AboutSteve Ramm Expertise My expertise is in REAL OLDIES from 1890s- 1930. 78s as well as Edison Cylinders. I can also answer some Phonograph questions though I'm not a repair person
Experience 35 years of collecting as well as reviewing reissues of this material. I've taught a number of antique classes on early record collecting.
Organizations Member of various phonograph societies around the world as well as the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
Publications Discoveries, Antique Phonograph News, In The Groove
Expert: Steve Ramm Date: 4/7/2007 Subject: Song name and additional lyrics
Question QUESTION: I have been looking for the song name and remainder lyrics to this song for years. My musical theater professor gave it to me for a class exercise and I love it and would like to perform it- the entire song. These are the word that I know:
Funny stories never make you laugh,
Your heart's in two,
She's got the other half.
All you're left with is a photograph.
Love Ain't nothin' but the blues.
Never wake up with a smiling face,
always teardrops on your pillowcase,
Aching heart that nothing can erase.
Love ain't nothin' but the blues.
Way down deep in your heart
Hope is fading like a rose.
You're just playing a part
praying that nobody knows.
Once you lived up in the sky above,
sitting on a world just built for love,
Something happened and you got a shove.
Love ain't nothin' but the blues.
I'd appreciate it immensely if you could help me with this mystery.
Thank you.
Runita
ANSWER: Runita:
The song is from the 1920s and is called "Ove Ain't Nothing But the blues". The sheet music should be available. But is on a bunch of reissued CDs.
Here's link to hear sample from one. Scroll down to #21.
