1935

DUNCAN
​WHYTE
1960

KAY
​STARR
1984

BOULEVARD
OF BROKEN
​DREAMS
19??

NEW
ORLEANS
JAZZ
​VIPERS
1991

THE
CHENILLE
​SISTERS
2000

DAN
HICKS
AND HIS 
​HOT LICKS
2004

LINDA
​RONSTADT
2014

MELISSA
​STYLIANOU
20??
ALEX
​PANGMAN
AND HER
ALLETCATS
2019

PARADISE
CREEK
NEW ORLEANS
JAZZ
​ORCHESTRA
20??

TRINIX
​REMIX
HUMMIN' TO MYSELF
​
I should sing of sweethearts,
Bluebirds and blue skies above,
But how can I sing of sweethearts,
I've got no-one to love!

I've got the words, I've got the tune,
I've even been rehearsin' under the moon!
But I got nobody to hear my song, 
I'm hummin' to myself!

I got the place, I got the time,
I've got a lot of words that rhyme,
But I got nobody to hear my song, 
So I'm hummin' to myself!

(humming)
I guess it just had to be!
(humming)
Won't someone listen to me?

I've got the words, I've got the tune,
I'd like to croon it under the moon!
But I got nobody to hear my song, 
So I'm hummin' to myself!

I've got the words, I've got the tune,
I've been rehearsin' under the moon!
But I got nobody to hear my song, 
So I'm hummin' to myself!

I got the place, I've got the time,
I've got a lot of love words that rhyme,
But I got nobody to hear my song, 
So I'm hummin' to myself!

(humming)
I guess it just had to be!
(humming)
Listen and learn, won't someone listen to me?

I've got the words, I've got the tune,
I'd like to croon it under the moon!
But I got nobody to hear my song, 
So I'm hummin' to myself!

(hummimg)
Humming to myself!
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