Dinah Washington ft Don Costa & His Orchestra - I Didn't Know About You (Roulette Records 1962)
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Channel: RoundMidnightTV · 2018 · Music
"I Didn't Know About You" is a 1944 song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Bob Russell. Alec Wilder wrote that it "works well as a song in [the] series of Ellington instrumentals with Russell lyrics. The main strain is the most melodic, vocally, of the three Russell wrote lyrics for." Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, June, 1963. (Roulette Records) Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Dinah's accompanied by Don Costa and his Orchestra. Recorded in New York, May-August 1962. If they would ask me, I would say I have had a thrill or so, But that goes back to yesterday, A long time ago! I ran around with my own little crowd, The usual laughs, not often but loud, And in the world that I knew I didn't know about you. Chasing after the rain on the merry-go-round, Just takin' my fun where it could be found, And yet what else could I do? I didn't know about you. Darling, now I know I had the loneliest yesterday, Every day in your arms I know for once in my life, I'm living. Had a good time every time I went out, Romance was a thing I kidded about, How could I know about love? I didn't know about you. Darling, now I know I had the loneliest yesterday, Every day in your arms I know for once in my life, I'm living. Had a good time every time I went out, Romance was a thing I kidded about, How could I know about love? How could I know it was true? Until I opened my eyes, I didn't know about you!
