Just Friends
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | John Klenner |
| Lyricist | Sam M. Lewis |
| Year Written | 1931 |
| About Just Friends | |
| “Just Friends” has been a popular jazz standard , including vocal versions by Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Parker and Chet Baker. The song, both the music as well as the lyrics, seem more modern than most songs written in the early 1930s and for that reason has received interesting jazz treatments and found itself quite at home with bebop stylings. | |
Lyrics
Just friends, lovers no more
Just friends but not like before
To think of what we’ve been
And not to kiss again
Seems like pretending
It isn’t the ending
Two friends drifting apart
Two friends but one broken heart
We loved, we laughed, we cried
Suddenly love died
The story ended
But we’re just friends
Two friends drifting apart
Two friends but one broken heart
We loved, we laughed, we cried
Suddenly love died
The story ended
But we’re just friends
Session / Album Information
1959
This song was recorded on October 28, 1959 and released in 1961 on the album Tony Sings For Two. It was arranged by Ralph Sharon.
This recording released on:
- 1961: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8242 — Tony Sings For Two
- 1961: Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1446 — Tony Sings For Two
- 1961: Philips LP 12″ (Mono): BBL 7479 — Tony Sings For Two
- 1995: Sony Music CD: SMSP A 8242 — Tony Sings For Two
- 2006: RPM/Columbia/Legacy CD: 82876 87234 — Tony Sings For Two
- 2011: Disc #19 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK19) Tony Sings For Two
1964
“Just Friends” was recorded on October 15, 1964. It features Herbie Hancock (piano), Stan Getz (tenor sax), Ron Carter (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums).
This recording released on:
- CBS LP 12″: 32276 — Tony Bennett, Stan Getz & Friends
- 1987: CBS LP 12″: 4504651 — Jazz (UK)
- 1987: Columbia LP 12″: C2 40424 — Jazz
- 1987: Columbia CD: CGK 40424 — Jazz
- 2011: Disc #1 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK1) Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 1