IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU
From the Broadway Musical "Big Boy" (1925)
(Lew Brown / Buddy DeSylva / Ray Henderson)

Al Jolson (Stage Production) - 1925
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1927
Ruth Etting - 1927
Ben Bernie & His Orch. (vocal: Lambert & Hillpot) - 1927
The Broadway Bellhops - 1927
Arthur Briggs' Savoy Syncopators (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1927
Jack Hylton & His Orch. - 1927
Whispering Jack Smith - 1927
Dinah Shore - 1949
Frank Sinatra (with Hugo Winterhalter) - 1949
Dick Jurgens & His Orch. (vocal: Ray Mcintosh) - 1950
Eddie Condon & His Band - 1952
Doris Day (Featured in the film "Love Me Or Leave Me") - 1955
Jerry Lewis - 1957
Jackie Gleason Orch. - 1957
Nat King Cole - 1957
Frank Sinatra (with Billy May) - 1958
Johnnie Ray - 1958
Patti Page - 1959
Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle) - 1960
Connie Francis - 1961
Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli - 1964
Joni Mitchell - 2000

Also recorded by:
The Four Freshman; Gordon McRae; Barbra Streisand;
Jerry Vale; Faron Young; Helen Ward; Lester Young;
Dorothy Louden; Shirley Bassey; Jaye P. Morgan;
Peggy King; Harry James; Sonny Stitt; Hadda Brooks;
Barbara Rosene; Dolores Hope; Pee Wee Russell;
Steve Tyrell; Craig Douglas: ..... and many others.


Lovers depend on moonlight
For a love affair
Babies depend on mothers
For their tender care
Flowers depend on sunshine
And the morning dew
Each thing depends on something
And I depend on you

I can be happy, I can be sad
I can be good or I can be bad
It all depends on you
I can be lonely out in a crowd
I can be humble, I can be proud
It all depends on you
I can save money, or spend it
Go right on living, or end it
You're to blame, Honey
For what I do
I know that I can be beggar
I can be King
I can be almost any old thing
It all depends on you

Isn't it sweet to know, Dear
You can help me on
Wouldn't it hurt to know, Dear
All my hopes were gone
Wouldn't it make you proud, Dear
If I made a name
But if I failed to win, dear
Would you want all the blame

I can be happy, I can be sad
I can be good or I can be bad
It all depends on you
I can be lonely out in a crowd
I can be humble, I can be proud
It all depends on you
I can save money, or spend it
Go right on living, or end it
You're to blame, honey
For what I do
I know that I can be beggar,
I can be King
I can be almost any old thing
It all depends on you
Yes, it all depends on you


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)