I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Peggy Lee/Benny Goodman

[MyIpodIzMyLife]

I heard this in Tom and Jerry's old cartoons, and I loved that tune!

[paulostroff99]

Superb singing.TY T.U.G.for posting.

[AGrayPhantom]

I've got it so bad, I can barely remenber when I had it good.

[drfortheorlingas]

wow!! i have been looking for this version for so long!! i love !!

[cdadave83814]

Singers' voices change over the years. Hers did, for sure. Sinatra's voice changed on him over the years too.

[BadAssChuyWezzy]

this is boring lol

[redshark618]

@BadAssChuyWezzy Yeah. Lol. What were you expecting, bro, Elvis?

[paulostroff99]

@BadAssChuyWezzy -Not as much as you.

[BiancaBombshell]

ummm is anyone else noticing that this sounds nothing like Peggy Lee? Is this a really old recording or something?

[whowantstogetnaked]

he don't love me like I love him

nobody could

I got it bad and that ain't good

[billie84]

Thanks for posting, but you should really mention that Duke Ellington composed this.

[AmaryllisAlba]

Я обожаю Пегги!! I adore Peggy!! Io adoro Peggy!! And your...



[juanitoelchico]

guys it was a dancing version, she WAS the leading singer of a band! ( The benny Goodman´s Band!)

[triphopcowboy]

she is subtle and beautiful she does not over sing.

soft & gentle

[sailorpunkgirl]

i wish the ella fitzgerald version was here sooooooo bad!

[Vazmusic]

The orchestration is wonderful at that point! So adventurous for that era.I would bet this is an Eddie Sauter arrangement. PEggy was such an amazing singer! Best phrasing.

[chibiharuchans]

You got the lyrics mixed up

"My man and me, we gin some,

and pray some and sin some"

[hsnmackey]

Metusaleh:

With all due respect, where did you get the impression that Ella Fitzgerald had " NO UNDERSTANDING ( ?????? ) or AFFINITY" for the blues??? You can't have listened to too much of her material!

[rewardless]

ooh so cool...

[MadMikeMc7734]

just a side note--Duke recorded it with Ivy Anderson before the Ella recording, but it's kinda stilted imho. Ella's is much better.

[pmfzero]

@MadMikeMc7734 I agree Ivy Anderson was a very minor vocalist, adequate at best.

[orneno3]

I personally like Nina Simone cover the best.

[matthewnewby89]

Written by Duke Ellington and Paul Webster. Better when played by Duke and Johnny Hodges with no vocal.

[osahju914]

no...ella's vocal is best.

[matthewnewby89]

I just heard a little bit of it on a youtube video. Sounds amazing! Do you know any albums with that recording on?

[osahju914]

search for "the best of the songbooks." but since it's duke ellington, try to find a complete set. he wrote many hits, like this one and ...

-Cotton Tail

-Satin Doll &

-Don't Get Around Much Anymore.

Duke actually wrote two songs for Ella in particular...

"I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues" - covered many times, and

"Love You Madly," Ella's 1951 interpretation is the only known version...

[Metusaleh]

Where did you hear that Duke wrote either of those songs for Ella? I think he recorded both of them for his own band and his own vocalists. In fact, "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" was first recorded by Duke with Al Hibbler, and I highly doubt that he'd consider creating a song like this for Ella, who -- great as she was -- had no understanding or affinity for blues-oriented material.

[trembleweeds]

Huh?!

[Metusaleh]

P.S. Just asking, and trying to set the second straight, Osahju.

:))

[osahju914]

he also penned

-solitude

-It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

-mood indigo

-just a sittin and a rockin

-do nothing till you hear from me

-(prelude to) a kiss

-(in a) sentimental mood

-sophisticated lady

[northanger21]

I've got Ella's recording on my Swing Ultimate Big Band Album.

[MusicalSmiles59]

I love the song, however different it may be. (I've never heard it like this before, have you? ) The opening startled me a bit, but that was good. But I agree, the orchestra is very strange after 2 minutes. Not ballad like at all... lol

[tmmmviii]

Her singing is great. However, the orchestration does not fit the song at all after 2 minutes.

[TheUpstairsGirl]

I agree. Kind of ruins the song a bit for me :|

[setamonkeytoy]

@TheUpstairsGirl well thats jazz :) but i know what you mean

[yurianimiska]

That would be Benny Goodman's take on the song...trying to make a dance number out of a heartbreak song...it was what the bandleaders did....have to agree with you, though...less moving, but i CAN dance to it

[MajesticAura]

@tmmmviii you just dont get it.