I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
(Music: Duke Ellington / Lyrics: S.K. "Bob" Russell)
Duke Ellington & His Orch. - 1944
Lena Horne - 1944
Mildred Bailey (with Paul Baron & His Orch.) - 1944
Count Basie & His Orch. (vocal: Maxine Johnson) - 1944
Stan Kenton & His Orch. (vocal: Gene Howard) - 1944
Woody Herman & The Herd - 1945
June Christy - 1955
Teddi King - 1955
Maxine Sullivan - 1955
Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington & His Orch.) - 1957
Mark Murphy - 1959
Annie Ross - 1959
Jo Stafford - 1960
Dinah Washington - 1962
Judy Collins - 1976
Sarah Vaughan - 1979
Wesla Whitfield - 1991
Karrin Allyson - 1992
Carol Sloane - 1994
Denise Jannah - 1995
Carla White - 1996
Lisa Michel - 1997
Stacey Kent - 1998
Vanessa Rubin - 1999
Carol Akerson - 2000
Mary Stallings - 2000
Christina Machado - 2000
Sheila Cooper - 2007
Ed Reed - 2007
Hilary Kole - 2008
Also recorded by: Carolyn Nelson; Rebecca Parris;
Deanna Reuben; The Four Freshmen; Joanna Pascale;
Thelonious Monk; Howard Alden & Dan Barrett Quintet;
Kenny Burrell; Frank Morgan; Terry Gibbs; Bill Evans;
Joe Williams; Johnny Hodges...............and others.
As recorded by MAXINE SULLIVAN, with Dick Hyman, Oscar Pettifird & Osie Johnson
- July 3rd 1962, New York:
If they would ask me, I would say
I have had a thrill or so,
But that goes back to yesterday,
A long time ago!
I ran around with my own little crowd,
The usual laughs, not often but loud,
And in the world that I knew
I didn't know about you.
Chasing after the rain on the merry-go-round,
Just takin' my fun where it could be found,
And yet what else could I do?
I didn't know about you.
Darling, now I know I had the loneliest yesterday,
Every day in your arms I know for once in my life, I'm living.
Had a good time every time I went out,
Romance was a thing I kidded about,
How could I know about love?
I didn't know about you.
Darling, now I know I had the loneliest yesterday,
Every day in your arms I know for once in my life, I'm living.
Had a good time every time I went out,
Romance was a thing I kidded about,
How could I know about love?
How could I know it was true?
Until I opened my eyes,
I didn't know about you!
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2011)
