All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
| PROFILE | |
| Composers | Walter Jurmann, Bronislaw Kaper |
| Lyricist | Gus Kahn |
| Year Written | 1937 |
| About All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm | |
| This song was written for the vocalist Ivie Anderson to sing in the 1937 Marx Brothers movie A Day at the Races. Miss Anderson recorded the song that year, as did Judy Garland, Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw. Though not often heard, the song had great popularity as a jazz standard, with recordings by Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton and Jimmy Rushing, among others. | |
Lyrics
Chillun’, listen here to me
This is my philosophy
To see me through the day
To scare my cares away
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
All God’s Chillun got swing
Maybe haven’t got money
Maybe haven’t got shoes
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
For to push away the blues
Yeah !
All God’s Chillun got trouble
Trouble don’t mean a thing
When they start to go ho ho ho de ho
Troubles bound to go ‘way, say!
All God’s Chillun Got Swing.
Session / Album Information
1998
“All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm” was recorded in June 1998 and released that same year on the album The Playground.
This recording released on:
- 1998: Columbia CD: CK 69380 —The Playground
- 2011: Disc #64 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK62) The Playground