Paul Weston (born Paul Wetstein, March 12, 1912 – died September 20, 1996) … Read Full Bio ↴Paul Weston (born Paul Wetstein, March 12, 1912 – died September 20, 1996) was a US pianist, arranger, composer and conductor. Weston was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1933.

Weston became an arranger for Rudy Vallee's Fleischman Hour on radio. In 1936 he joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra as chief arranger, holding the position until 1940. He then became Dinah Shore's arranger/conductor and also worked freelance for the Bob Crosby Orchestra. His association with the Crosby unit took him to Hollywood and into film work, starting with Holiday Inn in 1941. Subsequent films as musical director include Holiday Inn (1942), Belle of the Yukon (1944) and Road To Utopia (1945). Weston arranged Ella Fitzgerald's album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1957), devoted to the music of Irving Berlin.

In 1942, songwriter Johnny Mercer, Glenn Wallichs and Buddy DeSylva formed Capitol Records and engaged Weston as musical director for the label. Weston also began working on radio with Mercer and Capitol songstress Jo Stafford. Stafford signed with Columbia Records in 1950 and Weston also joined Columbia. In 1952, Weston and Stafford married and had two children, Tim (born 1954) and Amy (born 1956).

Weston had a long career as a musical director for television including The Danny Kaye Show. He teamed up with his wife to produce a series of comedy albums based on Jo's ability to sing off-key deliberately while Paul murdered the piano accompaniment. They assumed the personas of "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards" for these musical travesties.

The couple retired from performing in the 1970s. Weston died on September 20, 1996, in Santa Monica, California.

All the Things You Are
Paul Weston Lyrics

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Time and again I've longed for adventure,
Something to make my heart beat the faster.
What did I long for? I never really knew.
Finding your love I've found my adventure,
Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster,
All that I want in all of this world is you.

You are the promised kiss of springtime

That makes the lonely winter seem long.
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights a star,
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Some day my happy arms will hold you,

And some day I'll know that moment divine,
When all the things you are, are mine!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to the song "All The Things You Are" by Paul Weston are about finding true love and how it fills the void that was once present in a person's life. The first stanza talks about how the singer has always longed for adventure, something to make their heart beat faster. They didn't know what they were looking for until they found love. The second half of the stanza talks about how their heart now beats faster when they touch the hand of their loved one and how they no longer long for anything else in the world.

The second stanza compares the singer's love interest to different things that bring joy and beauty to life. They are the "promised kiss of springtime that makes the lonely winter seem long," the "breathless hush of evening that trembles on the brink of a lovely song," and the "angel glow that lights a star." The singer ends the song by expressing their desire to hold their loved one and possess all the qualities that make them so special.

Line by Line Meaning

Time and again I've longed for adventure,
I have always sought adventure in my life, repeatedly.

Something to make my heart beat the faster.
I always looked for something that would exhilarate me.

What did I long for? I never really knew.
I was not entirely aware of what I sought in my quest for adventure.

Finding your love I've found my adventure,
I realize that love is an adventure in itself and I have discovered it through you.

Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster,
Being in your company excites me, and feels like an adrenaline rush.

All that I want in all of this world is you.
You are my sole desire and nothing else in this world matters if I don't have you.

You are the promised kiss of springtime
You are the anticipated kiss of spring season that chases away the gloom of winter.

That makes the lonely winter seem long.
Without you, even the sight of winter seems unbearable and endless.

You are the breathless hush of evening
You make me speechless even in moments that are usually calm and quiet.

That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You have the ability to create beautiful music even in the stillness of silence.

You are the angel glow that lights a star,
You have a divine quality about you that illuminates everything around you.

The dearest things I know are what you are.
Everything valuable and precious to me is embodied in you.

Some day my happy arms will hold you,
I eagerly await the day when I can embrace you with joy.

And some day I'll know that moment divine,
A time will come when I'll realize that this is nothing but a beautiful moment of bliss.

When all the things you are, are mine!
When I finally have you completely, all the things that make you who you are will be mine too.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein

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