I HADN'T ANYONE 'TIL YOU
Ray Noble   1938

Ella Fitzgerald & vocal group w Gordon Jenkins & his Orch   
rec Sep 21st 1949 New York

also-
Tony Martin w Ray Noble & his Orch '38
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch '38
Mel Torme w Hal Mooney & his Orch '49
Billie Holiday & her Orch '55
Judy Garland w Nelson Riddle & his Orch '58
Ella Fitzgerald w Paul Smith (piano) '60
Frank Sinatra w Don Costa & his Orch '61
Julie London '66
Connee Boswell
Guy Mitchell
Roberta Sherwood
Martha Tilton w Benny Goodman & his Orch



I hadn't anyone till you,
I was a lonely one 'til you;
I used to lie awake and wonder if there could be
A someone in the wide world just made for me,
Now I see;

I had to save my love for you, (I saved my love for you)
I never gave my love 'til you, (I saved it all for you)
And through my lonely heart demanding it,
Cupid took a hand in it,
I hadn't anyone till you.

I kept my love in secrecy,
I put it under lock and key,
I had to save my love for you!
I never gave my love away,
I waited for that lucky day
When I could give it to you;

And through my lonely heart demanding it,
Cupid took a hand in it,
I hadn't anyone till you.






(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2008)