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It's Easy To Remember chords & key

Richard Rodgers

Key
E♭ major
Form
AABA
Bars
32
Groove
Ballad
Time signature
4/4

“It's Easy To Remember” is a jazz standard by Richard Rodgers. Most bands play it in E♭ major, ballad; the tune runs 32 bars in AABA form. Harmonically it contains 11 major ii–V–I cadences and 1 minor ii–V–i, uses 14 different chords and moves between the key centres E♭ major, A♭ major, F minor and F♯ major. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

A
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7C7
Fm7B♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
D♭7
Cm7F7Fm7B♭7
1.
Gm7C7
2.
E♭6
B
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7Fm7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭m7D♭7
G♭maj7
Cm7F7
B♭7
A
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7C7
Fm7B♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
D♭7
Cm7F7Fm7B♭7
E♭6

Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.

Harmonic analysis

11Major ii–V–I
1Minor ii–V–i
20ii–V moves
3Tritone substitutions
1Dominant chains
14Different chords

Most used chords

  • Fm7×10
  • B♭7×10
  • B♭m7×5
  • E♭7×5
  • A♭maj7×5
  • C7×4

Key centres reached by ii–V

E♭ major, A♭ major, F minor and F♯ major

Characteristics

  • AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1948 Pianology
George Shearing · “It's Easy to Remember”
1955 The Divine Sarah
Sarah Vaughan
1955 Shearing...... By Request
George Shearing · “It's Easy to Remember”
1955 Serenade to Laura
Erroll Garner · “It's Easy to Remember”
1957 Close to You
Frank Sinatra · “It's Easy to Remember”
1957 Pretty Baby
Dean Martin · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1957 We Get Letters
Perry Como
1957 Wonderful Sarah
Sarah Vaughan · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1957 ’round Midnight
Hazel Scott · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1958 Lady in Satin
Billie Holiday · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1958 The Talented Touch
Hank Jones · “It's Easy to Remember”
1959 The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal · “It's Easy to Remember”
1960 Maria Cole
Maria Cole, Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra · “It's Easy to Remember”
1963 4 to Go
André Previn, Herb Ellis, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown · “It's Easy to Remember”
1967 Lady
Jack Jones · “It's Easy to Remember”
1967 My Romance: Sadao Plays Ballads
Sadao Watanabe · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1969 Only for Ever
Dean Martin · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1972 In Hollywood
Jack Jones · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1978 Rosie Sings Bing
Rosemary Clooney · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1979 Piano Time
Al Haig · “It's Easy to Remember”
1985 The Rodgers & Hart Songbook
Sarah Vaughan · “It’s Easy to Remember”
1989 The CBS Jazz Piano Collection - Ahmad Jamal, Volume 2: "The Ahmad Jamal Trio"
Ahmad Jamal · “It's Easy to Remember”
1989 Poinciana
Ahmad Jamal · “It's Easy to Remember”
1989 The Elf
Erroll Garner · “It's Easy to Remember”

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • ITS EASY TO REMEMBER BOB KEENE AND HIS ORCHESTRA · Rogers and Hart archive.org ↗
  • It's Easy to Remember Eddie Miller · George Van Eps · Stanley Wrightsman · Rodgers & Hart · 1946 archive.org ↗
  • IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER Marie Greene and Joe Dosh · the V-Disc Merry Men · Charlie Queener ·… · 1946 archive.org ↗
  • IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER Marie Greene and Joe Dosh · V-Disc Merry Men · Charlie Queener · Hy… · 1946 archive.org ↗
  • It's Easy to Remember The Oscar Peterson Trio · Oscar Peterson · Ray Brown · Barney Kessel… · 1954 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
The Joker 44% Lee Morgan E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
One Morning In May 34% Hoagy Carmichael G major AAB · 48 Up-tempo swing
Billy Boy 33% Traditional C major AABA · 56 Medium-up swing
I May Be Wrong 33% Henry Sullivan E♭ major AABC · 32 Medium swing
Sometimes I'm Happy 32% Vincent Youmans F major ABAB · 32 Medium swing
Everything Happens To Me 31% Matt Dennis B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Broadway 30% William-Henri-Woode B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Dexterity 30% Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is It's Easy To Remember in?

It's Easy To Remember is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote It's Easy To Remember?

It's Easy To Remember was written by Richard Rodgers.

What is the form of It's Easy To Remember?

It's Easy To Remember has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is It's Easy To Remember played?

The usual groove is Ballad.

What are the chord changes to It's Easy To Remember?

The opening bars are Fm7 Bb7 | Ebmaj7 C7 | Fm7 Bb7 | Bbm7 Eb7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.