In the mid-1970s, Venuti performed and recorded, again in the limelight: good examples of his latter-day recordings are the Chiaroscuro CD's Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims (CR(D) 142) and Joe & Zoot & More (CR(D)126). He died in Seattle, Washington.
Venuti was also a legendary practical joker.
To to Blues
Joe Venuti Lyrics
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I've come to say goodbye,
Altho' I go, I've got those farewell blues.
Those farewell blues make me yearn,
That parting kiss seems to burn.
Farewell, dearie, Someday I will return.
Dreaming of you is sweet,
Someday again we'll meet.
The lyrics of Joe Venuti's "Farewell blues" convey the emotion of sadness and heartache as the singer prepares to say goodbye to a loved one. The first line, "Sadness just makes me sigh," sets the tone for the rest of the song. The line "I've come to say goodbye" reinforces that the singer is leaving, but the line "Altho' I go, I've got those farewell blues" suggests that he is feeling conflicted about leaving.
The second verse, "Those farewell blues make me yearn, that parting kiss seems to burn," speaks to the intense emotions the singer is feeling. He is torn between wanting to leave and wanting to stay with the person he loves. The third verse, "Farewell, dearie, Someday I will return, dreaming of you is sweet, Someday again we'll meet," suggests that despite the sadness and heartache of leaving, there is hope and the possibility of the singer returning in the future.
Overall, the lyrics of "Farewell blues" are a poignant representation of the pain and heartache of saying goodbye to someone you love. The repeated use of the word "farewell" emphasizes the finality of the situation, while the expression of hope for the future demonstrates the resilience of the human spirit.
Line by Line Meaning
Sadness just makes me sigh,
My heart is heavy with sorrow, and I can’t help but sigh. I’m feeling blue.
I've come to say goodbye,
I am here to bid farewell, to say goodbye to the one I love.
Altho' I go, I've got those farewell blues.
Even though I am leaving, I am filled with sorrow and longing, and I can’t help feeling the farewell blues.
Those farewell blues make me yearn,
My heart aches with longing, and I am filled with desire, for the one I love and am leaving behind.
That parting kiss seems to burn.
The memory of the last kiss burns in my heart, reminding me of what I am leaving behind.
Farewell, dearie, Someday I will return.
I bid you farewell, my dearest, but I promise to come back someday, to be with you again.
Dreaming of you is sweet,
As I close my eyes and dream, I see your face, and it brings me joy and comfort, even in my sorrow.
Someday again we'll meet.
I look forward to the day when we'll meet again, and our love will be rekindled, and I will be free from the farewell blues.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Paul Mares, Leon Rappolo, Elmer Schoebel
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bob boscarato
Lovely tune I've never heard before!
Daniel Weinstein
Jimmy Dorsey was on fire on clarinet here!
tunhale
To To Blues, Joe Venuti
This is a disguised version of "Someday Sweetheart”. Some notes of the melody Venuti plays are the same as Someday Sweetheart, some are changed, and at several points the “up and down” of the melody follows the SS shape but using different notes. This modification of the melody (or if you prefer, this basing of the composition on the chord sequence of SS), was probably done to avoid infringing copyright.
see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someday_Sweetheart
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZujDihUong
To To Blues / Joe Venuti's Blue Four (Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys) Jimmy Dorsey(cl,as,bs); Joe Venuti(vln); Lennie Hayton(p,cel); Eddie Lang(g); Paul Grasell(d)
New York, September 10, 1931 EQ: 250Hz/-8.5dB
Other listings include:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT38NYAThNk
Joe Venuti's Blue Four. Celesta - Lennie Hayton; Clarinet - Jimmy Dorsey; Drums - Paul Graselli; Guitar - Eddie Lang; Leader - Joe Venuti; Piano - Lennie Hayton; Saxophone [Alto] - Jimmy Dorsey; Saxophone [Bariton] - Jimmy Dorsey; Violin - Joe Venuti; Written-By - Eddie Lang; Written-By - Joe Venuti;
New York, 10 September, 1931 - Matrix Nr. - S 151793-1
The recording is listed at: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000041289/W404977-To_to_blues
and at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Venuti_discography
To To Blues is shown being recorded on 10th September 1931 (coupled with Emmett Miller)
and shown as being close in Venuti’s recording diary to a date at which he recorded Someday Sweetheart (22nd October 1931)
* Parlophone (UK) R-1115 Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys. To To Blues/Emmett Miller recorded 9-10-1931
* Vocalion 15858, Melotone M-12277, UCHA 105/106 Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti's All-Star Orchestra. Farewell Blues/Someday Sweetheart recorded 10-22-1931
The Someday Sweetheart recording is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpD7yibDuNE
From 78rpm Melotone M-12277 - Someday, Sweetheart by Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang and their All-Star Orchestra, recorded in NYC October 22, 1931
also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkhXSW6IIw0
Charlie Teagarden, t / Jack Teagarden, tb, v / Benny Goodman, cl / Joe Venuti, vn / Frank Signorelli, p / Eddie Lang, g / Ward Lay, sb / Neil Marshall, d. New York, October 22, 1931.
Regarding composition see also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reb_Spikes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spikes
https://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-3/somedaysweetheart.htm
Jelly Roll Morton recorded the piece in 1926. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIUymHyU0tE
also at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjYRjC-AG7c
see
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800011507/BVE-37254-Someday_sweetheart
and
http://www.doctorjazz.co.uk/page15.html
Recorded : 16th December 1926
Jelly-Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers. George Mitchell (c); Edward “Kid” Ory (tb); Omer Simeon (cl–bc); J. Wright Smith (vn); Clarence Black (vn); Jelly Roll Morton (p); Johnny St. Cyr (g); John Lindsay (sb); Andrew Hilaire (d).
and
https://secondhandsongs.com/work/126096/all
The 1926 and 1924 versions are listed but the links to recordings of the 1926 version.
Some Day Sweetheart / London Blues (Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band, 1923)
see
https://www.discogs.com/Jelly-Roll-Mortons-Jazz-Band-Some-Day-Sweetheart-London-Blues/release/4071097
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/jelly-roll-mortons-jazz-band/some-day-sweetheart-london-blues/
Some Day Sweetheart / London Blues Artist Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band Released January 1924, Recorded October 1923
"Some Day Sweetheart" was recorded in Chicago on 30 October 1923 by Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band comprising Jelly Roll Morton (piano), Natty Dominique (cornet), Zue Robertson (trombone), Horace Eubanks (clarinet) and [probably] Buddy Burton (drums).
Bayard says: The songwriting on the record label is credited to John C. Spikes, although the published music credits both John and his brother Reb Spikes, the pair being ubiquitous in the Los Angeles music industry in the first half of the 1920s as music publishers and songwriters.
Howver, authorship of the song is disputed, Jelly Roll maintaining that the tune was his, saying that Kid North, an old racetrack friend of his, used to play a tune called "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More" and:- Since the Kid knew that I was a writer and we had been friends for quite a while, he told me I could have that tune which became the basis of the verse in "Someday Sweetheart". The instrumental performance is slow to midtempo with stop-time passages, Eubanks' clarinet leading with the cornet and trombone in support, before the clarinet solos, the band delivering a good ensemble performance throughout. However, the lovely version Morton subsequently recorded on 16 December 1926, released in February 1927, as "Someday-Sweetheart Blues" by Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers is much superior to this earlier recording.
Other versions are at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIzvkk6bcTA King Oliver's Savanna Syncopaters 1926
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYjO0pIzp0A Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra 1942 Vocalist: Helen O'Connell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2goTwEVF38 the charleston chasers, someday sweetheart 1927
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xCt4IoSEyw Bing Crosby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyogeHc6XCQ Mildred Bailey & Her Alley Cats - Someday Sweetheart 1935
Mildred Bailey and Her Swing Band, "her Orchestra". 9/20/35 Gordon "Chris" Griffin {later w, Benny Goodman}, t; Chu Berry {Fletcher Henderson},ts; Teddy Wilson,p; Dick McDonough,g; Artie Bernstein,sb; Eddie Dougherty,d.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyogeHc6XCQ Someday Sweetheart (1950) - Kay Starr and Lou Busch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbkNCKGYl7k Someday Sweetheart (Spikes-Spikes) by Sam Lanin's Troubadours on Cameo 1212.Recorded in NY,Aug.19-1927.Scrappy Lambert vocal. Red Nichols,Larry Abbott,Arthur Schutt,Harry Reser,Andy Sannello and Joe Tarto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqdYfOK-s9s Alberta Hunter - Someday Sweetheart. Recorded Aug. 15, 1939 for Decca with members of John Kirby’s Onyx Club band; Charlie Shavers, t and Buster Bailey, cl. and Wellman Braud bass, Lil Hardin Armstrong piano
lots of discussion about Someday Sweetheart, the Spikes, Melrose publishing and Morton https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bixography/wbix-232-t8458.html
melody and chords here http://cjam.lassecollin.se/songs3/somedaysweetheart150820.html
AaronHegot
best drop ever
Rising Cookie
All I am thinking is "Fallout".
fReinKo
What is the name of this song?
Brook Lyn
Boardwalk Empire