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George Gershwin's : Oh, Lady Be Good played by the Dixieland Crackerjacks
Jazz Club Noord Nederlands Jazz gilde.
Location : Ekenstein, Appingedam, the Netherlands.
Koos Greven - banjo
Michel Muller - trumpet
H.H. - bass
Slidin' Selena - trombone
Ray Vanderhooft - drums
Bert Brandsma - alto saxophone
"Oh, Lady be Good!" is a 1924 (see 1924 in music) song by George and Ira Gershwin.
The song was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway show, Lady, Be Good!, written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers, starring Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire. It ran for 330 performances in its original Broadway run. The song is also performed in the 1941 film, Lady Be Good, though the film itself is unrelated to the musical play.
A 1947 recording of the song became a hit for Ella Fitzgerald, notable for her scat solo. The song became readily identified with Fitzgerald, and she sang it many times in live performance. For her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Oh, Lady be Good! was sung as a ballad, arranged by Nelson Riddle.
Lyrics + Chords :
Oh Lady Be Good
Words & Music by Ira & George Gershwin
Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 1959
F#m C#7 F#m C#7 F#m
Listen to my tale of woe - it's terribly sad but true;
A D9 E7 A D9 A D9 A E E6 A
All dressed up, no place to go; each evening I'm awfully blue.
E E7 A E E7 Bm7-5 A
I must win some handsome guy -- can't go on like this.
F#m C#7 F#m A F# C#7 F# E7
I could blossom out, I know, with somebody just like you, so
A D9 Dm6 A Bm7 AM7 D9 Fdim A G7 F#7
Oh, sweet and love - ly la - dy, be good;
D9 Bm7-5 E7 E7/6 A Em9 D9 Dm6 - Fdim
Oh, la - dy, be good to me.
A D9 E7 Dm6 Fdim AM7 D9 Fdim A G7 F#7
I am so awf' - ly mis - un - der - stood,
Bm D9 Bm7-5 E Fdim A
So la - dy be good to me.
Bridge:
DM7 F#m Bm7 Cdim AM7/6 AM7
Oh, please have some pi - ty;
F#m7 Cdim B7 D9 E7 D9 Bm7-5
I'm all a - lone in this big ci - ty.
A Bm7-5 Cdim
I tell you,
A D9 E7 Dm6 Fdim AM7 D9 Fdim A G7 F#7
I'm just a lone - some babe in the wood,
B7 E7 Cdim Bm7-5 E7 E7/6 A C#m7-5 Bm7 Fdim A7/6
So la - dy, be good to me.
