"All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.
The song was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939)[1][2] and was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart.[3] It appeared in the film Broadway Rhythm (1944) when it was sung by Ginny Simms,[4] and again in the Kern biopic Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), sung by Tony Martin.[5]
Popular recordings of the song in 1940 were by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal by Jack Leonard), Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (vocal by Helen Forrest) and Frankie Masters and His Orchestra (vocal by Harlan Rogers). [6] The song has been recorded by a plethora of artists.[7]