I've Had My Moments is a jazz and Great American Songbook standard written with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn, dating from the early 1930s. The tune was first recorded in 1934 by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with vocal by George Beuler, and it appeared in a 1934 theatrical release starring Eddie Quillan and June Clyde. It quickly became a swing era favorite with multiple 1934 versions by Eddy Duchin, Lew Stone, and Will Osborne, and even an instrumental take by Django Reinhardt in 1935. The song gained lasting fame with Frank Sinatra’s 1957 vocal version on the album Close to You, recorded in 1956 and produced by Voyle Gilmore with Nelson Riddle conducting the Hollywood String Quartet. The lyrics tell a story of fleeting moments of tenderness and past loves, culminating in the idea that the current love is the one big moment that endures.
