Eerst had het geen tekst, toen Mongo Santamaria het speelde (met zijn orkest)
1963
Toen gaf Jon Hendricks het een tekst, de plaat is opgenomen op het Newport Jazz Festival 1963.
Tot enkele minuten geleden verstond ik de tekst verkeerd en vond ik hem absurd grof. En onbegrijpelijk dus. Dat is nu opgelost na ruim een halve eeuw, meld ik u blijmoedig.
Je hoort het pas als je het doorhebt, meer zeg ik niet.
Yolande Bavan, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert, Clark Terry, Coleman Hawkins
Every evening, when all my days work is through
I call my baby, and ask her what shall we do
I mention movies, but she don’t seem to dig that
And then she ask me, why don’t I come to her flat
And have some supper and let the evening pass by
By playing records, beside a groovy hi-fi
I say yeah yeah that’s what I say, I say yeah yeah
My baby loves me, she gets me feeling so fine
And when she loves me, she let’s me know that she’s mine
And when she kisses, I feel the fire get hot
Se never misses, she gives me all that she’s got
And when she ask me, if everything is OK
I’ve got my answer, the only thing I can say, I say Yeah yeah
That’s what I say, I say yeah yeah
We’ll play a melody and turn the lights down low
So that no-one can see
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
And there’ll be no one else alive in all the world ‘cept you and me
Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea
Yea, yea, yea, yea
Pretty baby I never knew such a thrill
Just thought I’d tell you, because I’m trembling still
But pretty baby, I want you all for my own
I think I’m ready to leave those others alone
No need to ask me if everything is OK
I got my answer, the only thing I can say
I say yeah yeah, that’s what I say, I say yeah yeah
That’s what I say, yeah yeah
We’ll play a melody and turn the lights down low
So that no-one can see
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
And there’ll be no one else alive in all the world ‘cept you and me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
Yea, yea, yea, yea
Pretty baby I never knew such a thrill
Just thought I’d tell you, because I’m trembling still
But pretty baby, I want you all for my own
I think I’m ready to leave those others alone
No need to ask me if everything is OK
I got my answer, the only thing I can say
I say yeah yeah, that’s what I say, I say yeah yeah
That’s what I say, I say yeah yeah
That’s what I say, I say yeah yeah
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. Een clubhit die met hulp van Radio Caroline in het VK op nr. 1 terechtkwam. 1964
Matt Bianco, 1985
