<P> "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II . </P> <P> The song was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939) and was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart . It appeared in the film Broadway Rhythm (1944) and was performed during the opening credit for the romantic comedy A Letter for Evie (1945). </P> <P> "All the Things You Are" ranked in the top five of the Record Buying Guide of Billboard, a pre-retail listing which surveyed primarily the jukebox industry . Recordings by Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, and Frankie Masters helped popularize the song . </P>

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