How long this been going on song

The verse reveals that the regret is for having "been blind" to and having "lost out" on the kind of feelings the kiss she just experienced could have opened up to her over "all these years. For Rosenberg the phrase as a whole conveys "warmth and intimacy but is redeemed from sentimentality by its colloquiality and freshness. It is pure Ira. Press, She recorded the song six times. For a selection, see the Amazon digital discography. She begins with the first ten lines of the second verse following it with the first refrain and ending by creating a variation on the last seven lines of that refrain.

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For further information on Cafe Songbook policies with regard to the above matters, see our "About Cafe Songbook " page link at top and bottom of every page. Notes : Lee Wiley's series of albums devoted to the songs of individual songwriters beginning with the Gershwin and Porter albums, combined on the CD shown above, were in fact the first of what has come to be known as songbook albums, now most famously associated with the Songbook albums of Ella Fitzgerald.

Lee, however, preceded Ella in this endeavor by some two decades. In the album's liner notes, Larry Carr writes of Wiley, who came to New York from her home state of Oklahoma, "Her singing was intimate and intelligent, warm and wistful, sweet and sensual.

Wiley sings the first refrain, then comes an instrumental break, followed by Lee singing the second half of the second refrain. She omits both verses and the reprise because of their specificity with regard to the character in the show for which the song was written.

For Rhoda Koenig , this is the "supreme" recording of the song because Wiley captures both of its major themes. In her hands, "the song trembles with the sound of innocence meeting experience.

What Lee did, according to Rhoda Koenig , was "to fix the change in style from the s" during which the standard was either sopranos from the world of operetta or flappers from the world of the Charleston.

Lee changed the tempo to "very, very slow" presenting the song in an intimate, even sensual confessional style that was previously, except for Wiley, unheard. The track begins and ends with the first refrain sung at a slow, deliberate tempo filled with a reserved emotion. Lee's vocal is preceded by a piano Intro. In the photo montage on the music-video at left, the pianist pictured is Teddy Wilson, who often played with Goodman -- but not here.

In the photo below, from , it looks to be Powell. After Lee sings there is an instrumental conclusion by the Goodman Orchestra in the same spirit -- with two brief Goodman clarinet breaks. This suggests that the OKeh got the show title from the sheet music published in even before the show went into tryouts and before the show title Smarty had been replaced by Funny Face. It was not unusual for sheet music publishers to distribute these early versions of the music to promote early recordings, which was beneficial to everybody.

Music-Video : same track as on album above. We are not certain if that is Powell at the piano in the photo. We are sure it's not Teddy Wilson. These tracks were created in and , remastered from the Fitzgerald vinyl albums Ella Sings Gershwin Decca and Songs in a Mellow Mood Decca plus eight other standards added.

Of the accompaniment by pianist Ellis Larkins, Ron Wynn writes at CD Universe that he was "long a favorite of vocalists everywhere for his ability to support without intruding," which left her "sublime voice, to interpret and dissect sentiments, themes, and moods with the touch of a master.

For this recording, visit the Cafe Songbook Lyrics Lounge , this page. Notes on Twelve Nights in Hollywood : From through c. The live recordings were originally made under the supervision of Norman Granz, founder of jazz labels Verve and later Pablo during two gigs Ella had at the club during and Some of the tracks had never been heard since the original performances until the advent of this set.

How long baby? Oh, your friends and their gentle persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a scheme, But I can't help but have my suspicions, 'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem. Well you said you was never intending To break up our scene in this way, But there ain't any use in pretending It could happen to us any day, Tell me honey How long has this been going on?

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Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a scheme But I can't help but have my suspicions 'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem Oh, you said you was never intending To break up our scene in this way But there ain't any use in pretending It could happen to us any day And how long has this been going on?