September 2013

Walking My Baby Back Home - Johnnie Ray

Walkin' My Baby Back Home

Music written by: Fred E. Ahlert
Lyrics written by: Roy Turk
First release: Walkin' My Baby Back Home by Ed Lloyd & His Band on audio single Walkin' My Baby Back Home (1931)

Walking My Baby Back Home Lyrics

Well, now gee
But it's great after stayin' out late
Walkin' my baby back home
Arm and arm over meadow and farm
Walkin' my baby back home

We go along harmonizing a song
Or I'm reciting a poem
The owls go by and they give me the eye
Walkin' my baby back home

We stop for a while, she gives me a smile
And cuddles her cheek to my chest
We start into pet, and that's when I get
Her powder all over my vest

And just when I try to straighten the tie
She wants to borrow my comb
One kiss and then we continue again
Walkin' my baby back home

Well, gee but it's great after stayin' out late
Walkin' my baby back home
Well, arm and arm over meadow and farm
Walkin' my baby home

Well, we go along singin' a song
I'm recitin' a poem
Well, the owls go by and they give me the eye
Walkin' my baby back home

Walking My Baby Back Home Singers

1. Ed Lloyd & His Band 1931 2. Ted Weems & His Orchestra 1931 3. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1931 4. Nick Lucas 1932 5 Jo Stafford 1946.
6. Johnnie Ray with The Buddy Cole Quartet (billboard hit) 1952.

7. Nat "King" Cole and Billy May And His Orchestra 1952 8. Earl Hines 1958 9. Don Shirley 1958 10. Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra 1965 11. Sammy Davis Jr. 1965 12 New Jordal Swingers 1977 13. Ed Bickert & Don Thompson 1978 14. Lars Roos 1989 15 Walkin' My Baby Home King/Bluiett Trio 1997 16. Martin Lechner 2011
Dean Martin

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Blacksmith Blues - Ella Mae Morse

The Blacksmith Blues

(Jack Holmes)

Blacksmith Blues Lyrics

Down in old Kentucky
Where horseshoes are lucky
There's a village smithy standin' under a chestnut tree
Hear the hammer knockin'
See the anvil rockin'
He sings the boogie blues while he's hammerin' on the shoes
See the hot sparks a-flyin'
Like Fourth of July-in'
He's even got the horses cloppin', pop! down the avenue
Folks love the rhythm
The clang-bangin' rhythm
You'll get a lot o' kicks out of the Blacksmith Blues

Blacksmith Blues Singers

Ella Mae Morse (billboard hit) 1952.
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* Ray Anthony & His Orch. (vocal: Marcie Miller) - 1952 * Ted Heath & His Orch. (vocal: Lita Roza) - 1952 * Johannes Fehring & His Orch.- 1952 * Leon Berry (Instr.) - 1955 * Chuck Higgins & His Orch. (vocal: Johnny Flamingo) - 1957 * Freddy Cannon - 1960 * Ira Ironstrings - 1960 * John Barry & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1962 * Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - 1963.

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I'm Yours - Eddie Fisher

I'm Yours

(Robert Mellin)

I'm Yours Lyrics

I'm yours
Heart and soul I am yours
Can't you see it in my eyes
Can't you hear it in my sighs
I'm yours

I'm yours
Every kiss says I'm yours
Take my lips and take my arms
I'm a victim of your charms
I'm yours

My life and my love, dear
Are yours to command
I stand here before you
My heart in my hand

I'm yours
All the world knows I'm yours
And I only hope and pray
That someday I'll hear you say
I'm yours

I'm Yours Singers

Don Cornell (billboard hit) 1952
Eddie Fisher (billboard hit) 1952.

* The Four Aces - 1952 * Toni Arden - 1952 * David Hughes - 1952 * Les Baxter & His Orch. - 1952 * The Duprees - 1963 * The Flamingos - 1963 * John Gary - 1964.

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Botch-A-Me - Rosemary Clooney

Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)

From the movie "Una Famiglia Impossible"
(Eddie Y. Stanley / Riccardo Morbelli / Luigi Astore)

Botch-A-Me Lyrics

Botch-a-me, I'll-botcha you and ev'rything goes crazy
Bah-bah, botch-a-me, bambino
Bah-bah-bo, bo, boca piccolino
When you kiss me and I'm a-kissa you
Tra la la la la la la la la loo

Bah-bah, botch-a-me, my baby
Bah-bah-bo, bo, just say "Yes" and maybe
If-a you squeeze me and I'm a-squeeza you
Tra la la la la la la la la loo

Bee-oo, bye-oh, bee-oo, boo
Won't you botch-a-, botch-a-me?
Bee-oo, bye-oh, bee-oo, boo
When you botch-a-me, I a-botcha you and ev'rything goes crazy

Bah-bah, botch-a-me, bambino
Bah-bah-bo, bo, boca piccolino
And then we will raise a great big family
Tra la la la la la la la la lee

Botch-a-me, I'll-botcha you and ev'rything goes crazy

Bah-bah, botch-a-me, my baby
Bah-bah-bo, bo, just say "Yes" and maybe
If-a you squeeze me and I'm a-squeeza you
Tra la la la la la la la la loo

Bee-oo, bye-oh, bee-oo, boo
Won't you botch-a, botch-a-me?
Kiss me!!
Bee-oo, bye-oh, bee-oo, boo
When you botch-a-me, I a-botcha you
C'mon a-you, kissa
me, eh?!!

Bah-bah, botch-a-me, bambino
Bah-bah-bo, bo, boca piccolino
And then we will raise a great big family
Tra la la la la la la la la
Bee-oo, bye-oh, bee-oo, boo
Botch-a-me, bambino, botch-a-me

That's nice!!

Botch-A-Me Singers

Rosemary Clooney (billboard hit) 1952.

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Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer

Till I Waltz Again With You

(Sidney Prosen)

Till I Waltz Again with You Lyrics

Till I waltz again with you
Let no other hold your charms
If my dreams should all come true
You'll be waiting for my arms

Till I kiss you once again
Keep my love locked in your heart
Darling, I'll return and then
We will never have to part

Though it may break your heart and mine
The minute when it's time to go
Remember Dear, each word divine
That meant I love you so

Till I waltz again with you
Just the way we are tonight
I will keep my promise true
For you are my guiding light

Till I waltz again with you
Keep my love locked in your heart
Darling, I'll return and then
We will never have to part

My light, my light
I will keep my promise true
Till I waltz again with you

Till I Waltz Again with You Singers

Teresa Brewer (billboard hit 1953) 1952.

* Slim Whitman 1953 * Dick Todd - 1953 * Russ Morgan - 1953 * Ruby Wright - 1953 * Tommy Sosebee - 1953 * The Five Bills - 1953 * The Harmonicats - 1953 * Faron Young 1964 * Jane Morgan - 1965.

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Guy is a Guy - Doris Day

A Guy is a Guy

(Oscar Brand - adapted from the World War 2 soldiers' song, "A Gob Is A Slob", which in turn was based on the 1719 British song "I Went To the Alehouse (A Knave Is A Knave)")

A Guy is a Guy Lyrics

I walked down the street like a good girl should
He followed me down the street like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen and I'll tell you what this fella did to me

I walked to my house like a good girl should
He followed me to my house like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen while I tell you what this fella did to me

I never saw the boy before
So nothin' could be sillier
At closer range his face was strange
But his manner was familiar

So I walked up the stairs like a good girl should
He followed me up the stairs like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen and I'll tell you what this fella did to me

I stepped to my door like a good girl should
He stopped at my door like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen while I tell you what this fella did to me

He asked me for a good-night kiss
I said, "It's still good day"
I would have told him more except
His lips got in the way

So I talked to my ma like a good girl should
And Ma talked to Pa like I knew she would
And they all agreed on a married life for me
The guy is my guy wherever he may be

So I walked down the aisle like a good girl should
He followed me down the aisle like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
And now you've heard the story of what someone did to me

And that's what he did to me

A Guy is a Guy Singers

Doris Day (billboard hit 1952) 1951.

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High Noon - Tex Ritter

High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)

Music written by: Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics written by: Ned Washington

High Noon Lyrics

Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
On this, our weddin' day
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
Wait, wait along

I do not know what fate awaits me
I only know I must be brave
And I must face a man who hates me
Or lie a coward, a craven coward
Or lie a coward in my grave

Oh, to be torn 'twixt love and duty
S'posin' I lose my fair-haired beauty
Look at that big hand move along
Nearin' high noon

He made a vow while in state prison
Vowed it would be my life or his'n
I'm not afraid of death but oh
What will I do if you leave me?

Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
You made that promise as a bride
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
Although you're grievin', don't think of leavin'
Now that I need you by my side

Wait along, wait along
Wait along, wait along

High Noon Singers

1 Tex Ritter 1952.
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2 Frankie Laine (billboard hit) 1952 3 Eddie Fisher 1956 4 Dick Curless 1959 5 The Three Suns September 1960 6 Connie Francis 1961 7 The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1962 8 Duane Eddy 1962 9 Faron Young 1963 10 Walter Brennan 1964 11 The Browns Featuring Jim Edward Brown January 1965 12 Ray Conniff May 1965 13 Henry Mancini 1966 14 Billy Walker 1968 15 Ferrante & Teicher 1968 16 Sleepy LaBeef 1976 17 The Cliffters 1992 18 Nana Mouskouri 1993

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Wish You were Here - Eddie Fisher

Wish You Were Here

From the Broadway musical "Wish You Were Here" (1952)
(Harold Rome)

Wish You were Here Lyrics

They're not making the skies as blue this year
Wish you were here
As blue as they used to when you were near
Wish you were here
And the mornings don't seem as new
Brand-new as they did with you
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Wish you were here

Someone's painting the leaves all wrong this year
Wish you were here
And why did the birds change their song this year
Wish you were here
They're not shining the stars as bright
They've stolen the joy from the night
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Wish you were here

Wish You were Here Singers

Jack Cassidy (Stage Production) - 1952
Eddie Fisher (billboard hit) 1952.

Jane Froman - 1952 * Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (vocal: Kenny Gardner) - 1952 * Bing Crosby - 1952 * Harold Rome - 1956 * Peggy Lee - 1960 * Madeline Eastman - 1991 * Michael Feinstein - 1993.

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I'm Yours - Don Cornell

I'm Yours

(Robert Mellin)

I'm Yours Lyrics

I'm Yours Singers

Don Cornell (billboard hit) 1952
don-cornell

* Eddie Fisher (billboard hit) 1952 * The Four Aces - 1952 * Toni Arden - 1952 * David Hughes - 1952 * Les Baxter & His Orch. - 1952 * The Duprees - 1963 * The Flamingos - 1963 * John Gary - 1964.

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Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs

Kiss of Fire

(A.G. Vilodo / Lester Allen / Robert Hill)
Adapted from the Argentine tango "El Choclo"

Kiss of Fire Lyrics

I touch your lips and all at once the sparks go flying
Those devil lips that know so well the art of lying
And though I see the danger, still the flame grows higher
I know I must surrender to your kiss of fire

Just like a torch, you set the soul within me burning
I must go on, I'm on this road of no returning
And though it burns me and it turns me into ashes
My whole world crashes without your kiss of fire

I can't resist you, what good is there in trying?
What good is there denying you're all that I desire?

Since first I kissed you my heart was yours completely
If I'm a slave, then it's a slave I want to be
Don't pity me, don't pity me

Give me your lips, the lips you only let me borrow
Love me tonight and let the devil take tomorrow
I know that I must have your kiss although it dooms me
Though it consumes me, your kiss of fire

Kiss of Fire Singers

Georgia Gibbs (billboard hit) 1952
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* Tony Martin - 1952 * Toni Arden - 1952 * Billy Eckstine - 1952 * Louis Armstrong - 1952 * Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (vocal: Kenny Gardner) - 1952.

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Slow Poke - Pee Wee King

Slow Poke

It is credited to three writers: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price. Actually Price wrote the song in 1951, as she thought the song described her friend, King, very well. King recorded the song and Stewart did the vocal. Price gave rights to the other two in exchange for publicity, as she felt she knew nothing about the music distribution business. The song did so well commercially that when Price wrote the song "You Belong to Me" the next year, she felt she could do better by ceding partial credit for authorship to King and Stewart than trying to publicize the song herself, so that song as well was credited to King, Stewart, and Price, though Price was the sole author.

Slow Poke Lyrics

You keep me waitin’ till it’s gettin’ aggravatin’,
You’re a slow poke,
I wait n’ worry but you never seem to hurry,
You’re a slow poke,

Time means nothin’ to you, i wait and then,
Late again,
Eight o’clock, nine o’clock,
Quarter to ten,

Why should i linger ev’ry time you snap your finger,
Little slow poke,
Why can’t you hasten when you see the time’s a-wastin’,
You’re a slow poke, dear,

Why should i keep tryin’ to change you,
It’s not the thing to do,
I guess i’ll have to learn
To be a slow poke too!

Slow Poke Singers

Pee Wee King (billboard hit 1951, 1952) 1951
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Eddy Arnold 1956.

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Half as Much - Rosemary Clooney

Half as Much

Words and music by: Curley Williams

Half as Much Lyrics

If you loved me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do

You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you

Half as Much Singers

1. Curley Williams and The Georgia Peach Pickers (First release) November 2, 1951 (Release Date) 2. Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys (billboard hit 1952) August 10, 1951 (Record Date) March 1952 (Release Date)
3. Rosemary Clooney (billboard hit) April 1952.

4. Alma Cogan August 1952 5. Dinah Washington - Jimmy Cobb's Orchestra September 1952 6. George Hamilton IV September 1958 7. Margaret Whiting 1958 8. Roberta Sherwood 1958 9. Connie Francis November 1959 10. Joni James 1959 11. Col Joye and The Joy Boys 1959 12. The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra 1959 13. Kitty Wells March 1960 14. Jack Scott March 1960 15. Lydia and Her Melody Strings April 1960 16. George Jones May 1960 17. Teresa Brewer February 1961 18. Tennessee Ernie Ford May 1, 1961 19. Marty Robbins August 14, 1961 20. Brook Brothers 1961 21. Ray Charles April 1962 22. Patsy Cline August 6, 1962 23. The Anita Kerr Singers 1962 24. Frank Ifield August 1963 25. John Gary October 1963 26. Steve Lawrence 1963 27. The Caravelles 1963 28. Eddy Arnold October 1964 29. Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs 1965 30. Frank Chacksfield's Orchestra and Chorus 1965 31. John Hore 1966 32. Sharon Redd May 1967 33. Charlie Rich May 1967 34. B.J. Thomas 1967 35. The Swingin' Gentry Singers 1967 36. Don Gibson June 1969 37. Jimmy Wakely February 1970 38. Stonewall Jackson October 1971 39. Glen Campbell October 1973 40. Petula Clark 1974 41. Jim Rooney 1975 42. Ray Price 1976 43. Paul Williams 1981 44. Waylon Jennings 1985 45. Conway & Loretta 1987 46. Boxcar Willie 1989 47. Roger Whittaker 1990 48. Eddi Reader 1990 49. Dawn Sears October 15, 1991 50. Emmylou Harris January 1992 51. Cake 1998 52. Larry Butler and Willie Nelson May 2000 53. Julie Lendon 2002 54. Tor 2004 55. Clelia Adams 2005 56. Van Morrison March 7, 2006 57. Cynthia Sayer with Bucky Pizzarelli 2007 58. Patrick Norman [1] February 9, 2010 59. Peggy Lee March 10, 2015.

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Glow Worm - Mills Brothers

Glow-Worm

Adaptation of the 1908 song from the German operetta "Lysistrata"
and the Broadway musical "The Girl Behind the Counter"
(Original words by Lilla Cayley Robinson /
Modern words by Johnny Mercer / Music by Paul Lincke)

Glow Worm Lyrics

Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer
Lead us lest too far we wander
Love's sweet voice is calling yonder
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer
Hey, there don't get dimmer, dimmer
Light the path below, above
And lead us on to love!

(lengthy instrumental interlude)

Glow little glow-worm, fly of fire
Glow like an incandescent wire
Glow for the female of the species
Turn on the AC and the DC
This night could use a little brightnin'
Light up you little ol' bug of lightnin'
When you gotta glow, you gotta glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow

Glow little glow-worm, glow and glimmer
Swim through the sea of night, little swimmer
Thou aeronautical boll weevil
Illuminate yon woods primeval
See how the shadows deep and darken
You and your chick should get to sparkin'
I got a gal that I love so
Glow little glow-worm, glow

Glow little glow-worm, turn the key on
You are equipped with taillight neon
You got a cute vest-pocket *Mazda*
Which you can make both slow and *fazda*
I don't know who you took a shine to
Or who you're out to make a sign to
I got a gal that I love so
Glow little glow-worm, glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow
Glow little glow-worm, glow !!

Glow Worm Singers

The Mills Brothers (billboard hit) 1952

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