ABOUT A QUARTER TO NINE
From the film "Go Into Your Dance" (1935)
(Al Dubin / Harry Warren)

Al Jolson (Film Soundtrack) - 1935
Ozzie Nelson & His Orch. (vocal Ozzie Nelson) - 1935
Victor Young & His Orch. (vocal: Hal Burke) - 1935
Johnny Green & His Orch. (vocal: Jimmy Farrell) - 1935
Louis Prima / Wingy Manone & The Harlem Hot Shots - 1935
Lew Stone & His Orch. - 1935
Al Jolson (feat. in the film "The Jolson Story") - 1946
Red Norvo Quintet (vocal: Mavis Rivers) - 1962
The Electric Prunes - 1967

Also recorded by:
Tammy Grimes; Banu Gibson; Kenny Drew; Christine Ebersole;
Bobby Darin; John Sheridan; Eric Comstock; Robert Clary;
Forty Second Street Singers; John Arpin; Sarah Partridge;
Dean Martin; Barbara Cook; Elly Rosenthal; Slappin' Mammys.


The stars are gonna' twinkle and shine, 
This evening about a quarter to nine.
My lovin' arms are gonna' tenderly twine 
Around you around a quarter to nine.

I know I won't be late 'cause at half past eight I'm gonna' hurry 
there.
I'll be waiting where the lane begins, waiting for you on needles and 
pins.

And then the world is gonna' be mine 
This evening about a quarter to nine...

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as rec by Al Jolson w Victor Young & his Orch (film soundtrack)  1935


Life begins when somebody's eyes look into your own.
Life begins when you've got your gal all alone.
From morning until twilight, I don't know I'm alive,
But I know life begins at eight forty five!

The stars are gonna twinkle and shine,
This evening, about a quarter to nine.
My lovin' arms are gonna tenderly entwine, twee twee twine,
Around you, around a quarter to nine.

I know I won't be late,
'Cause at half past eight
I'm gonna hurry there!
I'll be waiting where the lane begins,
Waiting for you on needles and pins;

And then the world is gonna be mine, mine all mine,
This evening, about a quarter to nine.

And then the world is gonna be mine,
This evening, about a quarter to nine.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2012)