"Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Jumbo.
Many popular and jazz artists have recorded the tune, including Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album was named after the song), Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Chet Baker, The Carpenters, Coleman Hawkins, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O'Day, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Johnny Hartman, Grant Green, The Afghan Whigs, The Postal Service (a remix of the Nina Simone version), Joni James, Janis Joplin (although the lyrics on this version were rearranged), Diana Krall and Stacey Kent.
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