Make the Man Love Me

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Count Basie

William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother first taught him piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and improvised to accompany silent films at a local theatre in his town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By 16, he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues. In 1924, he went to Harlem, where his performing career expanded; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City, and played with them until Moten's death in 1935. more »


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1992
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I must try to make the man love me,
Make the man love me now;
Bye and bye I'll make the man happy,
I know how!

He must see how badly I want him,
Want him just as he is;
May I say that, should the man ask me,
I'll be his!

Can I tell the man just how dearly
Blessed we would be?
All the beauty I see so clearly,
Oh why can't he?

So I pray to heaven above me,
Pray until day grows dim,
For a way to make the man love me
As I love him.

Make the man love me,
Make the man love me,
Make the man love me now!

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Written by: WYNTON KELLY

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