Send In the Clowns (A Little Night Music)

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lyricist and composer:	Stephen Sondheim

publisher:	Fiddleback Music Publishing Co., Inc. Revelation Music Publishing Corp. Rilting Music, Inc. Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) Warner/Chappell Warner/Chappell North America
sub-publisher:	ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/11387 [info]
Wikidata:	Q2704917 [info]

later parody versions:	Duelling Pianos (medley of parodies of Sondheim's and Lloyd Webber's musical hits)
later translated versions:	Bringt mir die Clowns Var är min clown Wo sind die Clowns
part of:	A Little Night Music (musical) (order: 17)
is the basis for:	A Little Night Fughetta In and Out of Love 豪門怨
arrangements:	Send in the Clowns (piano arrangement, “Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano”) Send In the Clowns (for stage band, Barduhn) Send In the Clowns (catch-all for arrangements)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1969-04-22	Send in the Clowns	instrumental	Zoot Sims Quartet	2:30
1973-03-18	Send in the Clowns (original 1973 Broadway cast)		Glynis Johns	3:28
1973-06-22	Send in the Clowns (1973 original studio master)	cover	Frank Sinatra	4:12
1974-04-08	Send in the Clowns	live	Frank Sinatra	5:10
1974-10-07	Send in the Clowns (live, 1974‐10‐07: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA)	live	Frank Sinatra	4:35
1974-10-12	Send in the Clowns	live	Frank Sinatra	5:34
1975-12-03 – 1975-12-05	Send in the Clowns	instrumental	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	5:19
1976-02-05	Send in the Clowns (1976 original studio master)	cover	Frank Sinatra	3:39
1976-02	Send In the Clowns	instrumental	Pat Martino	2:46
1976-05	Send in the Clowns		Millicent Martin	3:34
1977-04	Send in the Clowns	instrumental	Joe Venuti and Dave McKenna	3:04
1978-05-31	Send in the Clowns	live	Sarah Vaughan	6:00
1979-04	Send In The Clowns	instrumental	Paul Smith with Monty Budwig, Frank Capp, Barney Kessel	?:??
1980-07-29 – 1980-07-31	Send in the Clowns	cover and live	Perry Como	?:??
1980 – 1981	Send in the Clowns (live, 1980/81: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)	live	Tom Jones	2:54
1981-01-17	Send in the Clowns (live, 1981-01-17: Bubba’s, Fort Lauderdale, FLA, United States)	live	Carmen McRae	4:43
1981	Selections from “A Little Night Music”: Night Waltz / Send in the Clowns	instrumental	John Williams & Boston Pops Orchestra	8:56
1981	Send in the Clowns (live, 1981: The Tom Jones Show, Vancouver, Canada)	cover and live	Tom Jones	2:38
1981	Send in the Clowns		Sarah Vaughan & The Count Basie Orchestra	6:23
1982-08-20	Send in the Clowns (live, 1982-08-20: Altos de Chavón, La Romana, Dominican Republic)	live	Frank Sinatra	4:11
1982-09	Send in the Crowns	instrumental	The Great Jazz Trio	7:47
1982	Send in the Clowns	cover	Iris Williams	3:02
1983-05-06	The Cry / The Electric Co.	cover, live and partial	U2	6:07
1983-08-14	The Electric Co. (live: 1983-08-14: Phoenix Park Racecourse, Dublin, Ireland)	cover, live and partial	U2	5:22
1983-10	Send in the Clowns	instrumental	Frank Foster Quintet	6:19
1985	Send In the Clowns	cover	Barbra Streisand	4:43
1986-06-06	Send in the Clowns	live	Van Morrison & Chet Baker	3:45
1986-06-06	Send in the Clowns	live	Chet Baker	3:52
1986-06-06	Send in the Clowns	live	Chet Baker	3:54
1986-09-06	Send In the Clowns (live, 1986-09-06: Malibu, CA, USA)	cover and live	Barbra Streisand	5:02
1987-10-24	Send in the Clowns	live	Maria João, Aki Takase	4:21
1989-01-01	Send In the Clowns	instrumental	John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra	2:57
1990-10-12 – 1990-11-05	Send in the Clowns	cover	Carmen McRae	3:51
1993-04-17	Medley: Send In the Clowns / Looks Like We Made It (live, 1993-04-17: Wembley Arena, London, England, UK)	cover, live and medley	Barry Manilow	?:??
1996-03-08 – 1996-03-10	Send in the Clowns	live	Stephen Sondheim	4:01
1997	Send in the Clowns	instrumental	Milt Jackson	7:56
1999-12-31	Send in the Clowns (live, 1999-12-31: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA)	live	Barbra Streisand	3:08
1999-12-31	Send In the Clowns (live, 1999-12-31: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA)	cover and live	Barbra Streisand	3:07
2004-04	Send in the Clowns		Denise Donatelli	4:43
2005-03-19	A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns	live	Stephen Sondheim	4:29
2005-03-19	A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns	live	Stephen Sondheim	2:58
2005-04-14	The Electric Co. (live, 2005‐04‐14: Glendale Arena, Glendale, AZ, USA)	cover, live and partial	U2	6:03
2013-05-02 – 2013-05-05	Send in the Clowns	cover and live	Ann Hampton Callaway	6:25
2014-06-01	Send In the Clowns	instrumental and live	Dick Hyman	7:33
2015-01-20 – 2015-01-21	Love Theme from Candide / Send In the Clowns	instrumental and medley	David Benoit	3:42
2016-09-20 – 2016-09-24	Send In the Clowns		Natalie Dessay, Paris Mozart Orchestra, Claire Gibault	4:32
2017-04-02	Send in the Clowns	live	Nils Landgren & Michael Wollny	5:12
2019-12-31	Send In The Clones	cover and live	Phish	6:55
	A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns		Ruthie Henshall	2:47
	A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns		Toni Lamond, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Guy Noble	4:45
	A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns		Stephen Sondheim	4:24
	A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns		Stephen Sondheim	3:27
	A Little Night Music: Send In the Clowns	instrumental	The London Pops Orchestra	11:44
	Sen in the Clowns		Tom Jones	2:32
	Send in the Clown	cover	Tom Jones	2:25
	Send in the clowns	instrumental	Arve Tellefsen	4:52
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Rosemary Clooney	3:46
	Send in the Clowns		Judy Collins & Don McLean	3:52
	Send in the Clowns		Rosemary Clooney	3:47
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Peters & Lee	?:??
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Seide	4:21
	Send in the Clowns		Stephen Sondheim	?:??
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Unwoman	4:01
	Send in the Clowns	cover	The Simpsons	1:07
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Roger Whittaker	3:49
	Send in the Clowns		Grace Jones	7:36
	Send in the Clowns	instrumental	Acker Bilk	3:03
	Send in the Clowns		Judy Collins	4:00
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Grace Jones	7:33
	Send in the Clowns	live	Roger Whittaker	3:55
	Send in the Clowns		Howard Keel	3:38
	Send in the Clowns		Howard Keel	3:43
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Frank Sinatra	4:12
	Send in the Clowns		Deborah Myers	4:59
	Send in the Clowns		All Angels	4:34
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Ann Burton	4:21
	Send in the Clowns		Karen Akers	3:19
	Send in the Clowns		Stephen Sondheim	4:22
	Send in the Clowns	cover and live	The Peddlers	5:22
	Send in the Clowns		The Stage Door Orchestra	4:01
	Send in the Clowns		Frank Sinatra	4:10
	Send in the Clowns		The Mantovani Orchestra	4:05
	Send in the Clowns	cover and instrumental	[unknown]	2:56
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Peters & Lee	3:51
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Renato Russo	3:43
	Send in the Clowns	cover	The Yale Spizzwinks(?)	?:??
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Mark Kozelek	3:56
	Send in the Clowns		Carmen McRae	4:42
	Send in the Clowns	cover and instrumental	Jordan Rudess	2:50
	Send in the Clowns	instrumental	Marian McPartland	?:??
	Send in the Clowns		Cleo Laine	3:49
	Send in the Clowns		Stephen Sondheim	4:53
	Send in the Clowns		Frank Sinatra	?:??
	Send in the Clowns	cover and instrumental	Silver, Wood & Ivory	6:12
	Send in the Clowns		Michael Ball	4:19
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Angelique Beauvence	4:01
	Send in the Clowns		Mary Carewe, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Arnold	5:08
	Send in the Clowns	cover	Anita O’Day	4:58
	Send in the Clowns	instrumental	London Brass	3:32
	Send in the Clowns		Carmen McRae	4:50
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