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"Too Close for Comfort" is a popular song by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, and Larry Holofcener.
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It was written in 1956 as part of the score for the Broadway musical Mr. Wonderful starring Sammy Davis Jr., who released the song as a single on March 3, 1956 on Decca Records prior to the musical's premiere.[1] Several other pop vocalists, such as Eileen Barton, also recorded their own competing versions around this time, as well as other songs from the musical.[2]
- Eydie Gormé - the single charted at No. 39 in the U.S. (1956) and was included on her album Eydie Gormé (1957)[3][4]
- A memorable 1956 duet of the song featured Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams, although the 1958 recordings by Davis and Frank Sinatra are the best-known versions of the song
Other versions include:
- Stan Getz - The Steamer (1956)
- Johnny Mathis - Wonderful, Wonderful (1957)
- Herbie Nichols - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem BCP81 1957)
- Harry James - Harry James and His New Swingin' Band (MGM SE-3778, 1959)
- Plas Johnson - This Must Be the Plas (1959)
- Marty Paich - The Broadway Bit (Warner Bros. Records, 1959)
- Peggy Lee - Pretty Eyes (1960)
- Art Pepper - Intensity (1960)
- Mel Tormé - Swings Shubert Alley (1960)[5]
- Peggy Taylor in an episode of the TV series Peter Gunn (1960)
- Les McCann - Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shampoo (1961)
- Natalie Cole - Take a Look (1993)
- Christian McBride - Gettin' to It (1995)
- Jamie Cullum - Pointless Nostalgic (2002)
- Dianne Reeves for the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack to Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
- Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, featuring Dianne Reeves - The Phat Pack (2006)
- Accent Vocal - Here We Are (2015)
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