{"id":5852,"date":"2025-08-02T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/?p=5852"},"modified":"2025-08-02T09:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T13:15:55","slug":"exactly-like-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/exactly-like-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Exactly Like You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exactly Like You\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8xwkcJ0BDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t remember hearing &#8220;Exactly Like You&#8221; before I started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/barnyard-dance\/\">working with Howard Armstrong<\/a>, which is strange, because it was a popular standard recorded by pretty much everybody, from Ruth <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4017 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EW-and-howard-at-jazzfest2-e1537409031703.jpg?resize=300%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/>Etting to Aretha Franklin. 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