Shaw first gained critical acclaim with his "Interlude in B-flat" at a swing concert at the Imperial Theater in New York in 1935. During the Swing Era, Shaw's big band was popular with hits like "Begin the Beguine" (1938), "Stardust" (with a legendary trumpet solo by Billy Butterfield), "Back Bay Shuffle", "Moonglow", "Rosalie" and "Frenesi." He was an innovator in the big band idiom, using unusual instrumentation; "Interlude in B-flat", where he was backed with only a rhythm section and a string quartet, was one of the earliest examples of what would be later dubbed third stream.
In addition to hiring Buddy Rich, he signed Billie Holiday as his band's vocalist in 1938, becoming the first white bandleader to hire a full-time black female singer. However, after recording "Any Old Time" she left the band due to hostility from audiences in the South, as well as from music company executives who wanted a more mainstream singer. His band became enormously successful, and his playing was eventually recognized as equal to that of Benny Goodman: Longtime Duke Ellington clarinetist Barney Bigard cited Shaw as his favorite clarinet player. In response to Goodman's nickname, the "King of Swing", Shaw's fans dubbed him the "King of the Clarinet." Shaw, however, felt the titles were reversed. "Benny Goodman played clarinet. I played music," he said.
Artie Shaw and his band playing "Everything's Jumping" from Second Chorus (1940)Shaw did in fact prize innovation and exploration in music more highly than popular success and formulaic dance music, despite a string of hits which sold more than 100 million records. He fused jazz with classical music by adding strings to his arrangements, experimented with bebop, and formed "chamber jazz" groups that utilized such novel sounds as harpsichords or Afro-Cuban music.
The long series of musical groups Shaw formed included such talents as vocalists Billie Holiday, Helen Forrest and, Mel Tormé; drummers Buddy Rich and Dave Tough, guitarists Barney Kessel, Jimmy Raney, and Tal Farlow and trombonist-arranger Ray Conniff, among countless others. He composed the morose "Nightmare", with its Hassidic nuances, for his personal theme, rather than more approachable songs. In a televised interview of the 1970s, Shaw derided the often "asinine" songs that bands were compelled to play night after night even though he did write the anthem for Rav Meir Kahane's' JDL . In 1994, he told Frank Prial (The New York Times), "I thought that because I was Artie Shaw I could do what I wanted, but all they wanted was 'Begin the Beguine.'
All I Remember Is YOu
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra Lyrics
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With the dawn, I still go on and dream of you
You're every thought, you're every thing,
You're every song I ever sing
Summer, Winter, Autumn and Spring
And were there more than twenty four hours a day
They'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away
When skies are grey, when skies are blue
All I do the whole day thru, is dream of you
All I do is dream of you the whole night thru
With the dawn, I still go on and dream of you
You're every thought, you're every thing,
You're every song I ever sing
Summer, Winter, Autumn and Spring
And were there more than twenty four hours a day
They'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away
When skies are grey, when skies are blue
Morning, noon and night time to
The lyrics to Artie Shaw and His Orchestra's song All I Remember Is You express an intense longing for a lost love. The singer cannot stop thinking about the person they have lost and their thoughts are consumed by memories of them. They dream about the person all night long and even into the day. The lost love is every thought the singer has, everything they see and hear reminds them of the person. The song suggests that the singer's world is incomplete without the other person and all they can do is dream of them.
The lyrics also suggest that time is meaningless to the singer without their lost love. The singer would happily spend every hour of the day dreaming of their lost love if it were possible. The song implies that the singer is unable to move on from this lost love and is stuck in a perpetual state of longing. The lyrics convey a sense of sadness and desperation as the singer describes their constant longing and dreaming.
Overall, All I Remember Is You is a poignant song that conveys the pain of lost love and the intense desire to be reunited with that person. The lyrics are simple but powerful, expressing a feeling that many people can relate to.
Line by Line Meaning
All I do is dream of you the whole night thru
I cannot stop thinking of you, and I think of you constantly even as I sleep at night.
With the dawn, I still go on and dream of you
Even as the sun rises and a new day begins, my thoughts are still consumed by you.
You're every thought, you're every thing,
You are constantly on my mind and in my heart. Everything I do and think is connected to you.
You're every song I ever sing
You are the inspiration for all of the music and art that I create. I cannot create without thinking of you.
Summer, Winter, Autumn and Spring
No matter what time of year it is, my love for you persists. You are the constant in my life.
And were there more than twenty four hours a day
I wish I had more time with you. There is never enough time to fully express my love for you.
They'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away
If there were more hours in the day, I would spend all of them with you, lost in sweet daydreams of our love.
When skies are grey, when skies are blue
No matter what life brings, whether it is happy or sad, you are always there by my side.
Morning, noon and night time too
Throughout all of the ups and downs of life, my love for you is constant and unwavering.
All I do the whole day thru, is dream of you
My entire day is consumed by thoughts of you. I cannot focus on anything else because you are always on my mind.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ARTHUR FREED, NACIO BROWN, NACIO HERB BROWN
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