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Firefly

ComposerCy Coleman
LyricistCarolyn Leigh
Year Written1958

About This Song

“Firefly” was written as an audition for the 1959 musical Gypsy; the job went to Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim instead.

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I call her Firefly, ’cause, oh my, she radiates moon glow,
Wants none of that noon glow,
She starts to glitter when the sun goes down ’bout eight P. M.
It’s mayhem. She switches those brights up, lights up and gives me a call: “Hey, take me to the fireflies’ ball!”

But when I get her there, set her there
Do I get to pet her there ’n grab me some glow?
No, she’s a gad about, mad about
Lurin’ ev’ry lad about, while leavin’ me moanin’ low:
“Oh, firefly, why can’t I latch onto you no how?
Oh, how I love ya, but gee,
While you set the night on fire, fly, shine a little light on me!”

Recordings

1958

Tony Bennett recorded “Firefly” on December 20, 1958. Ralph Sharon wrote the arrangement.

CO 61986

Release History

1959Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1294 — In Person! With Count Basie
1959Columbia LP 12″: CS 8104 — In Person! With Count Basie
1959 to current
1959Philips LP 12″: 840059BY — In Person! With Count Basie [UK]
1959Philips LP 12″: BBL 7398/SBBL 542 — In Person! With Count Basie [UK]
1972CBS LP 12″: CBS 68200 — All-Time Greatest Hits [UK]
1972Columbia LP 12″: KG 31494 — All-Time Greatest Hits
1975Columbia LP 12″: KG 33376 — Let’s Fall In Love With
The Songs Of Harold Arlen And Cy Coleman
1976Warwick LP 12″: PR 5021 — The Very Best Of Tony Bennett: 20 Greatest Hits [UK]
1976Warwick/CBS LP 12″: CBS 5021 — The Very Best Of Tony Bennett: 20 Greatest Hits [UK]
1991Columbia CD: C4K 46843 — Forty Years – The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
1993CBS/Sony CD: SRCS-6641 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
1994Columbia CD: CK 64276 — In Person! With Count Basie
1996Columbia House Music Collection CD: C21 8653 — The Great American Composers:
Cy Coleman
1997Columbia CD: CK 65316 — All-Time Greatest Hits
1999Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab CD: UDCD743 — In Person!
2002Columbia/Legacy CD: 86634 — The Essential Tony Bennett
2004Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
2008Columbia/RPM/Legacy CD: 731397 — The Essential Tony Bennett
[Limited Edition 3.0]
2008 Jasmine CD: JASCD482 — Together At Last/A Perfect Combination
2011Columbia: The Complete Collection — Disc 14 — In Person!
2013Columbia — Sixty Years – The Artistry of Tony Bennett
TBDColumbia LP 12″: LE 10125 — In Person! With Count Basie
TBDCBS LP 12″: 35DP159 — In Person! With Count Basie [Japan]
TBDCBS LP 12″: 20AP1418 — In Person! With Count Basie [Japan]
TBDPhilips LP 12″: 840059BY — In Person! With Count Basie [UK]

1962

Tony Bennett recorded “” live on June 9, 1962, at Carnegie Hall. Ralph Sharon wrote the arrangement and conducted the orchestra.

CO 75875

Release History

1962Columbia LP 12″: CS 8705 — At Carnegie Hall – vol.1
1962CBS LP 12″: BPG62116 — At Carnegie Hall – Part 1 (UK)
1962Columbia LP 12″: C2L 23 — Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall
1962Columbia LP 12″: C2S 823 — Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall
1993Sony Music Special Products CD: 15056 — Tony Bennett Sings for You
1995 Sony Music CD: WK 75012 — Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall
1997Columbia C2K 64609 — Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert
2011Columbia: The Complete Collection — Discs 24 and 25 — Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall

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