Everything Happens to Me is a 1940 pop standard - composed by Matt Dennis (music) and Tom Adair (lyrics). It was written in 1940 and first recorded in February 1941 by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Frank Sinatra on lead vocals, notable for its unusual emphasis on Sinatra’s singing with no trombone solo by Dorsey. The song quickly charted and became a lasting part of the pop and jazz standards repertoire. Sinatra later re-recorded it with the Hollywood String Quartet for his 1957 album Close to You. Over the years it has been covered by many artists across jazz and pop, including Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Julie London, Gerry Mulligan, Branford Marsalis, and Pat Metheny.
