I'm Just A Gigolo
- IRVING CAESAR
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IVANA BORDINI - I'M JUST A GIGOLO
I'M JUST A GIGOLO (BETTY BOOP) 1932
I'M JUST A GIGOLO (BETTY BOOP) 1932
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In 1929, Irving Caesar adapted an Austrian tango from the previous year into the popular song I'm Just A Gigolo. The original Austrian version of the song - Schoner Gigolo, Armer Gigolo - was written by Leonello Casucci, with lyrics by Julius Brammer. After the huge success of the original version, US music publishers Chappell & Co. purchased the rights, and they hired Caesar to create an English version. In 1932 the now-popular song was featured in a Max Fleischer Betty Boop cartoon, featuring Ivana Bordini singing the title song in live-action. In 1956 Louis Prima recorded the song - for the first time combined with the popular standard I Ain't Got Nobody. The coupling of the song, which helped Prima relaunch his career, became his signature song. It is now considered to be the most well-known version of the song.
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1929
COLE PORTER |
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1929
LESLIE HUTCHINSON |
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1931
LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
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1931
BING CROSBY |
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1931
TED LEWIS |
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1931
LEO REISMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1939
RAYMOND SCOTT |
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1956
LOUIS PRIMA |
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1958
JONAH JONES QUARTET |
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1961
COLEMAN HAWKINS |
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1961
ROSEMARY CLOONEY |
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1963
THELONIOUS MONK |
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20??
JIMMY ROSELLI |
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1978
MARLENE DIETRICH |
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1978
VILLAGE PEOPLE |
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1985
DAVID LEE ROTH |
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1988
PETER ALLEN |
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2001
LOU BEGA |
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HUBERTUS VON GARNIER |
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CARL EWERTH |
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2004
BENKO DIXIELAND BAND |
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20??
@ SWEET AND LOWDOWN |
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THE SOUND CASTERS |
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THE ROCK AND ROLL SWING BAND |
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2015
THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA |
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I'M JUST A GIGOLO
I'm just a gigolo,
And everywhere I go
People know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance,
Selling each romance
Every night some heart
There will come a day
when youth will pass away
Then what will they say about me
When the end comes I know
they'll say just a gigolo
Life goes on without me
I'm just a gigolo
And every where I go
People know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance,
Selling each romance
Every night some heart
And there will come a day
When youth will pass away
Then what will they say about me
When the end come I know
They'll say just a gigolo
Life goes on without me
Cause I ain't got nobody, nobody
Nobody cares for me, cares for me nobody
I'm so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama
come and take a chance with me
Cause I aint so bad
Get along with me babe,
Been singing love songs
All off the time
Even only be, honey only only be
Bop, bop bozadee bop zitty bop
I ain't got nobody, nobody
Nobody cares for me, nobody
Nobody
Hummala bebhula zeebuhla boobuhla
hummala bebhula zeebuhla la la
I I I I I I I ain't get nobody,
Nobody cares for me
Nobody, nobody, nobody
I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama
Come and take a chance with me
Cause I aint so bad
Get along with me babe
Been singing love songs
All off the time
Even only be, honey only be, only be
No no nobody nobody nobody
No no nobody cares for me
I ain't got nobody, nobody
Nobody, cares for me
No nobody cares for me
Sad and lonely, only be
Honey only only be
Nobody cares for me
Nobody cares for me
Nobody cares for me,
Only be
I'm just a gigolo,
And everywhere I go
People know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance,
Selling each romance
Every night some heart
There will come a day
when youth will pass away
Then what will they say about me
When the end comes I know
they'll say just a gigolo
Life goes on without me
I'm just a gigolo
And every where I go
People know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance,
Selling each romance
Every night some heart
And there will come a day
When youth will pass away
Then what will they say about me
When the end come I know
They'll say just a gigolo
Life goes on without me
Cause I ain't got nobody, nobody
Nobody cares for me, cares for me nobody
I'm so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama
come and take a chance with me
Cause I aint so bad
Get along with me babe,
Been singing love songs
All off the time
Even only be, honey only only be
Bop, bop bozadee bop zitty bop
I ain't got nobody, nobody
Nobody cares for me, nobody
Nobody
Hummala bebhula zeebuhla boobuhla
hummala bebhula zeebuhla la la
I I I I I I I ain't get nobody,
Nobody cares for me
Nobody, nobody, nobody
I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama
Come and take a chance with me
Cause I aint so bad
Get along with me babe
Been singing love songs
All off the time
Even only be, honey only be, only be
No no nobody nobody nobody
No no nobody cares for me
I ain't got nobody, nobody
Nobody, cares for me
No nobody cares for me
Sad and lonely, only be
Honey only only be
Nobody cares for me
Nobody cares for me
Nobody cares for me,
Only be
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