Maybe September
1965



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1966 Joseph E. Levine- Paramount Pictures film The Oscar, starring Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett, Edie Adams, Ernest Borgnine, Ed Begley, Walter Brennan, Broderick Crawford, Edith Head and Hedda Hopper.
  • The dreamers and the schemers...the hustlers and the hopefuls...the free-loaders and the phonies...the fakers and the famous...all fighting for the highest possible award.



Recording History
Monty Alexander, The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays the Songs of Tony Bennett, Chesky Records, 2008
Tony Andriacchi, At Long Last, Major Tone Records, 2006
Tony Bennett, The Great American Composers, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Columbia House, #8651
John Bunch, Tony's Tunes: The John Bunch Trio with Bucky Pizzarelli and Jay Leonhart, Chiaroscuro Records, 2003
Bill Evans and Tony Bennett, Together Again
Tommy Flanagan, Alone Too Long +4, 1977
Scott Hamilton, Scott Hamilton Plays Ballads, Concord Jazz, 1989
The Herb Geller Quartet, The Herb Geller Quartet, V.S.O.P. Records, 1993
Helena Hollins
Shirley Horn, May The Music Never End, Verve Records
Earl Klugh, Earl Klugh Trio, Vol. 2: Sounds and Visions, Warner Bros. Records, 1993
Renee Lee, Maple Groove
Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith, Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes, Verve, 1966
Ken Peplowski, Maple Groove, Justin TIme Records, 2003
Jackie Ryan, This Heart of Mine, OpenArt Records
Hans Solomon, Midnight Lady
Sound Scape Big Band Jazz, Maybe September, Koala Records, 2002
Grant Stewart and Peter Bernstein and Peter Washington and Phil Stewart, Around the Corner, Sharp Nine Records, 2010
Joe Williams and The Robert Farnon Orchestra, Here's To Life
John Williams, JFK Music from the Original Motion Picture, Elektra Entertainment, 1992
Lyrics
Maybe September I’ll love again;
Maybe a rainbow
Will catch me then.
This little boy [girl] lost
Will find his [her] way once more,
Just like before. 

When lips were tender
The shade of a willow
Where love was born;
A face on a pillow
In early morning
I still see that golden world
In all its splendor.
Maybe September
Love will come again!

A taller tree, a sweeter lark,
A bluer morning sky above;
And maybe come September
I’ll share these wonders
With my love.

Maybe September I’ll love again;
Maybe a rainbow
Will catch me then.
This little boy [girl] lost
Will find his [her] way once more,
Just like before.

A taller tree, a sweeter lark,
A bluer morning sky above;
And maybe come September
I’ll share these wonders
With my love.

MAYBE SEPTEMBER Written for the Joseph E. Levine-Paramount Pictures film The Oscar, Joseph E. Levine Music Corp., 1966. Music by Percy Faith, Words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (Special Picture Release)