Candy

"Candy" is a 1944 song by Alex Kramer, Mack David and Joan Whitney, a hit for Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford and later a jazz standard. This page has the Candy chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose for a singer or a horn.

Who wrote "Candy"

Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney, a married songwriting team, wrote the song with the lyricist Mack David. It was published in 1944. Johnny Mercer's recording with Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers was a number one hit in 1945, and the song stayed popular with singers and jazz players.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Johnny Mercer, with Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers (1945) — the hit recording.
• Lee Morgan, Candy (Blue Note, recorded 1957–58) — a quartet album with the trumpeter in a lyrical mood, with this as the title tune.