You're So Right For Me
1958


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Highlights
  • Written for the 1958 Broadway show, Oh Captain! Based on the screenplay, The Captain's Paradise, by Alec Coppel.
  • Lyrics and music by Livingston and Evans, book by Al Morgan and Jose Ferrer.
  • Opened on Broadway February 4, 1958 at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 192 performances.
  • The original cast included Ronny Randall, Alexandra Danilove, Susan Johnson, Abbe Lane, Jacquelyn McKeever, Edward Platt and Paul Valentine.
  • Tony nominee for Best Musical 1958.

WRITTEN BY RAY EVANS & JAY LIVINGSTON
COPYRIGHT 1958


Recording History
Tony Bennett, The Great American Composers: Livingston & Evans, Columbia House, 2C2 8651 / C22 8651
The Bob Prince Quintet, Dancing with Oh Captain!, Columbia Harmony Records, # HL 7097
Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer, The Ferrers, Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer sing selections from the Broadway Musical Comedy Oh Captain!, MGM Records, # E3687
Michael Feinstein, Livingston & Evans Songbook, Concord Records, FCD-3101-2, 2002
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland Get Happy, Snapper Music, SMDCD385
Betty Hutton and Earl Wrightson, Satin and Spurs, The Original Cast Recording, Capitol Records, EP # L547
Jazz Instrumental Quartet and Vibes
Jonah Jones
Peggy Lee, Ole alla Lee! Great Favorites Styled in Spectacular Latin Fashion, Capitol Records, #T-1475
The Leonard Feather and Dick Hyman Quartet with Marilyn Moore on vocals, Oh Captain! Played by the Leonard Feather Dick Hyman All Stars, MGM Records, E3650
Jackie Paris, The First Jazz Show Tune Album with Vocals
Edward Platt and Eileen Rodgers, Oh Captain! The Original Cast Album, Columbia Special Products, #AOS 2002
Sid Ramin and His Orchestra, Love Without Tears, RCA Victor Records, #LPM-2013
Stan Freeman and his Quartet, play Oh Captain!, Columbia Records, # CL 1126
Jon Weber, It's Never Quite the Same, Mood Records, MD-1111, 1998
Lyrics
You’re so right for me.
(Keep sayin’ it, I’m okayin’ it.)
Just the one for me.
(You’re sellin’ me, keep on tellin’ me.)
How I need your clinging caress!
Your fabulous lips!
Your voice saying “yes!”
How could I replace
(hey cover boy [girl] you’re my lover boy [girl].)
The light that lights your face?
(Let’s kiss a lot, live like this a lot.)
Now I see the way it’s mean to be
‘Cause you’re so right for me.
 
You’re so right for me.
(Keep sayin’ it, I’m okayin’ it.)
Just the one for me.
(You’re sellin’ me, keep on tellin’ me.)
How I need your clinging caress!
Your fabulous lips!
Your voice saying “yes!”
How could I replace
(hey cover boy [girl] you’re my lover boy [girl].)
The light that lights your face?
(Let’s kiss a lot, live like this a lot.)
Now I see the way it’s mean to be
‘Cause you’re so right for me.

YOU'RE SO RIGHT FOR ME From Jose Ferrer’s Production of Oh Captain!, A musical comedy. Livingston and Evans, Inc., 1958. Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans Book by Al Morgan and Jose Ferrer, Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements by Jay Blackton (Commercial Score)