"It's Funny to Everyone but Me" is a song with words and music written by Jack Lawrence in 1939. It was recorded by

The Ink Spots The Ink Spots were an American pop vocal group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Their unique musical style presaged the rhythm and blues and rock and roll musical genres, and the subgenre doo-wop. The Ink Spots were widely ac ...

on May 17, 1939. It was also recorded by Frank Sinatra with

Harry James Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947 but shortly after he reorganized ...

& his Orchestra on August 17, 1939. It was one of the songs of Sinatra's developing repertoire. In 1960,

Dinah Shore Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during ...

included it on her album '' Dinah Sings Some Blues with Red''. In 2017,

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

released a version of the song on his album '' Triplicate''. This song should not be confused with another of the same title written by Isham Jones in 1934, with lyric by

Dave Franklin Dave Franklin (September 28, 1895 – February 2, 1970) was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Franklin co-wrote "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which was adopted as the theme song to the '' Looney Tune ...

. Jones recorded it with his orchestra in 1934 but it was not successful.

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;Sources * Frank Sinatra songs {{1930s-song-stub