Standards · 1938
I Hadn't Anyone Till You chords & key
- Key
- F major
- Form
- ABAC
- Bars
- 32
- Groove
- Medium swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Year
- 1938
“I Hadn't Anyone Till You” is a jazz standard by Ray Noble from 1938. It is usually played in F major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar ABAC form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 3 major ii–V–I cadences and 2 minor ii–V–i, uses 21 different chords and moves between the key centres F major, D minor and G minor. In this atlas it appears on 4 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — F major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- Gm7×8
- D7×8
- C7×7
- Am7×6
- G7×6
- F6×4
Key centres reached by ii–V
F major, D minor and G minor
Characteristics
- ABAC song form
History
"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" is a popular song written by Ray Noble in 1938. It has been recorded by many artists and is regarded as a standard. Tony Martin sang it with the Ray Noble band in 1938, reaching number four in the charts over a period of twelve weeks. A Tommy Dorsey version (with a vocal by Jack Leonard) the same year reached number ten. Alec Wilder wrote of the song, It is a smooth, direct, slightly rhythmic ballad of no great range and unmistakably a song of its time, the late thirties. It makes a move in the second half of the B section (the design is A-B-A-C/A) into the key of A major from the parent key of F major, which adds that dash of color needed in a song of so direct and unpushy a nature. It is a song with both sophistication and a flavor of the past.
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Recorded on these albums
| 1956 | Velvet Mood Billie Holiday |
| 1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph Ella Fitzgerald · “I Hadn’t Anyone Till You” |
| 1962 | Sinatra & Strings Frank Sinatra · “I Hadn't Anyone Til You” |
| 1962 | Lena on the Blue Side Lena Horne |
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| Let's Get Lost 21% | C major |
| Scrapple From The Apple 21% | F major |
| What A Little Moonlight Can Do 20% | G major |
Frequently asked questions
What key is I Hadn't Anyone Till You in?
I Hadn't Anyone Till You is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.
Who wrote I Hadn't Anyone Till You?
I Hadn't Anyone Till You was written by Ray Noble (1938).
What is the form of I Hadn't Anyone Till You?
I Hadn't Anyone Till You has 4 sections (ABAC) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is I Hadn't Anyone Till You played?
The usual groove is Medium swing.
What are the chord changes to I Hadn't Anyone Till You?
The opening bars are Gm7 C7 | Gm7 C7 | F6 Gm7 | Am7 D7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.