"Just Squeeze Me": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video
"Just Squeeze Me"
Lee Gaines (born Otho Lee Gaines in 1914, Buena Vista, Mississippi and died July, 1987 in Helsinki Finland) was a singer who founded the jazz and pop vocal group the Delta Rhythm Boys. He also wrote the lyrics for at least two Duke Ellington compositions, "Just Squeeze Me" and "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'." Some sources credit Gaines with a hand in the lyrics of the Billy Strayhorn standard "Take the A Train" but this is dubious.
Notes
- Other songs written for Jump for Joy currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook Songbook :
- 1. I Got it Bad (and that ain't good)
- See the New York Times obituary for Lee Gaines.
Questions
What is Just Squeeze Me?
Lee Gaines (born Otho Lee Gaines in 1914, Buena Vista, Mississippi and died July, 1987 in Helsinki Finland) was a singer who founded the jazz and pop vocal group the Delta Rhythm Boys. He also wrote the lyrics for at least two Duke Ellington compositions, "Just Squeeze Me" and "J
How should Just Squeeze Me be cited?
Cite this page as ""Just Squeeze Me": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video," Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/j/just_squeeze_me_m.html
Which Cafe Songbook pages are related?
Also read Duke Ellington, songwriter (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songwriters/e_sws/ellington_duke.html); "Take The 'A' Train" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/t/take_the_a_train.html); "Keepin' Myself For You" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/k/keepin_myself_for_you.html); "Just One of Those Things" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/j/just_one_of_those_things.html).
Cite this page: "Just Squeeze Me": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video, Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/j/just_squeeze_me_m.html