David Jacobs collection with Matt.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:28 pm

L&H, who recorded "If It's the Last Thing I Do" - as the song is very familiar to me, but I cannot think of where I have heard it from. Was it from a film soundtrack

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:48 pm

Robert, I don't know if this is the same song, but I found Dinah Washington and Thelma Houston have both recorded a song called "If It's The Last Thing I Do".
Marian

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:50 pm

Yes, Marian, I knew that JJ sang the "Bingo" line--I cannot at the moment remember who else included that line--or even if it was included in the original lyrics.

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:57 pm

I found these lines as the original Miles Davis lyrics..

Once I laughed when I heard you saying
That I'd be playing solitaire
Uneasy in my easy chair
It never entered my mind.

And once you told me I was mistaken
That I'd awaken with the sun
And ordered orange juice for one.
It never entered my mind.

You had what I lack, myself
Now I even have to scratch my back myself.

Once you warned me that if you scorned me,
I'd say the maiden's prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again.
It never entered my mind.

It never entered my mind.

No bingo!

Marian

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:03 am

Robert , Sammy Davies Jnr also recorded the song with the Buddy Rich Orchestra.
I only mentioned "It Never Entered My Mind " in case there was the probability that may be the one you were thinking of.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:56 am

Hi Marian--yes those are the words most often heard--did Jack put the "Bingo" line in himself, I wonder??

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:23 pm

Well JJ was living here for several years, so he might have been influenced by the popularity of bingo at the time!
Marian

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:05 am

I listened to David Jacobs to hear I'll Take Romance, but I totally missed the Frank Sinatra song. I've never heard that song title before. Not that I'm the authority on standards, but it's certainly not a standard in the US.

I want to listen again anyway as I almost fell over with the compliments bestowed on Steve Wright's afternoon programme. I find Steve Wright's programme to be unlistenable, as he talks over every song and sometimes he even plays off Radio 1's playlist, 95% of which doesn't belong on Radio 2. I was shocked when he played Kanye West the other day.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:56 pm

I now know how I know the song If It's the Last Thing I Do so very well

I have the song on one of my Frances Langford CD's, the superb quality album "So Many Memories" - Frances recorded the song written by Saul Chaplin and Sammy Cahn on 16th September 1937 - Frances sing's it so beautifully. I knew I knew the song so very well, but I just couldn't remember where from

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:58 am

I am listening to David Jacobs again. If It's The Last Thing I Do is a very nice song.

The selection I really love is Percy Faith's I've Told Every Little Star. What a beautiful Jerome Kern melody with a lovely, lush arrangement by the great Percy Faith.

Now it's Mariana's favourite I'll Take Romance.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:38 am

David actually mentioned Eleanor Powell (and Fred Astaire) at the top of his programme tonight, when talking about the Broadway Melody of 1940

waiting to see if Matt has a song on the show

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:56 am

No......................................................

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:45 am

I heard that last night--could not help but think of you , Robert--wondering if you were listening in !

Alan Brown · Post by **Alan Brown** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:08 pm

Hi, if i may come in here on the song If Its The Last Thing I Do, the finest version of this song without a doubt is the Vic Damone version which was recorded on the10th of April in Hollywood 1961 with the Johnny Williams orchestra. It was released on the Columbia record label. All the Best Alan Brown

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:32 pm

I may beg to differ on that Alan, being a Frances Langford fan