1. The Early Recordings (1927-1934) 7CD 2. The Early Forties Recordings (1940-1942) 6CD 3. The Complete mid-forties Recordings (1944-1946) 3CD 4. The All-Star Sessions and The Seattle Concert (1952)1CD 5. The Three Sacred Concerts (1965/1968/1973) 3CD 6. The Last Recordings (1966-1973) 4CD .... ....
I never cared much for moonlit skies I never wink back at fireflies But now that the stars are in your eyes I'm beginning to see the light I never went in for afterglow Or candlelight on the mistletoe But now when you turn the lamp down low I'm beginning to see the light Used to ramble through the park Shadowboxing in the dark Then you came and caused a spark That's a four-alarm fire now I never made love by lantern-shine I never saw rainbows in my wine But now that your lips are burning mine I'm beginning to see the light
Three little words, oh what I'd give for that wonderful phrase, To hear those three little words that's all I'd live for the rest of my days. And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely. No other words can tell it half so clearly. Three little words, eight little letters which simply mean I love you.
Three little words, oh what I'd give for that wonderful phrase, To hear those three little words that's all I'd live for the rest of my days. And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely. No other words can tell it half so clearly. Three little words, eight little letters which simply mean I love you.
Ev'ry night in dream I hold you close in my arms, Your dream caress brings happiness, How I fear the break of day that takes you away, Hear my plea, come to me, I'm lonely. Come out of my dream, come into my arms, For I'm so in love with you, You're with me till dawn, But then you are gone, I?m lonely the whole day thru, Each night I pray that with the sunrise, I'll find I'm looking into your eyes, Come out of my dreams, come into my arms, For I'm so in love with you. Come out of my dream, come into my arms, For I'm so in love with you, You're with me till dawn, But then you are gone, I?m lonely the whole day thru, Each night I pray that with the sunrise, I'll find I'm looking into your eyes, Come out of my dreams, come into my arms, For I'm so in love with you.
You ain't been blue; no, no, no. You ain't been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Always get that mood indigo, Since my baby said goodbye. In the evenin' when lights are low, I'm so lonesome I could cry.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me, I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be. When I get that mood indigo, I could lay me down and die.
Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeahShes a different lady with a different style She stands tall and ready like the Eiffel Tower She is hip to politics, but loves her jazz Shes got lots of rhythm, shes got lots of class Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeahOh, huhShe wears knee-length dresses with her high-high steppers Shes not no back stabber, but shes sure a pleaser She talks quiet and gentle, she acts very cool She sticks close to her lover, she obeys Gods rule (Whoa)Sophisticated lady (Sophisticated lady, yeah) Sophisticated lady (Oh) Sophisticated lady (Thats her name, thats her name) Sophisticated lady (Whoa, whoa) Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, whoa, oh... Whoa...oh...oh...oh...Shes the kind of person that youd like to meet Cause shes always smilin and shes always neat She can start a fire in the coldest man Shes a hip slick sister known throughout the land, ohSophisticated lady (Thats her name) Sophisticated lady (Sophisticated lady) Oh, well, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo Hoo, thats her name, yeahSophisticated lady (Lady, lady) Sophisticated lady (Oh) Sophisticated lady (Ah, ah, ah) Sophisticated lady (Ooh, ooh)Sophisticated lady (Ooh) Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady
They say into your early life romance came And this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disilution deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry
They say into your early life romance came And this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disilution deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry
Funny the way I feel now Can't keep my feet on the ground Ev'rything seems unreal now When you're not around: Day Dream why do you haunt me so Deep in a rosy glow the face of my love you show Day Dream I walk along on air building a castle there for me and my love to share. Don't know the time Lordy, I'm in a daze Sun in the sky, while I moon around feeling hazy Day Dream don't break my reverie until I find that she is day dreaming just like me. Day Dream why do you haunt me so Deep in a rosy glow the face of my love you show Day Dream I walk along on air building a castle there for me and my love to share. Don't know the time Lordy, I'm in a daze Sun in the sky, while I moon around feeling hazy Day Dream don't break my reverie until I find that she is day dreaming just like me.
I don't go out walking I ain't for no talking My baby's done left me Just a sittin' and a rockin'
If I had been scheming Instead of just dreaming He'd never have left me Just a sittin' and a rockin'
Sittin all day without holding my baby Makes me so blue and sad If he don't hurry and come back It's a cinch to drive me mad
Now if I don't find him I hope you'll remind him That I'm staying where he left me Just a sittin' and a rockin' All day
Don't go out a walking And I for no talking My baby's done left me Just a sittin' and a rockin' All day
If I had been scheming Instead of just dreaming He'd never have left me Just a sittin' and a rockin'
Sittin all day without holding my baby I miss my lonely papa If he don't hurry and come back It's a cinch to, I'll blow my toppa
Now if I don't find him I hope you'll remind him That I'm staying where he left me Just a sittin' and a rockin' Rockin' and a sittin' Sittin' and a rockin' All day
While other lovers sing your praises in phases deftly lyrical. I'm a cat who's better at a scat song that's satirical In begging for your hand, sweet chick I hope you'll understand this lick. My love to you I bring on account a you can sing Bli-Blip Varthy Flam flam flam Hipideedleada Baaaaaaaaaaimp My love for you in true on account a you can do Bli-Blip Varthy Flam flam flam Hipideedleada Baaaaaaaaaaimp My poor heart gives a start like a Jitter Bug just won't stop Mix your crooning with my spooning and let me blow my top. Your love to me I've sworn on account a mine is your'n Bli-Blip Varthy Flam flam flam Hipideedleada Baaaaaaaaaaimp. My love to you I bring on account a you can sing Bli-Blip Varthy Flam flam flam Hipideedleada Baaaaaaaaaaimp My love for you in true on account a you can do Bli-Blip Varthy Flam flam flam Hipideedleada Baaaaaaaaaaimp My poor heart gives a start like a Jitter Bug just won't stop Mix your crooning with my spooning and let me blow my top. Your love to me I've sworn on account a mine is your'n Bli-Blip Varthy Flam flam flam Hipideedleada Baaaaaaaaaaimp.
My little brown book With the silver binding How it keeps reminding me Of a memory That's haunting me. In some quiet nook I go thru its pages And peruse this ageless tale Of a love that failed To ever become true. On this page is the date Of that fateful night at eight When I found you were no longer in love. After that there's nothing more Just a dark and futile door That shuts out the stars above. In my little book I inscribed your heart vow But since we're apart now This and that last sweet kiss Is all that's left of you Is all that's left of you.
Ain't got the change of a nickel Ain't got no bounce in my shoes Ain't go no fancy to tickle I ain't got nothing but the blues Ain't got no coffee that's perking Ain't got no winnings to lose Ain't got a dream that is working I ain't got nothing but the blues When trumpets flare up I keep my hair up I just can't make it come down Believe me peppie, I can't get happy Since my ever loving baby left town Ain't got no rest in my slumbers Ain't got no feelings to bruise Ain't got no telephone numbers I ain't got nothing but the blues
If you hear a song in blue like a flower crying for dew That was my heart serenading you MY PRELUDE TO A KISS If you hear a song that grows from my tender sentimental woes That was my heart trying to compose A PRELUDE TO A KISS Though it's just a simple melody with nothing fancy, nothing much You could turn it to a symphony - a Schubert tune with a Gershwin touch Oh! How my love song gently cries for the tenderness within your eyes My love is a prelude that never dies A PRELUDE TO A KISS. If you hear a song in blue like a flower crying for dew That was my heart serenading you MY PRELUDE TO A KISS If you hear a song that grows from my tender sentimental woes That was my heart trying to compose A PRELUDE TO A KISS Though it's just a simple melody with nothing fancy, nothing much You could turn it to a symphony - a Schubert tune with a Gershwin touch Oh! How my love song gently cries for the tenderness within your eyes My love is a prelude that never dies A PRELUDE TO A KISS.
You ain't been blue; no, no, no. You ain't been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Always get that mood indigo, Since my baby said goodbye. In the evenin' when lights are low, I'm so lonesome I could cry.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me, I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be. When I get that mood indigo, I could lay me down and die.
In A Sentimental Mood I can see the stars come thru my room While your loving attitude is like a flame that lights the gloom On the wings of ev'ry kiss Drift a melody so strange and sweet In this sentimental bliss you make my Paradise complete Rose pearls seem to fall It's all like a dream to call you mine My heart's lighter thing since you made me this night a thing divine In A Sentimental Mood I'm within a world so heavenly For I never dreamt that you'd be loving sentimental me In A Sentimental Mood I can see the stars come thru my room While your loving attitude is like a flame that lights the gloom On the wings of ev'ry kiss Drift a melody so strange and sweet In this sentimental bliss you make my Paradise complete Rose pearls seem to fall It's all like a dream to call you mine My heart's lighter thing since you made me this night a thing divine In A Sentimental Mood I'm within a world so heavenly For I never dreamt that you'd be loving sentimental me
What good is melody? What good is music? If it aint possessing something sweetNow it aint the melody And it aint the music Theres something else that makes this tune complete, YESIt dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing Well it dont mean a thing all you got to do is singIt makes no difference if its sweet or hot Just give that rhythm ev-ry-thing you got YESIt dont mean a thing if it aint got that swingIt dont mean a thing It dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing boy(Ba ba doo dah doo)I said it dont mean a thing and all you got to do is sing(La la la)Now it makes no difference if its sweet or hot Just give that rhythm ev-ry-thing you got OHH It dont mean a thing boy, if it aint got-a-that-a-swinga(Ba boo ba doo)Show me
They say into your early life romance came And this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disilution deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry
Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeahShes a different lady with a different style She stands tall and ready like the Eiffel Tower She is hip to politics, but loves her jazz Shes got lots of rhythm, shes got lots of class Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeahOh, huhShe wears knee-length dresses with her high-high steppers Shes not no back stabber, but shes sure a pleaser She talks quiet and gentle, she acts very cool She sticks close to her lover, she obeys Gods rule (Whoa)Sophisticated lady (Sophisticated lady, yeah) Sophisticated lady (Oh) Sophisticated lady (Thats her name, thats her name) Sophisticated lady (Whoa, whoa) Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, whoa, oh... Whoa...oh...oh...oh...Shes the kind of person that youd like to meet Cause shes always smilin and shes always neat She can start a fire in the coldest man Shes a hip slick sister known throughout the land, ohSophisticated lady (Thats her name) Sophisticated lady (Sophisticated lady) Oh, well, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo Hoo, thats her name, yeahSophisticated lady (Lady, lady) Sophisticated lady (Oh) Sophisticated lady (Ah, ah, ah) Sophisticated lady (Ooh, ooh)Sophisticated lady (Ooh) Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady
As I walk down the street Seems everyone I meet Gives me a friendly hello. I guess I'm just a lucky so and so
The birds in every tree Are all so neighborly. They sing wherever I go. I guess I'm just a lucky so and so
If you should ask me the amount In my bank account I'd have to confess that I'm slippin' But that don't worry me, confidentially I've got a dream that's a pippin'
And when the day is through Each night I hurry to A home where love waits, I know. I guess I'm just a lucky so and so
And when the day is through Each night I hurry to A home where love waits, I know. I guess I'm just a lucky so and so
They say into your early life romance came And this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disilution deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry
You ain't been blue; no, no, no. You ain't been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Always get that mood indigo, Since my baby said goodbye. In the evenin' when lights are low, I'm so lonesome I could cry.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me, I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be. When I get that mood indigo, I could lay me down and die.
Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeahShes a different lady with a different style She stands tall and ready like the Eiffel Tower She is hip to politics, but loves her jazz Shes got lots of rhythm, shes got lots of class Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeahOh, huhShe wears knee-length dresses with her high-high steppers Shes not no back stabber, but shes sure a pleaser She talks quiet and gentle, she acts very cool She sticks close to her lover, she obeys Gods rule (Whoa)Sophisticated lady (Sophisticated lady, yeah) Sophisticated lady (Oh) Sophisticated lady (Thats her name, thats her name) Sophisticated lady (Whoa, whoa) Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, whoa, oh... Whoa...oh...oh...oh...Shes the kind of person that youd like to meet Cause shes always smilin and shes always neat She can start a fire in the coldest man Shes a hip slick sister known throughout the land, ohSophisticated lady (Thats her name) Sophisticated lady (Sophisticated lady) Oh, well, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo Hoo, thats her name, yeahSophisticated lady (Lady, lady) Sophisticated lady (Oh) Sophisticated lady (Ah, ah, ah) Sophisticated lady (Ooh, ooh)Sophisticated lady (Ooh) Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady
Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't hurt you, not much, Since every one spreads the story With his own little personal touch. Do nothing till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream Is over my head. Do nothing till you hear from me At least consider our romance If you should take the word of others you've heard I haven't a change True I've been seen with someone new But does that mean that I'm untrue? When we're a part the words in my heart Reveal how I feel about you. Some kiss may cloud my memory And other arms may hold a thrill But please do nothing till you hear from me And you never will.
They say into your early life romance came And this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disilution deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry
Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't hurt you, not much, Since every one spreads the story With his own little personal touch. Do nothing till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream Is over my head. Do nothing till you hear from me At least consider our romance If you should take the word of others you've heard I haven't a change True I've been seen with someone new But does that mean that I'm untrue? When we're a part the words in my heart Reveal how I feel about you. Some kiss may cloud my memory And other arms may hold a thrill But please do nothing till you hear from me And you never will.
You ain't been blue; no, no, no. You ain't been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Always get that mood indigo, Since my baby said goodbye. In the evenin' when lights are low, I'm so lonesome I could cry.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me, I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be. When I get that mood indigo, I could lay me down and die.
I let a song go out of my heart It was the sweetest melody I know I lost heaven 'cause you were the songSince you and I have drifted apart Life doesn't mean a thing to me Please come back, sweet music, I know I was wrongAm I too late to make amends? You know that we were meant to be more than just friends, just friendsI let a song go out of my heart Believe me, darlin', when I say I won't know sweet music until you return some dayI let a song go out of my heart Believe me, darlin', when I say I won't know sweet music until you return some day
Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't hurt you, not much, Since every one spreads the story With his own little personal touch. Do nothing till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream Is over my head. Do nothing till you hear from me At least consider our romance If you should take the word of others you've heard I haven't a change True I've been seen with someone new But does that mean that I'm untrue? When we're a part the words in my heart Reveal how I feel about you. Some kiss may cloud my memory And other arms may hold a thrill But please do nothing till you hear from me And you never will.
They say into your early life romance came And this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disilution deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry
Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeahShes a different lady with a different style She stands tall and ready like the Eiffel Tower She is hip to politics, but loves her jazz Shes got lots of rhythm, shes got lots of class Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeahOh, huhShe wears knee-length dresses with her high-high steppers Shes not no back stabber, but shes sure a pleaser She talks quiet and gentle, she acts very cool She sticks close to her lover, she obeys Gods rule (Whoa)Sophisticated lady (Sophisticated lady, yeah) Sophisticated lady (Oh) Sophisticated lady (Thats her name, thats her name) Sophisticated lady (Whoa, whoa) Everybody knows how she got her name, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, whoa, oh... Whoa...oh...oh...oh...Shes the kind of person that youd like to meet Cause shes always smilin and shes always neat She can start a fire in the coldest man Shes a hip slick sister known throughout the land, ohSophisticated lady (Thats her name) Sophisticated lady (Sophisticated lady) Oh, well, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo Hoo, thats her name, yeahSophisticated lady (Lady, lady) Sophisticated lady (Oh) Sophisticated lady (Ah, ah, ah) Sophisticated lady (Ooh, ooh)Sophisticated lady (Ooh) Sophisticated lady Sophisticated lady
Cigarette holder- wich wigs me over her shoulder - she digs me out cattin' - that satin doll Baby shall we go - out skippin' careful amigo - you're flippin' speaks latin - that satin doll She's nobody's fool so I'm playing it cool as can be I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no girl catching me Telephone numbers - well you know doing my rhumbas - with uno and that'n my satin doll.
Funny the way I feel now Can't keep my feet on the ground Ev'rything seems unreal now When you're not around: Day Dream why do you haunt me so Deep in a rosy glow the face of my love you show Day Dream I walk along on air building a castle there for me and my love to share. Don't know the time Lordy, I'm in a daze Sun in the sky, while I moon around feeling hazy Day Dream don't break my reverie until I find that she is day dreaming just like me. Day Dream why do you haunt me so Deep in a rosy glow the face of my love you show Day Dream I walk along on air building a castle there for me and my love to share. Don't know the time Lordy, I'm in a daze Sun in the sky, while I moon around feeling hazy Day Dream don't break my reverie until I find that she is day dreaming just like me.
My little brown book With the silver binding How it keeps reminding me Of a memory That's haunting me. In some quiet nook I go thru its pages And peruse this ageless tale Of a love that failed To ever become true. On this page is the date Of that fateful night at eight When I found you were no longer in love. After that there's nothing more Just a dark and futile door That shuts out the stars above. In my little book I inscribed your heart vow But since we're apart now This and that last sweet kiss Is all that's left of you Is all that's left of you.