You Couldn't Be Cuter

"You Couldn't Be Cuter" is a 1938 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields.

It was written for the film Joy of Living (1938) where it was introduced by Irene Dunne. That same year the Tommy Dorsey version went to #3 on the music charts. The song is featured in the 1978 Dennis Potter BBC drama series Pennies From Heaven.

Notable recordings

Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band recorded August 12, 1938
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963)
Margaret Whiting - Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1960)
Yo-Yo Ma with Diana Krall - Songs of Joy & Peace (2008)

Dorothy Fields

Song lyrics

"Big Spender"
"Don't Blame Me"
"Exactly Like You"
"A Fine Romance"
"Hooray for Love"
"I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby"
"I'm in the Mood for Love"
"If My Friends Could See Me Now"
"Never Gonna Dance"
"On the Sunny Side of the Street"
"Pick Yourself Up"
"Remind Me"
"The Way You Look Tonight"
"You Couldn't Be Cuter"

Musicals

Books	Let's Face It! (1941) Something for the Boys (1943) Mexican Hayride (1944) Up in Central Park (1945) Annie Get Your Gun (1946) Arms and the Girl (1950) By the Beautiful Sea (1954) Redhead (1959)

Lyrics	Blackbirds of 1928 (1928) Hello, Daddy (1928) Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929) The International Review (1930) The Vanderbilt Revue (1930) Shoot the Works (1931) Singin' the Blues (1931) Stars in Your Eyes (1939) Up in Central Park (1945) Arms and the Girl (1950) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951) By the Beautiful Sea (1954) Redhead (1959) Sweet Charity (1966) Seesaw (1973) Shirley MacLaine (1976) Sugar Babies (1979)

Music	The International Review (1930) The Vanderbilt Revue (1930)

Family

Lew Fields (father)
Herbert Fields (brother)
Joseph Fields (brother)

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