Robert Waltrip "Bobby" Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) was an American cabaret singer and pianist, best known for his interpretations of songs by popular composers of the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.
Duke University | Duke Ellington | Duke | Duke of Wellington | Mount Vernon | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Duke of York | Duke of Norfolk | Duke of Edinburgh | Duke of Burgundy | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | J. Vernon McGee | George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham | Vernon | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | Duke of Northumberland | Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester | Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany | George Duke | Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond | Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans | Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset | Philippe II, Duke of Orléans | John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony | Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster | Vernon, British Columbia | George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle | Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg | Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba |
Beginning in 1936, he wrote lyrics for a number of revues, melodramas and burlesques in collaboration with composers, Richard Lewine, Hoagy Carmichael and Vernon Duke.
# "Medley: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)/I Can't Get Started/My Funny Valentine/Misty" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman/Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke/Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers/Errol Garner) - 14:03 Bonus track on CD reissue