DON'T BLAME ME
From the Musical Revue "Clowns In Clover" (1932)
(Music: Jimmy McHugh / Lyrics: Dorothy Fields)
Walter Woolf King (Chicago Stage Production) - 1932
Ethel Waters - 1933
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - 1933
Charles Agnew & His Stevens Hotel Orch. - 1933
Annette Hanshaw - 1933
Leo Reisman & His Orch. (vocal: Howard Phillips) - 1933
Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees - 1933
Nat King Cole Trio - 1944
Lee Wiley (with Eddie Condon's Town Hall Group) - 1944
Sarah Vaughan - 1947
Frankie Laine - 1947
Betty Garrett - 1947
Charlie Parker Quintet (Instr.) - 1947
Vic Damone - 1951
Johnnie Ray - 1952
Frank Sinatra - 1953
Patti Page - 1955
Joni James - 1955
Marie McDonald - 1957
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1957
Dolores Gray - 1957
Frances Faye - 1957
Fran Warren - 1957
Russ Morgan & His Orch. - 1957
Roy Eldridge & His Orch. - 1957
Frank Chacksfield & His Orch. - 1957
The Platters - 1958
Polly Bergen - 1959
Lorez Alexandria - 1959
Johnny Mathis - 1960
Lloyd Price - 1960
Jackie McLean - 1960
The Everly Brothers - 1961
Steve Lawrence - 1961
Alma Cogan - 1961
The Ray Charles Singers - 1961
Leslie Uggams (feat. in the film "Two Weeks In Another Town") - 1962
Keely Smith - 1962
Etta James - 1962
Robert Goulet - 1962
Roger Williams (Instr.) - 1962
Kate Smith (with Skitch henderson) - 1963
Frankie Carle & His Orch. - 1963
Frank Ifield - 1964
Ray Pilgrim - 1964
André Previn (Instr.) - 1964
Brenda Lee - 1965
Jeannie Trevor - 1966
Ed Ames - 1967
Ella Fitzgerald - 1968
Peggy Lee - 1981
Terence Blanchard & Cassandra Wilson - 2001
KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler - 2006
Also recorded by:
Ronnie Aldrich; The Andrews Sisters; Chet Atkins; Teresa Brewer;
The Dorsey Brothers; Billy Eckstine; Duke Ellington; Erroll Garner;
Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson; Stan Kenton; Miles Davis; Artie Shaw;
Jackie Gleason; Benny Goodman; Harry James; Victor Sylvester;
Stephane Grappelli; Gloria DeHaven; Don Redman; Ronnie Scott;
Jimmy McHugh;George Shearing; Oscar Peterson; Ray Conniff;
Ann Miller; Glenn Miller; Donald Peers; Art Tatum; Bing Crosby;
.................. and many, many others.
As recorded by ANNETTE HANSHAW:
Don't blame me for falling in love with you
I dream of you night and day
How can I stay away
Ever since the lucky day I found you
I've hung around you just like a fool
Falling head and heels in love
Like a kid out of school
My poor heart is in an awful state now
But it's too late now to call a halt
So, if I become a nuisance
It's all your fault
Don't blame me for falling in love with you
I'm under your spell, but how can I help it
Don't blame me
Can't you see, when you do the things you do
If I can't conceal the thrill that I'm feeling
Don't blame me
I can't help it if that doggone moon above
Makes me need someone like you to love
Blame your kiss, as sweet as a kiss can be
And blame all your charms that melt in my arms
But don't blame me
I'm falling in love with you
I'm under your spell, but how can I help it
Don't blame me
Can't you see, when you do the things you do
If I can't conceal the thrill that I'm feeling
Don't blame me
I can't help it if that doggone moon above
Makes me feel that I need someone just like you to love, baby
Blame your kiss, as sweet as a kiss can be
And blame all your charms that melt in my arms
But don't blame me
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ADDITIONAL VERSES:
I like every single thing about you
Without a doubt you are like a dream
In my mind I find a picture of us as a team
Ever since the hour of our meeting
I've been repeating a silly phrase
Hoping that you'll understand me one of these days
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(Transcriptions by Mel Priddle - January 2014)
