Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye
Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye ( since I kissed my girl goodbye ) is a song written by Cole Porter in 1941 . In the Four Tones version , it was used as a film song in the film musical Realm You Will Never Be Used. At the Academy Awards in 1942 , the song was nominated in the Best Song category, but was subject to The Last Time I Saw Paris by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein from the film Lady Be Good .
In Rich You Will Never Be , Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye is sung in a prison cell by the lead singer of the Four Tones, Lucius Brooks , while Fred Astaire tap- dances in a neighboring cell . The first lines of the chorus are:
- Evenin 'creepin' down the mountain
- Wakes up Mister Firefly,
- Bullfrog, settin 'there,
- Starts a-croakin ', but I don't care,
- Since I kissed my baby goodbye.
Fred Astaire released another version in September 1941 with the Delta Rhythm Boys as backing vocalists.
Individual evidence
- ^ Cole Porter - Songwriters Hall of Fame. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 11, 2014 ; accessed on January 11, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ You will never find Reich's soundtrack in the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Lyrics on seeklyrics.com ( memento of the original from January 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Delta Rhythm Boys - Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye. Retrieved January 11, 2014 .
