Solitaire
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | King Guion |
| Lyricists | Renee Borek, Carl Nutter |
| Year Written | 1951 |
| About Solitaire | |
| Solitaire has been recorded by Tony Bennett and Dean Martin. | |
Lyrics
Since you’re gone I spend each lonely night
Dealing out the cards from left to right
And the queen of hearts is there to remind me
That I’m all alone just playing solitaire
Love was just another game for two
I see now, that’s all it meant to you
And my heart got lost somewhere in the shuffle
Now, I’m all alone just playing solitaire
In each romance there’s an element of chance
A gamble to win or to lose
You play to win, then you find you’re playing
In a game with no rules, just made for fools
Now the joker has the laugh on me
‘Cause I played my hand so carelessly
And until you want to share that old feeling
I’ll be dealing time away with solitaire
And until you want to share that old feeling
I’ll be dealing time away with solitaire
Session / Album Information
1951
“Solitaire” was recorded on July 17, 1951 and was released in September of that same year. The song was arranged by Percy Faith.
This recording released on:
- 1951: Columbia 78: 39555
- 1951: Columbia 45: 4-39555
- 1959: Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1292 — Blue Velvet
- 1972: CBS LP 12″: 70115 — The Last Picture Show – Soundtrack
- 1993: Columbia CD: CK 53571 — The Essence Of Tony Bennett
- 2005: ASV/Living Era CD: 5512 — Take My Hand…
- 2007: Proper CD: PROPERBOX 121 — Young Tony
- 2008: Impact CD: 11105 — Purely (2008)
- 2011: Disc #3 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK3) The Columbia Singles, Vol. 1