Kander and Ebb performed the song for Nick Vanoff, one of the producers of the show, who liked the song but felt the material needed a singer other than Ballard. The critical and public response to this performance was enthusiastic, with more than 20,000 fan letters coming in for Stewart about her performance.

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First performed by Sandy Stewart in 1962 on the television program The Perry Como Kraft Music Hall, she was one of the first artists to record the work in 1962 when it was released as a single. Kander and Ebb originally wrote the song "My Coloring Book" for Kaye Ballard who was a close friends of the song writing duo.This 1962 version was re-released as a single in March 1965 as part of the "Hall of Fame" series with the 1962 recording of " Happy Days Are Here Again". The producers were not open to having Ballard sing the song because they felt she was a comedian and not a singer who could effectively deliver more serious material. Stewart's single charted in the top 20, and so did another 1962 single version of the song recorded by Kitty Kallen. No less than four single versions of it reached BMW for review last week, and more are reported in the works.

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The King's Singers recorded it for their 1972 album The King's Singers Collection; reissued on the 2005 CD, Colouring Book. Stewart's single of the work, made for Colpix Records, was paired with "I Heard You Cry Last Night" as a b-side. Stewart's version was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female in 1963.Many other artists have recorded and performed the song in succeeding decades, most recently Kristin Chenoweth in 2014. Kallen's single sold very well, and by January 12, 1963, her version and Stewart's version were closely matched on the Billboard Hot 100 with Kallen placing 13th and Stewart placing 14th on the chart.

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Record sales of her single were boosted considerably by several more performances of the song on television, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Merv Griffin Show.The first four singles of "My Coloring Book" were all released simultaneously in the last week of November and first week of December 1962 by singers Sandy Stewart, Kitty Kallen, George Chakiris, and Barbra Streisand. While not originally written for one of their musicals, the song was included in the Off-Broadway musical revue And the World Goes ‘Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb in 1991.