| Composer | Gordon Jenkins |
| Lyricist | Tom Adair |
| Year Written | 1948 |
About This Song
“The Skyscraper Blues” was written in 1948 by Tom Adair and Gordon Jenkins for the Broadway revue Along Fifth Avenue, which starred Jackie Gleason and Nancy Walker.
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The Empire State
The RCA
The Chrysler Building so tall
And so grey
When you’re walking down the street
In New York
And you haven’t got a friend in town
Then a funny thing can happen
A funny thing can happen
When you look at all the buildings
All around
A funny thing can happen
A funny thing can happen
If you let those lonely buildings
Get you down
You get the skyscraper blues
The skyscraper blues
You get the feeling
They’re hemming you in
The Empire State
The RCA
The Chrysler Building so tall
And so grey
Recordings
1958
Tony Bennett recorded “The Skyscraper Blues” on November 3, 1958. Ralph Burns wrote the arrangement.
CO 61704
Release History
| 1959 | Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1301 — Hometown, My Town |
| 2011 | Columbia: The Complete Collection — Disc 15 — Hometown, My Town |