Ol' White Shoes at his high-spirited, debonair best is what you get on this superb 1958 album release. Except for his Metal Mood CD (which came nearly 40 years later), Yes Indeed! is the most ambitious and enterprising album of his career. It displays most definitively his ability to not only get close to and comfortable with a new piece of music, but to transform it with delightful ease into a rich musical experience. His Stardust album (from earlier in the year) proved his mastery of the popular ballad. With Yes Indeed's lighthearted, enthusiastic and sophisticated mix, Pat Boone takes a giant step forward toward being the complete singer — one who could do it all and do it wonderfully well. His masterfully mature treatments of "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" and "Lonesome Road" fully belie his own youthful status. Lines like "They can't take that away from me" and "My baby just cares for me" are tendered with good-hearted, unaffected grace and are anything but blase. "Gone Fishin'" takes you virtually to that favorite place, and is an enchanting odyssey and a musical masterpiece all in one. "Sweet Sue" and "Robins and Roses" are a sweet, refreshing breeze to the senses. The impassioned vitality of the title track, along with "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Stairway to Paradise" and others, makes this album an incomparable swingin' session — not a track falls flat. It's Boone at his most versatile, and it is dynamite.
PAT BOONE
YES INDEED
(Dot DLP-25121)
October/1958
Produced by Randy Wood
1.
YES INDEED
(Sy Olivier)
« © '58 Embassy Music, BMI »
Yes indeed yes indeed I've got that feeling in me yes indeed
You will shout when it hits you yes indeed
Yes you'll shout when it hits you yes indeed
When that spirit moves you you will shout hallelujah
When it hits you you'll holler yes indeed
It comes out if it's in you yes ideed
It makes you shout Jack it sends you yes indeed
When that jive starts jumpin' you will shout let me in there
When it hits you you'll holler yes indeed
Yes you'll shout when it hits you yes indeed...
It comes out if it's in you yes ideed...
Yes indeed yes indeed I've got that feeling in me yes indeed
When that spirit moves you you will shout hallelujah
When it hits you when it hits you
When it hits you yes indeed
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2.
LAZY RIVER
(Sidney Arodin - Hoagy Carmichael)
« © '58 Peer Music, BMI »
Mhm up a Lazy River by the old mill run
That lazy river in the noon day sun
Linger in the shade of a kind oak tree
Throw away your trouble dream with me
Up a Lazy River where a robin song
Awakes a bright new morning we can lope along
Blue skies up above everyone's in love
Up a Lazy River how happy we'll be
Up a Lazy River with me
Up a Lazy River by the old mill run...
Up a Lazy River by the old mill run...
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3.
SWEET SUE JUST YOU
(Will J. Harris - Victor Young)
« © '56 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
Susie talkin' bout Susie
Talkin' bout the sweetest little sweetheart in the world
Every star above knows the one I love sweet Sue just you
And the moon up high knows the reason why sweet Sue it's you
No one else it seems ever shares my dreams
And without you dear I don't know what I'd do
In this heart of mine you live all the time sweet Sue just you
[ strings ]
No one else it seems ever shares my dreams
And without you dear I don't know what I'd do
In this heart of mine you live all the time
Susie talkin' bout Susie
Talkin' bout the sweetest little sweetheart in the world
Susie I'm talkin' bout Susie
Talkin' bout the sweetest little sweetheart in this world
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4.
THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
(Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin)
« © '37 WB Music, ASCAP / Ira Gershwin Music, ASCAP / George Gershwin Music, ASCAP »
The way you wear your hat the way you sip your tea
The mem'ry of all that oh no they can't take that away from me
The way you smile just beams the way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams oh no they can't take that away from me
We may never never meet again on the bumpy road to love
Still I'll always always keep the mem'ry of
The way you hold your knife the way we talked till three
The way you've changed my life no no they can't take that away from me
No they can't take that away from me
We may never never never never never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still I'll always always keep the mem'ry of
The way you hold your knife the way we talked till three
The way you've changed my life no no they can't take that away from me
No they can't take that away no they can't take that away
No they can't take that away from me
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5.
MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME
(Gus Kahn - Walter Donaldson)
« © '58 Donaldson Publishing, ASCAP / Keyes Gilbert Music, ASCAP /
Larry Spier Inc, ASCAP / Tobago Music, ASCAP »
My baby don't care for shows
Mhm my baby don't care for clothes
My baby just cares for me
My baby don't care for pearls and laces
My baby don't care for high-tone places
Mhm my baby don't care for rings
Or other expensive things
She's sensible as can be
My baby don't care who knows it
My baby just cares for me
[ horns - strings ]
My baby don't care for Bing
She doesn't know who can sing
My baby just cares for me
My baby don't care for Perry Como
She'd rather have me for her majordomo
Sinatra is not her style
And even young Ricky's smile
That's something she can't see
I wonder what's wrong with baby
My baby just cares for me for me
My baby just cares for me for me
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6.
DON'T WORRY BOUT ME
(Ted Koehler - Ruby Bloom)
« © '58 Mills Music, ASCAP / Ted Koehler Music, ASCAP »
Don't worry bout me I'll get along
Forget about me be happy my love
Let's say that our little show is over nad so the story ends
Why not call it a day the sensible way and still be friends
Look out for yourself should be the rule
Give your heart and your love to whom ever you love don't be a fool
Darling why should you cling to some fading thing that used to be
If you can't forget don't you worry bout me
[ horns ]
Give your heart and your love...
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7.
LONESOME ROAD
(Gene Austin - Nat Shilkret)
« © '55 Paramount Music, ASCAP / Nathaniel Shilkret Music, ASCAP »
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen nobody knows the sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen glory hallelujah
Look down look down that lonesome road before you travel on
Look up look up and seek your maker fore Gabriel blows his horn
I'm weary totin' such a load I'm trodgin' down that that lonesome road
Look down look down that lonesome road before you travel on
True love true love what have I done that you should treat me so
You caused me to walk and talk like I never never did before
I'm weary totin' oh such a load trodgin' down that lonesome road
Look down donwn down down that lonesome road before you travel on
Before you travel on
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8.
GONE FISHIN'
(Nick Kenny - Charles Kenny)
« © '58 Bourne Co, ASCAP / Feist Catalog, ASCAP »
Gone fishin' there's a sign upon my door
Gone fishin' I ain't workin' anymore
There's my hoe out in the sun
Where I left a row half done
Hoein' ain't no fun I ain't got no ambition
Gone fishin' by a shady wady pool
Gone fishin' I'm glad that I'm that kind of fool
I'd say no more work for mine
On my door I've hang a sign
Gone fishin' instead of just a wishin'
[ trumpet ]
Gone fishin' man I'm snoozin' by a brook
Gone fishin' I didn't even bate my hook
Cows need milkin' in the barn but I just don't give a darn
If you look for me I'm gone on a secret mission
Gone fishin' with those little words of mine
I'm wishin' all the world was by my side
Wish I had a plane to fly here's what I'd write there in the sky
Gone fishin' instead of just a wishin' oh yes
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9.
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
(Ben Bernie - Maceo Pinkard - Kenneth Casey)
« © '25 WB Music, ASCAP »
No gal made has got a shade on sweet georgia Brown
Two left feet but oh so neat has sweet Georgia Brown
They all sigh they wanna die for sweet Georgia Brown
I'll tell you just why you know I don't lie not much
It's been said she knocks 'em dead when she lands in town
Since she came why it's a shame how she cools 'em down
Fellers she can't get a feller she ain't met
Georgia claimed her Georgia named her sweet Georgia Brown
No gal made has got a shade...
It's been said she knocks 'em dead...
[ horns - piano - whistle ]
All those tips the porter slips to sweet Georgia Brown
They buy clothes at fashion shows with one dollar down
Oh boys tip your hats oh joy she's the cat's
Who's that Mister ain't her sister sweet Georgia brown
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10.
ROBINS AND ROSES
(Joe Burke - Edgar Leslie)
« © '36 Joe Burke Music, ASCAP / Edgar Leslie Music, ASCAP / Fred Ahlert Music, ASCAP »
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11.
I'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE
(B.G. DeSylva - Ira Gershwin - George Gershwin)
« © '58 New World Music, ASCAP / Ballentine Stephen Music, ASCAP »
I'll build a stairway to paradise with a new step every day
I'm gonna get there at any price stand aside I'm on my way
I've got the blues and up above it's so fair
Shoes go on and carry me there
I'll build a stairway to paradise with a new step every day
[ horns ]
With a new step every day
[ horns ]
Stand aside I'm on my way
I've got the blues and up above it's so fair
Shoes go on and carry me there
I'll build a stairway to paradise with a new step every day
Yeah I'll build a stairway to paradise...
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12.
AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE
(Arthur Altman - Redd Evans - Hal David)
« © '58 Music Sales, ASCAP / Casa David, ASCAP »
Daisy is darling iris is sweet
Lily is lovely blossom's a treat
Of all the sweethearts a guy could meet
Well I finally chose an American beauty rose
Camelia's tragic she can't be mine
Magnolia's magic makes Maggie shine
Laurel will hug you orchid's divine
Still I finally chose an American beauty rose
She's clingier than Ivy and she's zingier than black-eyed Susan
Springier than Mabel in June
I'm daffy as a daffodil it's laughable the way I thrill
When roses are in bloom
Pansy is pretty (willow is tall) you're right
Violet's kisses two lips recall
How can I choose one I love 'em all
Still I finally chose an American beauty rose
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13.
I'VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE
(Sammy Cahn - Jule Styne)
« © '58 Cahn Music, ASCAP / Morley Music, ASCAP »
It seems to me I've heard that song before
It's from an old familiar score I know it well that melody
It's funny how a theme recalls a favorite dream
A dream that brought you so close to me
I know each word because I've heard that song before
The lyrics said for evermore for evermore's a memory
Please have them play it again and I'll remember just when
I've heard that lovely song before
It seems to me I've heard that song before...
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14.
IT'S A PITY TO SAY GOODNIGHT
(Billy Reid)
« © '58 Colgems Music, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
It's a pity to say goodnight cause I never saw stars so bright
But if you gotta go home you gotta go home
Give me a goodnight kiss
It's a pity to say farewell because the Man in the Moon won't tell
But if you gotta go home you gotta go home
Give me a goodnight kiss
How's about tomorrow night just you and me
I'll be waitin' for you darling underneath the apple tree
It's a pity to say goodnight because I want you to hold me tight
But if you gotta go home you gotta go home
Give me a goodnight kiss
[ horns - strings ]
Hey how's about tomorrow night just you and me
I'll be waitin' for you darling underneath the apple tree
It's a pity to say goodnight because I want you to hold me tight
But if you gotta go home you gotta go home
But before you go home give me a goodnight kiss
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Pat Boone Discography