JUST YOU, JUST ME

Music: Jesse Greer- Lyrics: Raymond Klages

Year: 1929

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Origin of the song

Marion Davies and Lawrence Gray sang ‘Just You, Just Me’ in the film Marianne, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, where Cliff Edwards, George Baxter, and Benny Rubin also took part. The film, released on 24 August 1929 in the US, has moderate success, but the song became the most popular among all songs written by Jesse Greer or Raymond Klages.

Some Jeese Greer’s songs had brief popularity, as ‘Daddy Found You Down Beside the Garden Wall’ (1917), ‘Baby Blue Eyes’ (1922), ‘Flapperette’ (1926), ‘Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now’ (1926), ‘Kitty from Kansas City’ (1930), ‘When the Night Is Young’ (1931), and ‘Time to Go’ (1933). For his part, Klages wrote the lyrics of ‘Climbing Up the Ladder of Love’ (1926), ‘I’m More Than Satisfied’ (1927), and ‘One Step to Heaven’ (1928). The three of them weren’t very popular.

Cliff Edwards recorded ‘Just You, Just Me’ on 14 June 1929 for the Columbia label. The disc reached the twelfth position in the top charts. Some years later, in 1944, Lester Young got his instrumental version of the song into the ‘Rhythm & Blues’ charts in the ninth position, where it remained for a week.

Versions in the top charts

PERFORMERS

DATE OF RECORDING

DAY OF ENTRANCE

PERMANENCE WEEKS

HIGH POSITION REACHED

Cliff Edwards

1929.06.14

1929.10.05

2

13

Cliff Edwards (voc, uke)

Lester Young Quartet

1943.12.28

1944.03.25

1

9

Instrumental

Rhythm & Blues charts

Jazz. Outstanding performances

Instrumental

PERFORMERS	DATE OF RECORDING	MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
Artie Shaw Orchestra	1937.07.12	Artie Shaw (cl, dir), Johnny Best, Malcolm Crain, Tom DiCarlo (tp), George Arus, Harry Rodgers (tb), Hank Freeman, Les Robinson (as), Fred Petry, Jules Rubin, Tony Pastor (ts), Les Burness (p), Al Avola (g), Ben Ginsberg (b), Cliff Leeman (d)
Lester Young Quartet	1943.12.28	Lester Young (ts), Slam Stewart (tb), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Sid Catlett (d)
Eddie Heywood Orchestra	1944.11.14	Eddie Heywood (p, dir), Doc Cheatham, Emmett Berry (tp), Vic Dickenson (tb), Lem Davis (as), Edmond Hall (cl), Al Casey (g), Al Lucas (b), Sid Catlett (d)
Teddy Wilson Quintet	1944.12.18	Teddy Wilson (p), Charlie Shavers (tp), Red Norvo (vib), Billy Taylor (b), Morey Feld (d),
Benny Carter Orchestra	1945.12.12	Benny Carter (tp, as, dir), Louis Gray, Wallace Jones, Lewis Botton, Leonard Graham (tp), Alton Moore, Charles Johnson, Al Grey, John Morris (tb), Joe Epps, Porter Kilbert (as), Willard Brown (as, bars), Bumps Myers, Harold Clark (ts), Rufus Webster (p), James Cannady (g), Thomas Moultrie (b), Percy Brice (d)
Buddy Rich Orchestra	1947.04.11	Buddy Rich (d, dir), Tommy Allison, Stan Fishelson, Phil Gilbert, Bill Howell (tp), Mario Daone, Bob Ascher, Chunky Koenigsberg (tb), Eddie Caine, Jerry Thirlkild (as), Allen Eager, Mickey Rich (ts), Harvey Levine (bars), Harvey Leonard (p), Gene Dell (g), Tubby Phillips (b)
Louis Armstrong All Stars	1951.01.30	Louis Armstrong (tp), Jack Teagarden (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Earl Hines (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Cozy Cole (d)
Lester Young with Oscar Peterson Trio	1952.08.04	Lester Young (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Barney Kessel (g), Ray Brown (b), J.C. Heard (d)
Thelonious Monk Trio	1956.04.03	Thelonious Monk (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Art Blakey (d)
Roy Eldridge & Coleman Hawkins	1959.01.??	Roy Eldridge (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Don Wilson (p), Bob Decker (b), Buddy Dean (d)
Al Cohn- Zoot Sims Quintet	1960.03.04	Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts), Mose Allison (p), Bill Crow (b), Nick Stabulas (d)
Bill Evans	1963.02.09	Bill Evans (p)
Jaki Byard Trio	1966.01.11	Jaki Byard (p, cel, vib, ts, d), Richard Davis (b, vc), Alan Dawson (d, vib, tim)
Benny Green	2001.01.22	Benny Green (p)

Vocal

PERFORMERS	DATE OF RECORDING	MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
Nat King Cole & His Trio	1956.09.14	Nat Cole (voc, p), Willie Smith (as), John Collins (g), Charlie P. Harris (b), Lee Young (d)
Ella Fitzgerald	1958.11.22	Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino (tp), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb, ts), Vincent DeRosa (tpa), Bud Shank (as), Bill Holman (ts), Med Flory (bars), John Kitzmiller (tu), Lou Levy (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (d), Marty Paich (dir)
Ray Charles & Betty Carter	1960.08.24	Ray Charles (voc, p), Betty Carter (voc), Phil Guilbeau, John Hunt, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Don Fagerquist (tp), Dick Nash, Harry Betts, Frank Rosolino, Ken Shroyer (tb), Bennie Crawford (as), David 'Fathead' Newman (ts), Leroy Cooper (bars), Bill Pittman (g), Edgar Willis (b), Mel Lewis (d), Bruno Carr (per), Marty Paich (dir)

On cinemas

The song 'Just You, Just Me' is included in the soundtrack of the following movies:

ORIGINAL TITLE	TITLE IN SPAIN	YEAR OF PRODUCTION	PERFORMERS OF THE SONG IN THE FILM
Marianne	Marianne	1929	Lawrence Gray; Marion Davies; Lawrence Gray and Cliff Edwards
The Prize	El premio	1963
Slither	Deslices	1973
New York, New York	New York, New York	1977	Liza Minnelli with Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone)
Hannah and Her Sisters	Hannah y sus hermanas	1986	Dick Hyman
Everyone Says I Love You	Todos dicen I love you	1997	Ed Norton, Olivia Hayman, Vivian Cherry, Diva Gray, Arlene Martell, Helen Miles, Paul Evans, and Dick Hyman and the New York Studio Players, Jon Gordon (as), Itzhak Perlman (vn), Navah Perlman (p)