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Blues In The Night Blues In The Night, (1941) |
Blues In The Night
1941
Johnny Mercer (w)
Harold Arlen (m)
Blues In The Night
VERSE
My mamma don tol' me
When I was in pigtails
My mamma don tol' me,
Son! A man'll sweet talk and give ya the big eye,
But when the sweet talkin's done
A man is a two-face, a worrisome thing
Who'll leave ya t' sing the blues in the night,
Now the rain's a fallin'
Hear the train a callin', Whooee,
My mamma don tol' me
Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' cross the trestle, whooee,
My mamma don tol' me
A whoo-ee-duh-whoo-ee
Ol' clickety clack's a echoin' back the blues in the night,
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
And the moon'll hide its light,
When you get the blues in the night.
Take my word, the mockin' bird'll sing the saddest kind o' song
He knows things are wrong and he's right.
From Natchez to Mobile,
From Memphis to St. Joe,
Wherever the four winds blow;
I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk,
But there is one thing I know,
A man is a two face, a worriesome thing
Who'll leave ya t' sing the blues in the night.
My mamma was right, there's blues in the night.
|  | Recorded | Performers | Label | Cat.# | Matrix | | | | | Johnny Mercer | Capitol | 1608 | | | | Betty Reilly | Capitol | 2888 | | | | Rosemary Clooney | Columbia | 39813 | CO47416 | | | Rosemary Clooney | Columbia | 40031 | CO47416 | | | Judy Garland | Columbia | 40270 | RHCO10931 | | | Judy Garland | Columbia | 40340 | RHCO10931 | | | Doris Day | Columbia | 41103 | | | | Jeri Southern (Sonny Burke Orch) | Decca | 29184 | L7701 | | | Nellie Lutcher | Decca | 29284 | L7631 | | | Larry Adler (Harmonica) | Decca | 23524-B | 71699 | | | Tex Beneke & His Orchestra | RCA Victor | 20-3513 | | | | Luis Arcaraz | RCA Victor | 20-4418 | | | 12/23/1937 | Benny Goodman Sextet | Parlophone | R 2845 | 32051 | | 12/29/1937 | Harry James & His Orchestra | Parlophone | R 2977 | CO 32072 | | 09/02/1941 | Artie Shaw & His Orchestra | Victor | 27609 | 067736 | | 09/10/1941 | Woody Herman & His Orchestra | Decca | 4030-B | DLA2746 | | 09/10/1941 | Woody Herman & His Orchestra | Decca | 25194 | DLA2746 | | 09/10/1941 | Cab Calloway & His Orchestra | Okeh | 6422 | 31300 | | 10/05/1941 | Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra | Bluebird | B11327 | 061631 | | 10/24/1941 | Judy Garland / David Rose Orchestra | Decca | 4081-A | DLA2799 | | 12/22/1941 | Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra | Decca | 4125-A | 70093-A | | 12/22/1941 | Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra | Decca | 4125-B | 70094AA | | 12/22/1941 | Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra | Decca | 28441 | 70093 | | 12/22/1941 | Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra | Decca | 28441 | 70094 | | 12/24/1941 | Benny Goodman & His Sextet | Columbia | 38821 | 32051 | | 12/24/1941 | Benny Goodman Sextet | Harmony | 1012 | 32051 | | 12/24/1941 | Benny Goodman & His Sextet | Okeh | 6553 | 32051 | | 12/30/1941 | Harry James & his Orchestra | Columbia | 36500 | CO32072 | | 01/12/1942 | Dinah Shore | Bluebird | B11436 | 68853 | | 01/12/1942 | Dinah Shore | RCA Victor | 20-1543 | | | 01/27/1942 | Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians | Decca | 4177-A | 70228 | | 01/27/1942 | Bing Crosby / J.S.Trotter Orchestra | Decca | 4183-A | DLA2857 | | 01/28/1942 | Joe Turner & Freddie Slack 3 | Decca | 7885 | DLA2865 | | 01/28/1942 | Joe Turner & Freddie Slack 3 | Decca | 8606 | DLA2865 | | 02/12/1942 | Kate Smith | Columbia | 36534 | CO32438 | | 02/21/1942 | Alec Templeton (Piano) | Decca | 18271-A | 70377 | | 06/23/1942 | Fred Waring's Singers | Decca | 29218 | 70930 | | 10/15/1943 | Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford And The Pied Pipers | Capitol | 10001 | 84 | | 01/20/1944 | Larry Adler / John Kirby Orchestra | Decca | 23524 | 71699 | | 07/01/1944 | Bob Grant | Decca | 24311 | 72336 | | 05/07/1947 | Woody Herman & His Orchestra | Columbia | 37858 | HCO2316 |
| Year | Title | Medium | Type | Usage | | | 1941 | Blues In The Night | film | film original | introduced |
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