After a reader sent in this clip of She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel taking on the indelible tune “Tonight You Belong to Me” tonight, it recalled the many endearing ukulele-backed covers of Billy Rose and Lee David’s 1926 duet to reach these ears of late (e.g. Eddie Vedder with Cat Power’s Chan Marshall, Fiona Apple with Jon Brion, Steve Martin with Bernadette Peters). Apropos of nothing, let’s revisit the lot below:
Eddie Vedder w/ Régine Chassagne
Zooey Deschanel & Ben Schwartz
Eddie Vedder & Cat Power from Ukulele Songs
Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters in The Jerk
Fiona Apple & Jon Brion