You Took Advantage of Me

You Took Advantage of Me
PROFILE
Composer Richard Rodgers
Lyricist Lorenz Hart
Year Written 1928
About You Took Advantage of Me
“You Took Advantage of Me” was written for the 1928 musical Present Arms. The song quickly found itself a popular standard, and has been recorded many times, including those by Bing Crosby with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, Anita O’Day, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.

Lyrics

I’m a sentimental sap, that’s all.
What’s the use of trying not to fall?
I have no will,
You’ve made your kill
‘Cause you took advantage of me!
I’m just like an apple on a bough
And you’re gonna shake me down somehow.
So what’s the use,
You’ve cooked my goose
‘Cause you took advantage of me!

I’m so hot and bothered that I don’t know
My elbow from my ear.
I suffer something awful each time you go
And much worse when you’re near.

Here am I with all my bridges burned,
Just a babe in arms where you’re concerned,
So lock the doors
And call me yours
‘Cause you took advantage of me.

Session / Album Information

1961

You Took Advantage of Me was recorded on April 4, 1961 and released in 1961 on the album My Heart Sings. It was arranged by Ralph Burns.

You Took Advantage of Me

Listen to You Took Advantage of Me on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1961

This recording released on:

  • 1961: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8458 — My Heart Sings
  • 1961: Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1658 — My Heart Sings
  • 1961: Philips LP 12″ (Mono): BBL 7495 — My Heart Sings (UK)
  • 1990: CBS/Sony CD: CSCS-5245 — My Heart Sings [Japan]
  • 1990: Columbia House Music Collection CD: C21/22 7971 — The Great American Composers: Rodgers & Hart
  • 2011: Disc #20 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK20) My Heart Sings

1973

“You Took Advantage Of Me” was recorded in July 1973 and was released in 1977 on Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart.

You Took Advantage Of Me

Listen to You Took Advantage Of Me on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 2004

This recording released on:

  • 1977: Improv LP 12″: 7120 — Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart
  • Disky CD: BX 883552 — As Time Goes By
  • 1990: King CD: KICP-2046 — The Rodgers and Hart Songbook [Japan]
  • 1991: DRG CD: CDXP 2102 — The Rodgers And Hart Songbook
  • 1991: Improv LP 12″: DARC2-2102 — The Rodgers And Hart Songbook
  • 2000: Horatio Nelson CD: HNRCD9001 — The Essential Tony Bennett (UK)
  • 2002: Recall CD: RECA 353 — Have You Met Miss Jones? [UK]
  • 2004: Concord CD: CCD4-2255 — The Complete Improv Recordings
  • 2005: Concord CD: 2243 — Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook
  • 2006: Universal CD: 3122432 — Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook (UK)
  • 2011: Disc #51 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK50) Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers and Hart

Sweet Lorraine

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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.

Sweet Lorraine

Tony Bennett · If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set · Song · 1965

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
An alternate version of “Sweet Lorraine” was recorded at the same session, but was not released until 2011 with the Tony Bennett Complete Collection box set.

Sweet Lorraine

Tony Bennett · Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 1 · Song · 2012

This recording released on:

  • 2011: Disc #1 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK1) Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 1

She’s Funny That Way

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PROFILE
Composer Neil Moret
Lyricist Richard Whiting
Year Written 1928
About She’s Funny That Way
This charming song is sung from the point of view of the young lover who is kind of amazed that the woman he loves seems to love him, in spite of his faults.

Lyrics

I’m not much to look at
nothing to see
I’m just glad I’m living
and lucky to be
I’ve got a woman who’s crazy ‘bout me
She’s funny that way

I can’t save a dollar
I ain’t worth a cent
She doesn’t holler
She’d live in a tent
I’ve got that woman crazy ‘bout me
She’s funny that way

Though she loves to work
And slave for me everyday
She’d be so much better off
If I went away
But why should I leave her?
Why should I go?
She’d be unhappy without me I know
I’ve got a woman who’s crazy ‘bout me
She’s funny that way

Session / Album Information

1967

“She’s Funny That Way” was recorded on January 18, 1967 and released that year on the album Tony Makes It Happen! It was arranged by Marion Evans.

This recording released on:

  • 1967: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9453 — Tony Makes It Happen!
  • 1967: Columbia LP 12″: CL 2653 — Tony Makes It Happen!
  • 1967: CBS LP 12″: SPBG 63055 — Tony Makes It Happen! [UK]
  • 1973: Embassy LP 12″: EMB 31002 — Trolley Song
  • 1973: Columbia LP 12″: C 32239 — Sunrise, Sunset
  • 2011: Disc #34 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK33) Tony Makes It Happen!
  • 2011: Disc #48 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK47) Sunrise, Sunset

1996

“She’s Funny That Way” was recorded in June 1996 and released in 1997 on the album Tony Bennett On Holiday. It was arranged by Jorge Calandrelli.

She"s Funny That Way (I Got a Woman Crazy for Me)

Listen to She"s Funny That Way (I Got a Woman Crazy for Me) on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1997

This recording released on:

  • 1997: Columbia CD: CK 67774 — On Holiday
  • 2007: Sony Music CD: 715320 — Tony Bennett Sings the Ultimate American Songbook, Vol. 1
  • 2011: Disc #63 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK61) On Holiday

Roses Of Yesterday

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PROFILE
Composer and Lyricist Irving Berlin
Year Written 1928
About Roses of Yesterday
“Roses of Yesterday” was originally titled “Roses,” and did not appear to be written for a production. It was recorded in 1928 by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians (Victor 21676).

Lyrics

Roses of yesterday
Faded and thrown away
Love is a pale bouquet
Of yesterday’s roses

Roses were once in bloom
Here in my lonely room
Now there’s a faint perfume
Of yesterday’s roses

Roses of crimson red
Faded when love was dead
Quickly the summer fled
And winter discloses

That it was not to be
And all that’s left for me
Is a sweet memory
Of yesterday’s roses

Session / Album Information

1952

“Roses of Yesterday” was recorded on April 30, 1952 and released as single that year. It was arranged by Percy Faith.

Roses Of Yesterday

Listen to Roses Of Yesterday on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 2011

This recording released on:

  • 1952: Columbia 78: 39815
  • 1952: Columbia 45: 4-39815
  • 1994: Columbia House Music Collection CD: 2C2 8386 — The Great American Composers: Irving Berlin, Vol. 2
  • 2004: Sepia Records CD: SEPIA 1028 — The Young Tony Bennett
  • 2007: Proper CD: PROPERBOX 121 — Young Tony
  • 2011: Disc #4 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK4) The Columbia Singles, Volume 2

Ramona

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PROFILE
Composer Mabel Wayne
Lyricist L. Wolfe Gilbert
Year Written 1928
About Ramona
“Ramona” was written as the theme song for the 1928 adventure-romance film of the same name. It is noteworthy in that it was the first motion picture theme song written. The song as use again in a 1936 remake. In 1928, it was recorded by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and featured Bix Biederbecke on cornet.

Lyrics

Ramona, I hear the mission bells above
Ramona , they’re ringing out our song of love
I press you, caress you
And bless the day you taught me to care
I’ll always remember
The rambling rose you wear in your hair

Ramona, when the day is done you’ll hear me call
Ramona, we’ll meet beside the waterfall
I dread the dawn
When I awake to find you gone
Ramona, I need you, my own

Session / Album Information

1960

“Ramona” was recorded on October 13, 1960 and released that year as a single. It was arranged by Glenn Osser.

Ramona

Tony Bennett · The Columbia Singles, Vol. 6 · Song · 2011

This recording released on:

  • 1960: Columbia 45: 4-41874
  • 1960: Philips 45: PB 1122
  • 2011: Disc #8 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK8) The Columbia Singles, Vol. 6

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