All Or Nothing At All

All or nothing at all Half a love never appealed to me If your heart never could yield to me Then I'd rather have nothing at all All or nothing at all If it's love there ain't no in-between Why begin and cry for something that might have been No I'd rather have nothing at all Please don't put your lips so close to my cheek Don't smile or I'll be lost be on recall The kiss in your eyes the touch of your hand makes me weak And my heart may grow dizzy and fall And if I fell under the spell of your call I would be caught in the undertow So you see I've got to say no All or nothing at all

All Or Nothing At All (unreleased cover) Words by Jack Lawrence Music by Arthur Altman Performed by Elvis Costello (solo) First known performance:  October 5, 2009, Singapore      (50 known performances, 2 as a snippet)

Recordings by other artists

• Jimmy Dorsey, 1939
• Count Basie & His Orchestra, 1940
• Frank Sinatra with Harry James & His Orchestra, 1939 (Sinatra also re-recorded it several times)
• Jimmy Scott, 1955
• Chet Baker & Johnny Pace, on Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace, 1958
• Billie Holiday, on All Or Nothing At All, 1959
• Freddie Hubbard, on Open Sesame, 1960
• Sarah Vaughan, on Sarah + 2, 1962
• The John Coltrane Quartet, on Ballads, 1963
• Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio, on Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio, 1963
• Jack Jones, on The Impossible Dream, 1966
• Ella Fitzgerald, on Lady Time, 1978
• Barry Manilow, on Singin' With The Big Bands, 1994
• Diana Krall, on Love Scenes, 1997
• many others

Internal links

• Lyrics

External links

• Wikipedia: All Or Nothing At All