I WAS DOING ALRIGHT
fr "The Goldwyn Follies"  1938 film
George Gershwin (m) Ira Gershwin (l)  1937

as rec by Ella Logan w The Samuel Goldwyn Studio Orch 
cond by Alfred Newman (film soundtrack)

also rec by-
Abe Lyman & his California Ambassador Hotel Orch '37
Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight '38
Chris Connor '57
Louis Armstrong w Oscar Peterson  Herb Ellis  Ray Brown & Louis Bellson '57
Ella Fitzgerald '59
Gwynneth Herbert w Will Rutter 2003
Mildred Bailey w Red Norvo & his Orch


Used to lead quiet exisence,
Always had my peace of mind,
Kept Old Man Trouble at a distance,
My days were silver lined!
Right on top of the world I sat,
But look at me now, I don't know where I'm at!

I was doing alright,
Nothing but rainbows in my sky,
I was doing alright
Till you came by!

Had no cause to complain,
Life was as sweet as apple pie,
Never noticed the rain
Till you came by!

But now, whenever you're away,
Can't sleep nights and I suffer all the day;
I just sit and wonder
If love isn't one big blunder!

But when you're holding me tight,
Tingling all through, I feel somehow
I was doing alright,
But I'm doing better than ever now!

Oh, I was doin' alright,
Nothin' but rainbows in my sky,
I was doin' alright
Till you came by!

I had no cause to complain,
Life was as sweet as apple pie,
Never noticed the rain
Till you came by!

But now, whenever you're away,
Can't sleep nights and I suffer all the day;
I just sit and wonder
If love isn't one big blunder!

(scat)
Johnny, when you're holdin' me tight,
Oh, tingling all through, I feel somehow
I was doin' alright,
But I'm doing better than ever now!
(scat)





(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2010)