I've Heard That Song Before

The song that made Cahn and Styne a household name. Written for the 1942 film Youth on Parade, Harry James and Helen Forrest’s recording became the biggest hit of 1943, selling over a million copies and earning Cahn his first Academy Award nomination. The lyric’s clever conceit — a melody that feels familiar, like a memory of love — is one of Cahn’s most elegant ideas.

Sinatra’s 1961 recording confirmed its status as a standard, but it’s the original Harry James version that remains one of the great recordings of the swing era.