YOU HIT THE SPOT
Harry Revel (m) Mack Gordon (l) 1935

as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w The Marty Paich Dek-Tette  
Nov 22nd 1958 Los Angeles

also rec by-
Stuart Allen w Richard Himber & his ritz-Carlton Orch '35
Red McKenzie & his Mound City Blue Blowers '36
Ella Fitzgerald w Chick Webb & his Orch (radio) '36
Frances Langford '36
Sarah Vaughan '54
Maxine Sullivan '85


You hit the spot,
Like a balmy breeze on a night in May;
You hit the spot,
Like a cool mint julip on a summery day!

You hit a new high in my estimation,
I had to fall,
'Cause you've got so much on the ball!

Oh, you hit the spot,
Like the first embrace when the night is tied;
You hit the spot,
Like a pipe and slippers by a fireside!

Matter of factly,
Don't know exactly,
What it is that you've got,
But ooh-ooh-ooh, you-ou-ou hit the spot!

You hit the spot,
Like a balmy breeze on a night in May;
You hit the spot,
Like a cool mint julip on a summery day!

You hit a new high in my estimation,
I had to fall,
'Cause you've got so much on the ball!

Oh, you hit the spot,
Like the first embrace when the night is tied;
You hit the spot,
Like a pipe and slippers by a fireside!

Matter of factly,
Don't know exactly,
What it is that you've got,
But ooh-ooh-ooh, you-ou-ou hit the spot!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2011)