So you met someone who
Set you back on your heels,
Goody goody!
So you met someone and
Now you know how it feels,
Goody goody!
So you gave him your heart too,
Just as I gave mine to you,
And he broke it in little pieces,
And now how do you do?

So you lie awake
Just singing the blues all night,
Goody goody!
So you think that love's a
Barrel of dynamite,
Hurray and hallelujah!
You had it coming to ya,
Goody goody for him,
Goody goody for me,
And I hope you're satisfied
You rascal you... hey!

All comments from YouTube:

@moniquezhang1660

1y↑16

I’m 22 years old, jazz pianist. Benny Good man’s swing classics gave me a great influence on my improv (I play stride piano, standard swing and early jazz styles). Young generations should listen to these vintage classics!

@inkoinfinity2

31w

I'm a few years older but I'm still young and love music such as this

@SirParcifal

4y↑28

my grandparents introduced me to their music - The Greatest Generation and still going!

@Nytblade

4y↑2

It's actually called the "Lost Generation" up to 1936.

@obiej17

2y↑12

Im 35 and love so much about all classics. Not just the music. Lets keep it alive. Share with friends. Put in ur playlists etc. Thanks for upload!

@moniquezhang1660

1y↑2

I agree. Unfortunately These music doesn’t have a lot of audiences and disappearing. There are always beauties in vintage classics, great big bands and soloists …

@TwangGuru

4y↑10

Benny Goodman was a great musician... his solos are all worth study by all musicians. They're paradigms of melodic construction.

@Trombonology

3y↑18

"Please don't make me sing that damn song!" was the great Helen Ward's reaction to this catchy, insistent ditty. Johnny Mercer had seen "goody goody" on a menu in a Chinese restaurant and jotted it down, for future use. Was Helen pleasantly surprised or very sorry when this trifle turned out to be a big hit? In any case, she concealed her lack of enthusiasm most convincingly in this superb vocal.

@swingman5635

3y↑2

That's funny! This is one of my favorites from a long list of Helen's vocals. Just goes to show you,what may seem sublime to us, could be torture to the artist.

@Trombonology

3y↑2

@Swingman 56 So true! I think it's a cute and clever tune, but it may have seemed too much of a novelty to Helen.

@benmcdonnell4167

2y↑3

Key change at 0:47 and sax section backing riff at 1:37 my favourite bits of this slick and cheerful arrangement

@TheLakingc

1y↑1

A bit before my time, but remember hearing it in the 50s and early 60s. I don't know what made me start singing it. Thanks so much!

@gyeongjeong9682

3y↑8

@jmm1000

2y↑4

Warm thoughts today of a kind family friend, David Spivak who passed away a few years ago, a friend of my mothers. He knew music; helping me shop for the right Leslie speaker, and presenting me with a hard to get, 2 inch thick fake-book of music and standards - priceless! Yes, David's uncle was none other than the great bandleader, Charlie Spivak.

I recall my mother being thrilled with the songs in the book David gave us. It was great to learn the actual title
s of the classics in song-snippets heard growing up with Carl Stalling's music in Warner Brother cartoons. If would said i didnt recognize a song title, she would say "Oh, you know that one!"...and proceed to sing the chorus, and I would.

One of the songs in the middle of the book was one that I didnt know...and she was particularly emphatic that it was a great one!
"You don't know Goody-Goody??. Oh! That's a MUST for dancing!"

@veg4ev

3y↑8

Benny and Orchestra My Personal All-Time Favorite BIG BAND

@HurricaneGregor

31w

I'm partial to the Freak Kitchen rendition of this song :)

But I will say I do love this genre. Take the "A" Train (or really anything by Duke Ellington) was an early favorite of mine.

Then you have VSOP/Return to Forever/Mahavishnu Orchestra for your more "modern" jazz fusion.

@CPorter

22w

How do you feel about his cut of Jungle Nights In Harlem

@althejazz

It's things like this that put the fear of hell into today's 'popsters'. If things like this were to be put out on mainstream radio, tin-pan alley would be out of business overnight !