He Was Too Good to Me
Despite its inauspicious beginning , the song has become a jazz standard , and has been recorded by such artists as Eileen Farrell , Natalie Cole , Barry Galbraith , Chet Baker , Thad Jones , Nina Simone , Shirley Horn , Chris Connor , Jeri Southern ( "When Your Heart's on Fire" ( 1957 ) ) and Carmen McRae ( "Book of Ballads" ( 1958 ) ) . 
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