Bing Crosby - Just a Gigolo (1931)

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"Just a Gigolo" was a German language song written in 1929 by Leonello Casucci and Julius Brammer. After becoming a success in Europe, the song was brought to the United States where English lyrics were written by Irving Caesar. This was one of Bing Crosby's earliest solo recordings, recorded on March 2, 1931 (Victor 22701). Other top-selling recordings of "Just a Gigolo" from 1931 include those by the Ted Lewis and Ben Bernie orchestras. A recording by Louis Prima combined the song with "I Ain't Got Nobody"; and a remake of this pairing became a #12 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for David Lee Roth in 1985. B-side is "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away)".

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My son loved this song. He died two years ago at the age of 45. I feel sad listening to this.

desha

I never understood why all the famous covers of this song are so upbeat. It’s a very melancholic and sad song.

Janon

I’m absolutely thrilled to stumble upon this version. Had NO idea Bing sang this. He’s one of my favorite performers-Wow! What a legacy he has-his music and voice live on. Amazing 🎉

MammamiaLeone

Very few people that are only familiar with Louis Prima (and David Lee Roth) version know what a sad song this really is.

garylawrence

‘twas in a Paris cafe that first I found him, he was a Frenchman, a hero of the war
But war was over and here’s how peace had crowned him, a few cheap medals to wear and nothing more
Now every night in the same cafe he shows up, and as he strolls by ladies hear him say:
“If you admire me, hire me”, a gigolo who knew of better days

Just a gigolo, everywhere I go
People know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance
Selling each romance
Every night some heart betraying
There will come a day
Youth will pass away
Then what will they say about me?
When the end comes, I know,
They'll say, “Just a gigolo”
As life goes on without me

smfvmd

Fantastic version of this song…. and it includes the verse 👍

davidavernon

Actually quite a daring song in its day, but a very well received version wonderful clarity too.

danielarick

A private soldier who put his life on the line for his country and trumped his enemies and earned every medal he received through blood, toil, tears and sweat - for such a man to then find himself considered unemployable and forced into the world's oldest profession is insult and humiliation.
I can't imagine how many de-mobilised personnel found themselves in dire predicaments. That is the history book we should write, not about the triumphs and the losses, but about the fate of the fighting men - lucky, wounded, crippled, incapacitated - on either side.

tryarunm

Love Bing's tenor voice in his early years before it deepened . This song was just perfect to show off his tenor quality .

paacer

Love learning song history! Heard an uptempo version by Les Brown then wondered if same as DLR's & discovering its roots from an Austrian tango.

trenee

Never heard the intro before, as I know this by the David Lee Roth version, it is beautiful

backslash

Sung the way it was written, (sad song)- by Bing Crosby

rifroar

The broadway star Brent Carver does my favorite version of this song, its such a sad song, what away to live one's life.

proto

Even as a kid in the 80s, I thought the lyrics to the DLR version (which, at the time, I didn't know was a cover) were kinda sad. Like a guy stuck in a life he wasn't really happy with but trying to pretend like he was ok with it.

It makes sense now.

jenestratoo