Don't Blame Me is a 1932 jazz standard with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. It was introduced in the 1932 revue Clowns in Clover and published in 1933. The tune quickly became popular that year with recordings by Ethel Waters, Guy Lombardo, and Charles Agnew. Over the decades it has been recorded by many artists, including Nat King Cole whose 1948 version reached No 21, Perry Como, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bing Crosby and Johnnie Ray. The song inspired notable rock era remakes, with the Everly Brothers turning it into a ballad that reached No 20 in 1961 and Frank Ifield turning it into an up-tempo hit that reached No 8 in the UK in 1964 (US peak No 128). It remains a staple of 1930s jazz standards and even features in the 1982 film Shoot the Moon.
