Sweet Lorraine
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Cliff Burwell |
| Lyricist | Mitchell Parish |
| Year Written | 1928 |
| About Sweet Lorraine | |
| “Sweet Lorraine” was originally a vaudeville song; the Rudy Valle recording made the song quite popular and a nice, up-tempo jazz number. Nat King Cole had a major hit with this song in 1940. | |
Lyrics
I’ve just found joy
I’m as happy as a baby boy
With another brand new choo-choo toy
When I’m with my sweet Lorraine.
A pair of eyes
That are bluer than the summer skies
When you see her you will realize,
Why I love my sweet Lorraine.
Now when it’s raining I don’t miss the sun
Cuz its in my baby’s smile
And to think that I’m the lucky one,
Who will lead her down the aisle
Each night I pray
That nobody steals her heart away
I can’t wait until that lucky day
When I marry sweet Lorraine.
Session / Album Information
1965
“Sweet Lorraine” was recorded on March 11, 1965 and released in 1965 on the album If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set. It was arranged by Don Costa.
This recording released on:
- 1965: CL 2343 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
- 1965: CS 9143 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
- 1974: Embassy LP 12″: EMB 31058 — If I Ruled the World [UK]
- 1987: CBS LP 12″: 4504651 — Jazz (UK)
- 1987: Columbia LP 12″: C2 40424 — Jazz
- 1987: Columbia CD: CGK 40424 — Jazz
- 1991: Columbia CD: C4K 46843 — Forty Years – The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
- 1993: CBS/Sony CD: SRCS-6641 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
- 1997: CK 65317 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
- 1998: Columbia CD: CK 65049 — This Is Jazz #33
- 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
- 2005: Columbia CD: 94299 — Jazz Moods: Cool
- 2011: Disc #31 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK30) If I Ruled The World: Songs for the Jet Set
This recording released on:
- 2011: Disc #1 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK1) Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 1