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"All or Nothing at All" is a song composed in 1939 by Arthur Altman, with lyrics by Jack Lawrence.
Frank Sinatra's 1939 recording of the song became a huge hit in 1943, when it was reissued by Columbia Records during the 1942-43 musicians' strike. The record peaked in the Billboard top two.
In a 1944 interview, Sinatra said of the delayed success of the song, "That was the song, a few days after Harry James and myself recorded it, that gave us our walking papers out of the old Victor Hugo Cafe (a major entertainment venue of the 1930s) on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The manager came up and waved his hands for us to stop. He said Harry's trumpet playing was too loud for the joint and my singing was just plain lousy and fired Harry, me and the entire band on the spot. He said the two of us couldn't draw flies as an attraction, and I guess he was right - the room was as empty as a barn. It's a funny thing about that song. The recording we made of it 5 years ago is now one of the top spots among the best sellers. But it's the same old recording. It's also the song I auditioned with for Tommy Dorsey, who signed me on the strength of it. And now it's my first big record."
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O-Town - All Or Nothing
All Or Nothing At All (Frank Sinatra - with Lyrics)
Billie Holiday - All or nothing at all
All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals Season 1 - Official Trailer
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Frank Sinatra All or Nothing at All
Diana Krall - All or Nothing at All
John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads - All or Nothing at All.wmv
Joe - All Or Nothing
And the taste of metal
Which our bodies do not like,
And the paper sky,
And the body up electric--
I'll have nothing to do
With you or your eyes which
Always asking "do you dare?"
Always asking, and asking.
The quick green and the
Cold panting songs,
And the words unsaid,
And the words unsaid.
I'll have nothing to do
With you or your eyes which
Always asking "do you dare?"