I’ve Got a Crush on You
Lee Wiley * Track #2 On Night in Manhattan
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I've Got a Crush on You by Lee Wiley
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This interpretation drastically altered the history of the song. The Gershwins' song had originally been a light, up-tempo comic number in their musicals Treasure Girl and Strike Up the Band, but Wiley’s rendition brought out its sensual side. Most performances of the song since then have followed i...
I’ve Got a Crush on You Lyrics
How glad the many millions of Annabelles and Lillians
Would be to capture me
But you had such persistence, you wore down my resistance
I fell and it was swell
I'm your big and brave and handsome Romeo
How I won you I shall never never know
It's not that you're attractive
But, oh, my heart grew active
When you came into view
I've got a crush on you, sweetie pie
All the day and night time give me sigh
I never had the least notion that
I could fall with so much emotion
Could you coo, could you care?
For a cunning cottage we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'Cause I have got a crush on you
Could you coo, could you care?
For a cunning cottage
That we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'Cause I have got a crush, my baby, on you
I’ve Got a Crush on You Q&A
Who wrote I’ve Got a Crush on You's ?
I’ve Got a Crush on You was written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin.
What did Lee Wiley say about "I've Got a Crush on You"?
In his memoir Lyrics on Several Occasions, Ira Gershwin wrote:
For many years I thought of this song as one exceedingly hot. Then one day I bought a then-new Lee Wiley album which included the first recording of this number. I listened a while and wondered what the girl was up to. Fast and furious...