Blue Gardenia
Nat “King” Cole * Track #3 On Ballads of the Day
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Album Ballads of the Day
- #1A Blossom Fell
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- #2Unbelievable
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- #3Blue Gardenia
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- #4Angel Eyes
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- #5It Happens to Be Me
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- #6Smile
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- #7Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
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- #8Alone Too Long
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- #9My One Sin (In Life)
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- #10Return to Paradise
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- #11If Love Is Good To Me
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- #12The Sand and the Sea
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Blue Gardenia by Nat "King" Cole
Performed by
Nat “King” ColeProduced by
Lee GilletteWrited by
Lester Lee & Bob RussellAbout
Written for Fritz Lang’s 1953 movie entitled The Blue Gardenia, this song is a crucial plot point in the film, as an artist (Raymond Burr) plays a recording of the song while he tries to rape the intoxicated protagonist (Anne Baxter). He later turns up dead, and the main character is accused of his...
Blue Gardenia Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Blue gardenia
Now I'm alone with you
And I am, oh so blue
She has tossed us aside
And like you, gardenia
Once I was near her heart
After the teardrops start
Where are teardrops to hide?
[Bridge]
I lived for an hour
What more can I tell
Love bloomed like a flower
Then the petals fell
[Verse 2]
Blue gardenia
Thrown to a passing breeze
But rest in my book
Of memories
[Bridge]
I lived for an hour
What more can I tell
Love bloomed like a flower
Then the petals fell
[Outro]
Blue gardenia
Thrown to a passing breeze
But rest in my book
Of memories
Blue Gardenia Q&A
Who wrote Blue Gardenia's ?
Blue Gardenia was written by Lester Lee & Bob Russell.
Who produced Blue Gardenia's ?
Blue Gardenia was produced by Lee Gillette.