Almost every day I hear some kind friend say Sophie, dear, I think you’re much too stout Right away they suggest the diet they think best They make me sick, I wish they’d cut it out I don’t want to get thin, I don’t want to get thin Why should I, when I'm alright as I am? Those slender waisted mammas, they make me laugh My goodness, men like to see a little porch in there I don’t want to reduce, furthermore, what’s the use? When the men follow me around like Mary’s lamb The girls who talk of dieting, gee, they get on my nerves If you want to keep your husband straight, show him a lot of curves I don't want to get thin You can laugh, and you can grin But I'm doing very well the way I am! Miss Tucker, I think you could do with a pound less or two Look who's talking, If he'd close one eye he'd look like a needle! Mind your own business, Ted, I'm satisfied to be the way I am I’ve got a lot of what I’ve got, and my friends love it Mind you, they’re no vegetarians, they like their meat and plenty of it But I think you could spare a pound here or there Nobody is asking you, young man, keep your mind on your music I can't when you're around Look where I am not I can't see that far Alright, I'll buy you some field glasses I'm fat, and I know it, and I intend to stay fat Miss Tucker, you shouldn't say fat In the best places, they say 'one is stout' In the best places, I'm fat As I'm saying, folks, I'll eat anything Anything? Anything You wouldn't eat ham Well, we leave politics and religion out of this I've noticed one thing, girls, you can store this in your dome All of the married man who ran after me had skinny wives at home You'll have to be much thinner to attract the young chicks Don't worry, I'm doing all right with the Spaniards and the Greeks! I don’t want to lose weight The boys tell me I'm great My sweetheart loves me just the way I am I have no fear that he’ll go chasing around with other mammas He may find one who will fill my shoes but not my pajamas I don’t care what I weigh, I eat pie every day I hate pineapples, and I don’t care for lamb I'll tell you very frankly, I weigh one sixty-three But many as a Sonny Boy has tried to climb upon my knee And I don't want to get thin You can laugh, and you can grin But I'm doing very well the way I am!

All the generations should at least should know all these music exist, choice is yours but all generations even old ones should know old and new music

This song is forever in my heart...💗

¡Que trío de lujo!

Bob. Everly Great American singer.

30 Anos Sem Ginny Simms

Judy Garland is Delightful! Excellent Recording!

Esta canción la escuché hace como diez años y me gustó ,recuerdo a un ser muy querido por mi que ya no está y me pongo triste al recordarla,aunque me gusta la canción es muy bella 😢😔🥺

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I think I'm correct in assuming that this was recorded just before Jimmy died or just after he'd passed away

My Dad knew Tommy Dorsey and I grew up with the Big Band music! I have always loved Helen O’Connell. What a voice and so pretty. Thank you Dad for playing this music all the time! ❤❤❤

I loved all the sounds of the big bands,when I was a girl many years ago,every Sunday there was concert on which I tried not to miss.Thats what you call music.

When I hear these wonderful singers it makes me think I was born in the wrong era. Love them.🤗

Real music. Sorta died with R&R

Severely underrated performer.

Each song on this channel is a message from the past, containing so many emotions and memories. ✉

Early product placement.

No use trying to hear this in stereo. It hadn’t been invented yet.

Forty years later Americans had rap music.

I was born 1955. I love this❤

Paddy Finucane RAF pilot apparently would play this song on being called into action. Sadly he ditched in the Channel and did not survive.

i have a very good memory of playing this over the phone to my mid-90s great-grandma

This is incredibly heartbreaking and moving, especially as she begins the song following the initial verse, and the bittersweet soft ending. This depicts a truly masochistic kind of love. Barbra was never going to sing "he beats me, too," especially since the film does not actually tell the true story. In the film, the dressing room scene precedes this song, where Barbra's Fanny expresses gratitude to Arnstein for giving her a marble egg, and for making her feel beautiful. So, I interpret Barbra's more extroverted version as an acknowledgment that, although it didn't work out, she doesn't regret having loved and lost. The announcer describes Fanny as having depicted a woman dressed in tatters. In the film, we know that Fanny has been very successful, so that her version comes from a strong woman who's very much a survivor. Jule Styne wanted the film to end with "Don't Rain On My Parade," but the opposing argument was that Barbra would sing the song from a feeling of strength. We know that the real Fanny did eventually move on from Arnstein, while maintaining a special place for him in her heart. But in the way Fanny Brice sings this here, we have the feeling that this tattered Parisian woman she's portraying is never moving on. So these are two different approaches, but equally valid to these two unique artists, in two very different contexts.

Judy could tell the most humorous stories. It would have been a toss-up as to whether to listen to her sing or tell stories. Truly a great all around entertainer.

....I've got the 40s channel on Sirius XM preset...good memories of B&W movies that I watched with mom & dad - growing up in the 50s & 60s...

Espectacular

It begins here.

Eyuck

If you get a chance, watch the 1936 movie, The Great Ziegfeld, with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Fanny Brice is in the movie and performs this song. It's so wonderful to be able to see her actually perform this piece!

My parents spoke a lot of the song ' tangerine .. miss them always .

Esse vídeo demonstra que hoje em dia usam o microfone erradamente!

My mom would listen to this type of music when I was a kid. I never thought much about it until I heard Woody Allen’s band live. It totally blew me away! I’ve been a fan ever since.

Helen O'Connell aces it with her first word......" Tan-ger-reeeeeeen!"

Im the proud Nephew of a Seabee Master Chief Builder of the Fighting Forty

When Jimmy comes in at 1:38, his solo is clearly a clarinet rather than an alto! Must be an error in dubbing. Great lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

avec les classiques ont est transportés. dans un autre temps et c'est très beau c'est la nostalgie

I've never heard this version...it's beautiful. I love Herb Alpert's version.

A young generation (at that time) with a lyrical voice, a coherent story to tell, and wonder-of-wonder, NO PROFANITY!

Our police sponsored club, the DAPs, took us to LA's Shrine Auditorium to see a concert with several acts. This song by the Bell Sisters was the hit of the evening (actually, their performance is the only one I remember). My girlfriend Roberta and I were about 13 at the time.

A wonderful jazz music comin' fm fifty's with a romantic n very smart singer.

I have loved this music all of my life

Visited Florida oldie oldie man

I will never forget it you know!

Disney went downhill after Walt passed away. I miss these wholesome movies so much

The best version of the song ever is by Miss Garland. She sings any song better than anybody else

Paul McCartney's "first favourite" song.😸

Like mom confirmed. They will never make music like that again❤

I've heard all the modern versions of this song and never heard the original till now. I'm 46. Yes the moderns were spectacular, but they never sang the actual pain of this starlet..wow. just wow.

Wonderful Recording!

First time I ever heard this Wonderful Recording! I Love It! Judy Garland is fantastic!