I’ve Got Five Dollars

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PROFILE
Composer Richard Rodgers
Lyricist Lorenz Hart
Year Written 1931
About I’ve Got Five Dollars
“I’ve Got Five Dollars” was written for the 1931 musical America’s Sweetheart, where it was introduced by Ann Sothern (who was still using her given name of Harriette Lake) and Jack Whiting. Notable recordings include those by Ella Fitzgerald, Jeri Southern, and Tony Bennett.

Lyrics

I’ve got five dollars
I’m in good conditions
and I’ve got ambition
that belongs to you.
Six shirts and collars
debts beyond endurance
on my life insurance
that belongs to you!
I’ve got a heart
that must be spurtin’!
Just be certain that I’ll be true
Take my five dollars!
Take my shirts and collars!
Take my heart that hollers
’Cause everything I’ve got belongs to you!

Well, I’ve got two lips that care for mating
therefore waiting
will not do!
Take my five dollars!
Take my coats and collars!
Take my heart that hollers
’Cause everything I’ve got belongs to you!

Session / Album Information

1973

“I’ve Got Five Dollars” was recorded in July 1973 and was released in 1977 on Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart.

I"ve Got Five Dollars

Listen to I"ve Got Five Dollars 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: 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: PRO-CJ-0081-2 — The Complete Improv Recordings Sampler
  • 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
2011: Concord CRE-32955-02 – The Best of the Improv Recordings

I’m Through With Love

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PROFILE
Composers Fud Livingston, Matty Melneck
Lyricist Gus Kahn
Year Written 1931
About I’m Through With Love
“I’m Through With Love” was written in 1931 by Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck and Gus Kahn. The song has been popular since it was written, with recording by Nat Cole, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Sarah Vaughan, among many recordings. Marilyn Monroe sang the song in the 1959 film Some Like It Hot.

Lyrics

I have given you my true love
But you love a new love
What I am supposed to do now
With you now, you’re through now.
You’ll be on your merry way
And there’s only this to say.

I’m through with love, I’ll never fall again
Said adieu to love, don’t ever call again
For I must have you or no one
And so I’m through with love

I’ve locked my heart, I’ll keep my feelings there
I have stopped my heart with icy frigid air
And I need to care for no one
And so I’m through with love

Why did you lead me to think you could care
You didn’t need me for you had your share
Of slaves around you to hand you and swear
With deep emotion, devotion to you

Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me
It can never bring the things that used to be
For I must have you or no one
And so I’m through with love

Session / Album Information

1959

I’m Through With Love was recorded on October 28, 1959 and released in 1961 on the album Tony Sings For Two. It was arranged by Ralph Sharon.

I"m Thru With Love

Listen to I"m Thru With Love on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1961

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
  • 1969: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9891 — Love Story: 20 All-Time Great Recordings
  • 1971:  CBS LP 12″: 66297 — Love Songs (UK)
  • 1987: CBS LP 12″: 4504651 — Jazz (UK)
  • 1987: Columbia LP 12″: C2 40424 — Jazz
  • 1987:  Columbia CD: CGK 40424 — Jazz
  • 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

I Don’t Know Why

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PROFILE
Composer Fred Ahlert
Lyricist Roy Turk
Year Written 1931
About I Don’t Know Why
This lovely song relates the lover who can’t begin to explain why he loves her, but love her he does indeed. The song was introduced by Russ Columbo and was made popular by the Wayne King Orchestra.

Lyrics

All day long you’re asking me what I see in you
All day long I’m answering, but what good does it do?
I have nothing to explain
I just love you, love you
And I’ll tell you once again
I don’t know why I love you like I do
I don’t know why, I just do
I don’t know why you thrill me like you do
I don’t know why, you just do
You never seem to want my romancing
The only time you hold me is when we’re dancing
I don’t know why I love you like I do
I don’t know why, I just do

Session / Album Information

1967

“I Don’t Know Why” was recorded on January 12, 1967 and released that year on the album Tony Makes It Happen! It was arranged by Marion Evans.

I Don"t Know Why (I Just Do)

Listen to I Don"t Know Why (I Just Do) on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1967

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]
  • 2011: Disc #34 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK33) Tony Makes It Happen!

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

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PROFILE
Composers Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt
Lyricist Gus Kahn
Year Written 1931
About Dream A Little Dream of Me
“Dream A Little Dream of Me” was first recorded in 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and also by Wayne King and His Orchestra, The song has remained popular over the decades, with recordings by Kate Smith, Frankie Laine, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Shore, Doris Day and even The Mamas and The Papas, with Mama Cass. Louis Armstrong first recorded the song in 1950.

Lyrics

Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper, “I love you”
Birds singin’ in the sycamore trees
Dream a little dream of me, yes

Say nighty-night and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you’ll miss me
While I’m alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me, yeah

Stars fading but I linger on dear
Still craving your kiss
I’m longin’ to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this, yes

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me, yeah

Yes, stars fading but I linger on dear
Still craving your kiss
I’m longin’ to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this, yes

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me
Yes, dream a little dream of me

Session / Album Information

2002

“Dream A Little Dream Of Me,” a duet with k.d. lang, was recorded in March 2002 and released that same year on Tony Bennett & k.d. lang: A Wonderful World. Vocal arrangements were by Rob Mathes. The album was orchestrated and conducted by Peter Matz, with musical direction and arrangements by Lee Musiker.

Dream a Little Dream of Me

Listen to Dream a Little Dream of Me on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett, k.d. lang · 2002

This recording released on:

  • 2002: RPM/Columbia CD: CK 86734 — Tony Bennett & k.d. lang: A Wonderful World
  • 2011: Disc #68 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK66) Tony Bennett & k.d. lang: A Wonderful World

Dancing In The Dark

Dancing in the Dark
PROFILE
Composer Arthur Schwarz
Lyricist Howard Dietz
Year Written 1931
ABOUT Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark was written for the 1931 revue The Band Wagon and is widely considered to be the finest of the songs written by Schwartz and Dietz. Alec Wilder in American Popular Song describes it as “… a very strong song with a superb, poetic lyric.”

Lyrics

Dancing in the dark ’til the tune ends
We’re dancing in the dark and it soon ends
We’re waltzing in a wonder of why we’re here
Time hurries by, we’re here and gone

Looking for the light of a new love
To brighten up the night
I have you love and we can face the music together
Dancing in the dark

Looking for the light of a new love
To brighten up the night
I have you love and we can face the music together
Dancing in the dark

Session / Album Information

1961

Dancing In The Dark was recorded on April 6, 1961 and released in 1961 on the album My Heart Sings. It was arranged by Ralph Burns.

Dancing in the Dark

Listen to Dancing in the Dark 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)
  • 1987: CBS LP 12″: 4504651 — Jazz (UK)
  • 1987:  Columbia LP 12″: C2 40424 — Jazz
  • 1987: Columbia CD: CGK 40424 — Jazz
  • 1990: CBS/Sony CD: CSCS-5245 — My Heart Sings [Japan]
  • 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
  • 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 #20 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK20) My Heart Sings

1993

“Dancing in the Dark” was recorded in July 1993 and was released that year on Steppin’ Out. It was arranged by Tony Bennett and Ralph Sharon.

Dancing In the Dark

Listen to Dancing In the Dark on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1993

This recording released on:

  • 1993: Columbia CD: CK 57424 — Steppin’ Out
  • 2011: Disc #59 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK58) Steppin’ Out

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