Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in Flint, Michigan. Her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School, and through his playing, Denise was exposed to jazz early on. At the age of sixteen, she was a member of a rock and rhythm'n'blues trio, singing in clubs in Michigan. At 18, she studied at Michigan State University before she went to the University of Illinois. With their jazz band, she toured the Soviet Union in 1969. The next year, she met trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater, and after their marriage, they moved to New York City, where Cecil played in Horace Silver's band.
In 1971, Dee Dee Bridgewater joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra as the lead vocalist. The next years marked the beginning of her jazz career, and she performed with many of the great jazz musicians of the time, such as Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, and others. In 1974, her first own album, entitled Afro Blue, appeared, and she also performed on Broadway in the musical The Wiz. For her role as Glinda the Good Witch she won a Tony Award in 1975 as "best-featured actress", and the musical also won the 1976 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
She subsequently appeared in several other stage productions. After touring France in 1984 with the musical Sophisticated Ladies, she moved to Paris in 1986. The same year saw her in Lady Day as Billie Holliday, for which role she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she returned from the world of musical to jazz. She performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1990, and four years later, she finally collaborated with Horace Silver, whom she had admired for a long time, and released the album Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver. Her 1997 tribute album Dear Ella won her the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and the 1998 album Live at Yoshi's was also worth a Grammy nomination. She has also explored on This is New the songs of Kurt Weill, and, on her latest album J'ai Deux Amours, the French Classics.
Dee Dee Bridgewater is the first American to be inducted to the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie. She has received the Award of Arts and Letters in France.
Dee Dee Bridgewater is mother to three children, Tulani Bridgewater (from her marriage to Cecil Bridgewater), China Moses (from her marriage to theater, film and television director Gilbert Moses) and Gabriel Durand (from her current marriage to French concert promoter Jean-Marie Durand).
Good Morning Heartache
Dee Dee Bridgewater Lyrics
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Good morning heartache, thought we said goodbye last night
I turned and tossed until it seemed you had gone
But here you are with the dawn
Wish I'd forget you, but you're here to stay
It seems I met you when my love went away
Now everyday I start by saying to you
Stop haunting me now
Can't chase you no how
Just leave me alone
I've got those Monday blues
Straight through Sunday blues
Good morning heartache, here we go again
Good morning heartache, you're the one who knew me when
Might as well get used to you hanging around
Good morning heartache, sit down
Stop haunting me now
Can't chase you no how
Just leave me alone
I've got those Monday blues
Straight through Sunday blues
Good morning heartache, here we go again
Good morning heartache, you're the one who knew me when
Might as well get used to you hanging around
Good morning heartache, sit down
Dee Dee Bridgewater's "Good Morning Heartache" is a classic jazz standard that perfectly captures the feelings of heartbreak and disappointment after a relationship has ended. The lyrics are very descriptive and paint a vivid picture of the singer's emotional state. The opening lines, "Good morning heartache, you old gloomy sight," immediately establish the theme of the song and introduce the central character of the heartache itself. The line "thought we said goodbye last night" suggests that the singer had hoped to be free of these feelings, but alas, they have returned with the dawn.
As the song continues, the singer expresses a desire to forget the heartache but acknowledges that it seems to be a permanent fixture in her life. The line "It seems I met you when my love went away" suggests that the heartache is a reminder of a lost love, and the singer is struggling to move on. The repeated refrain of "Good morning heartache, what's new" highlights the sense of resignation and defeat that the singer feels when facing this emotional pain day after day.
The final section of the song reinforces the idea that the heartache is an unwelcome but persistent presence in the singer's life. The plea to "stop haunting me now" is a desperate cry for relief, but the heartache refuses to leave. The closing line, "Good morning heartache, sit down," suggests that the singer has accepted that the heartache will never truly leave, and she must learn to coexist with it.
Overall, "Good Morning Heartache" is a powerful expression of the pain and struggle that often accompanies a broken heart.
Line by Line Meaning
Good morning heartache, you old gloomy sight
Addressing the feeling of sadness as soon as the day starts, confirming its prolonged presence.
Good morning heartache, thought we said goodbye last night
Acknowledging the attempt to overcome that emotion, wondering why it is still here.
I turned and tossed until it seemed you had gone
Narrating the inner turmoil and restlessness that preceded the hope of the emotion's absence.
But here you are with the dawn
Realising that the dawn has brought back the feeling, indicating it will continue to remain.
Wish I'd forget you, but you're here to stay
Expressing the impossibility of forgetting such emotions, accepting that it is part of life.
It seems I met you when my love went away
Connecting the presence of heartache to the absence of love, highlighting the correlation between the two.
Now everyday I start by saying to you
Revealing the inevitability of the emotion by addressing it as a part of everyday life.
Good morning heartache, what's new
Asking the emotion what it has in store for the day, acknowledging its continued presence.
Stop haunting me now
Pleading with the emotion to stop tormenting and overwhelming the person.
Can't chase you no how
Admitting the powerlessness in trying to escape or forget the emotion.
Just leave me alone
Desperately asking the emotion to give some respite from its constant grip.
I've got those Monday blues, straight through Sunday blues
Comparing the feeling to the general mood that a person might feel on any regular day.
Good morning heartache, here we go again
Repeating the opening lines to reinforce the emotion's continued return.
Good morning heartache, you're the one who knew me when
Acknowledging the intimacy and familiarity with the emotion, implying that it has been present for some time.
Might as well get used to you hanging around
Resigning oneself to the inevitability of the emotion's presence, indicating a readiness to tolerate it.
Good morning heartache, sit down
Inviting the emotion to take a seat, suggesting that the person will continue to coexist with it.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham Padellan
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Easily the best rendition of this timeless ballad ..
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Also my favorite
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