Until I Met You
Freddie Green
| PROFILE | |
| Songwriters | Freddie Green, Don Wolfe |
| Year Written | 1956 |
| About Until I Met You | |
| “Until I Met You” was written in 1956 by Freddie Green and Donald E. Wolf. This song is also known as “Corner Pocket.” Freddie Green played rhythm guitar for the Count Basie Orchestra for fifty years. This song has also been recorded by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Sarah Vaughan, among others. | |
Lyrics
I used to be so fancy free,
But really lonesome as could be,
Till one lucky day, you came my way
I never knew what love was all about
Until I met you.
I used to think there’d never be,
A girl who’d ever care for me,
Then, what díya know, you made it so,
I never knew what love was all about,
Until I met you.
When you kissed me,
I felt the season change from winter to spring
When you kissed me,
I lost my reason ’cause I heard the birds sing
I felt like a king
And now I have to rub my eyes
Each time I try to realize
That your love is mine
Ain’t it just fine
I never knew what love was all about
Until I met you
Since I found you,
I feel the entire universe real
I never knew what love was about
Until I met you
I’m the happiest boy ’cause you bring me nothing but joyy
I never knew what love was all about
Until I met you
And now I have to rub my eyes
Each time I try to realize
That your love is mine, ain’t it just fine
I never knew what love was all about
Until I met you.
Session / Album Information
1962
“Until I Met You” was recorded on March 16, 1962 for On The Glory Road, which was to be released in 1962, but was cancelled. This recording was included on the 1963 album I Wanna Be Around. The song was arranged by Ralph Sharon.
This recording released on:
- 1962: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8613 — On The Glory Road (release canceled)
- 1962: Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1813 — On The Glory Road (release canceled)
- 1963: Columbia LP 12″: P 13575 — I Wanna Be Around
- 1963: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8800 — I Wanna Be Around
- 1963: CBS LP 12″: SBPG 62149 — I Wanna Be Around (UK)
- 1963: CBS EP: AGG 320037 — The Good Life (UK)
- 1995: Columbia CD: CK 66504 — I Wanna Be Around
- 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
- 1995: Columbia CD: CK 66504 — I Wanna Be Around
- 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
- 2005: Columbia CD: 94299 — Jazz Moods: Cool
- 2006: RPM/Columbia/Legacy CD: 82876 87234 — I Wanna Be Around
- 2011: Disc #22 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK22) On the Glory Road
- 2011: Disc #26 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK25) I Wanna Be Around