All Or Nothing At All

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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 byJack Lawrence
Music byArthur Altman
Performed byElvis Costello (solo)

First known performance:
October 5, 2009, Singapore
Last known performance:
September 27, 2023, Brussels, Belgium
     (50 known performances, 2 as a snippet)


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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
 Jimmy Dorsey  1939  "B-Side" of Single - In The Middle Of A Dream Discogs
Frank Sinatra
with Harry James & His Orchestra
 1939  Single release (Sinatra also re-recorded it several times) AmazonDiscogs
Count Basie & His Orchestra  1940  Single release with Helen Humes vocalist AmazonArchive.org
Jimmy Scott  1955 If You Only Knew AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
Chet Baker & Johnny Pace  1958 Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
Billie Holiday  1959 All Or Nothing At All AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
 Freddie Hubbard  1960 Open Sesame AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
 Sarah Vaughan  1962 Sarah + 2 AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
 The John Coltrane Quartet  1963 Ballads AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
 Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio  1963 Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
 Jack Jones  1966 The Impossible Dream AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
Ella Fitzgerald  1978 Lady Time AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
 Barry Manilow  1994 Singin' With The Big Bands AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
Diana Krall  1997 Love Scenes AmazonAmazon.ukDiscogs
Lu Campbell  1998 This Town AmazonAllMusicDiscogs
Katrine Madsen  2006 Supernatural Love AmazonAmazon.ukAllMusic
  • and many others

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