How About You
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Burton Lane |
| Lyricist | Ralph Freed |
| Year Written | 1941 |
| ABOUT How About You? | |
| “How About You?” was written for the 1941 movie Babes On Broadway, starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. It has been recorded by Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby, and Shirley Bassey. | |
Lyrics
I like New York in June, how about you?
I like a Gershwin tune, how about you?
I love a fireside when a storm is due.
I like potato chips, moonlight motor trips, how about you?
I’m mad about good books, can’t get my fill
And Franklin Roosevelt’s looks give me a thrill
Holding hands in the movie show, when all the lights are low
May not be new, but I like it, how about you?
Session / Album Information
1962
“How About You” (part of a duet with “April In Paris”) was recorded live at Tony Bennett’s concert at Carnegie Hall on June 9, 1962, but was not released until 1997 on the album Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall: Complete Concert. Ralph Sharon arranged the song.
This recording released on:
- 1997: Columbia CD: C2K 64609 — At Carnegie Hall June 9, 1962: Complete Concert
- 2011: Disc #25 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK24) Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall