Noel Coward was the quintessential Englishman so it is rather ironic that the singer who is most closely associated with "Mad About The Boy" is the American Jazz singer Dinah Washington.

and Dinah Washington’s “Mad About the Boy.” Renée Zellweger’s performance is the heart of the film, even if she’s a little too twitchy. The story falters a little in character ...

including the lines “I know that quite sincerely/Housman really/Wrote The Shropshire Lad about the boy”, but only the lines sung by Dinah Washington are well-known today. After a trombone ...

Noel Coward was the quintessential Englishman so it is rather ironic that the singer who is most closely associated with "Mad About The Boy" is the American Jazz singer Dinah Washington.