I Happen to Like New York

The song has become a standard of the Great American Songbook, with recordings by many different artists, among them:

• British-born singer Dorothy Carless closes her album Mixed Emotions (1956).[2]
• Judy Garland recorded the song for her 1962 album The Garland Touch,[3]
• Caterina Valente recorded the song as the title track of her 1964 album.[4]
• In 1973, Bobby Short included it on the album Live at the Café Carlyle[5]
• The song opens the 1987 Liza Minnelli live album At Carnegie Hall.[6]
• John Barrowman on Swings Cole Porter (2004)[7]

• The Bobby Short recording was used in the 1993 film Manhattan Murder Mystery.[8]

• List of 1930s jazz standards
• List of songs about New York City