ONE I LOVE (BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE), THE
(Music: Isham Jones / Lyrics: Gus Kahn)
Isham Jones & His Orch. - 1923
Emil Coleman & His Club Trocadero Orch. - 1923
Al Jolson (with Isham Jones & His Orch.) - 1924
Sophie Tucker - 1924
Frankie Carle - 1941
Sarah Vaughan (with Ted Dale & His Orch.) - 1948
Doris Day - (feat. in the film "I'll See You In My Dreams") - 1951
Red Dougherty Sextet - 1954
Lizzie Miles - 1956
Carol Bruce - 1957
Julie London - 1958
Frank Sinatra - 1959
Dinah Shore - 1959
June Christy - 1959
Joe Williams & Count Basie - 1959
Benny Carter Quartet - 1960
Steve Allen - 1963
Jan Burnnette - 1964
Rusty Dedrick & The All Star Orch. - 1964
Jack Jones - 1965
Dean Martin - 1966
Syd Lawrence & His Orch. - 1972
Joe Venuti & Earl Hines 1976
Ella Fitzgerald - 1976
Pete Fountain - 1981
Pia Zadora - 1986
Sheena Easton - 1993
Barbara Lea & The Ed Polcer All-Stars - 1993
Helen Forrest - 1994
Dave Whitney - 1996
Also recorded by:
Les Baxter Orch.; Dick Haymes; Eddie Condon; Bing Crosby;
Wild Bill Davison; Paul Desmond; The Orient Jazz Express;
Tal Farlow; Georgia Gibbs; Coleman Hawkins; Dan Faehnle;
Louis Armstrong; George Barnes; Count Basie; Gogi Grant;
Michael Feinstein; Cook's Dreamland Orch.; Tommy Dorsey;
Harry Connick Jr.; Harry "Sweets" Edison; Steve Tyrell;
Earl Hines; Steve Tyrell ............. and many others.
as recorded by Sophie Tucker
1920's
I'm unhappy, so unhappy, for I can see
The one I love don't care for me,
And I'd be happy, oh so happy, but it was fate
That it was too late when I happened to find him.
The one I love belongs to somebody else,
He sings his tender song for somebody else,
And even though he has his arms around me,
I know his thoughts are wrong for somebody else.
He spends his gold, I know, on somebody else,
I'll bet he's not so cold to somebody else.
It's tough to be alone on the shelf,
It's worse to fall in love by yourself,
The one I love belongs to somebody else.
The one I love belongs to somebody else,
He sings his tender song for somebody else,
And even though he has his arms around me,
I know his thoughts are all for somebody else.
He spends his gold, I know, on somebody else,
And I'll bet he's not so cold to somebody else.
He was so kind, so sweet and so good,
Until we went out to live in Hollywood,
The one I love belongs to somebody else.
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2012)
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THE ONE I LOVE (BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE)
(Isham Jones / Gus Kahn)
As sung by Ella Fitzgerald
The one I love belongs to somebody else
She means her tender songs for somebody else
And even when I have my arms around her
I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else
The hands I held belong to somebody else
I'll bet they're not so cold to somebody else
It's tough to be alone on the shelf
It's worse to fall in love by yourself
The one I love belongs to somebody else
The one I love belongs to somebody else
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ONE I LOVE BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE (Al Jolson)
as recorded by Al Jolson
with Isham Jones & his Orchestra
January 17th 1924
I'm unhappy, so unhappy, for I can see
The one I love don't care for me,
And I'd be happy, oh so happy, but it was fate
That it was too late when I happened to find her.
The one I love belongs to somebody else,
She means her tender song for somebody else,
And even when I have my arms around her,
I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else.
The hands I hold belong to somebody else,
I'll bet they're not so cold for somebody else.
It's tough enough to be on the shelf,
It's worse to fall in love by yourself,
The one I love belongs to somebody else.
The one, the one I love belongs to somebody else,
She means her tender song for somebody else,
And even when I have my arms around her,
I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else.
The hands, the hands I hold belong to somebody else, somebody else,
I'll bet they're not so cold to somebody else.
When I make love she's more like a pal,
She calls me John and my name is Al!
The one I love belongs to somebody else.
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2012)
