RUNNIN' WILD
(Lyrics: Joe Grey & Leo Wood / Music: Arthur Harrington Gibbs)
The Cotton Pickers (Instr.) - 1922
Marion Harris - 1923
Vincent Lopez & His Hotel Pennsylvania Orch. (Instr.) - 1922
The Great White Way Orch. (Instr.) - 1923
Ted Lewis & His Band (Instr.) - 1923
Miss Patricola & The Virginians - 1923
Duke Ellington & The Jungle Band (vocal: Dick Robertson) - 1931
Red Nichols & His Pennies (vocal: The Songcopators) - 1934
Hoosier Hot Shots (Instr.) - 1937
Benny Goodman Quartet (Instr.) - 1937
Glenn Miller & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1939
Teddy Wilson & Quintet (Instr.) - 1945
Pee Wee Hunt & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1949
The Chordettes - 1951
The Modernaires - 1953
Johnny Dankworth & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1954
Les Paul & Mary Ford - 1956
Margaret Whiting - 1957
Dolly Dawn - 1959
Marilyn Monroe (feat. in the film "Some Like It Hot") - 1959
Ernestine Anderson - 1960
The Temperance Seven - 1962
Also recorded by:
Diahann Carroll; Mel Carter; Carmen Cavallaro; Louis Cottrell Jr.; Bing Crosby;
Pete Fountain; Jesse Fuller; Stephane Grappelli; Lionel Hampton; Mike Jones;
Barney Kessel; Ladd's Black Aces; George Lewis; Abbey Lincoln; Billy Maxted;
Wild Bill Davison; Ralph Sutton; Dutch Swing College Band; Jimmie Lunceford;
Southland Six; Squadronaires; Charlie Ventura; Ella Fitzgerald;Charlie Shavers;
Pepper Adams; Sidney Bechet; Terry Blaine; Boston Pops Orch.; Frankie Carle;
Norah Blaney & Gwen Farrar; Firehouse Five Plus Two; Bob Crosby; Art Tatum;
Oscar Peterson; Matty Malneck; Dave McKenna; Charlie Shavers; Turk Murphy;
Dixie Demons; Red Norvo; Kid Ory; Harry Parry & His Radio Sextet; Sid Phillips;
Coleman Hawkins; Django Reinhardt ........ and many others.
My man and I, we had a fight
And I'm all by myself
I guess he thinks that now he's gone
I'll lay right on the shelf
I'm gonna show him that he's all wrong
No lonesome soul am I
I won't stay home all alone
He'll soon find that I'm
Runnin’ wild, lost control
Runnin’ wild, mighty bold
Feelin' gay, reckless too
Carefree mind all the time, never blue
Always goin’ don’t know where
Always showin’ I don’t care
Don’t love nobody, it’s not worthwhile
All alone, runnin’ wild
No man will ever make a fool of me
No man, I mean just what I say
Now I ain't the simpleton I used to be
I wonder how I got that way
Once I was full of sentiment, it's true
But now I got a cruel heart
With all that other foolishness I'm through
Gonna play the vampire part
(Instrumental Break)
Runnin’ wild, lost control
Runnin’ wild, mighty bold
Feelin' gay, reckless too
Carefree mind all the time, never blue
Always goin’ don’t know where
Always, always showin’ I don’t care
Don’t love nobody, it’s not worthwhile
All alone, all alone, runnin’ wild
(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - November 2004)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - March 2019)
