This is track 7 off our debut self-titled album ~ Naomi & Her Handsome Devils. "Take It Easy Greasy" is a little known Lil Johnson gem with a lot of dance-appeal.  

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Take It Easy Greasy

A song about a taxi dancer in the 1930s, who yearns for real love with a man she can really dance with.

LYRICS
(c)2025 Ggreg Snyder

[Verse 1]
Barbara shines her satin shoes,
Paints her lips in cherry hues.
Band strikes up, the gents advance,
Nickels in hand, ten cents a dance.

[Chorus]
Ten cents a dance, that’s all they’ll pay,
Round and round, then walk away.
She wants a love, she wants romance,
Not just a dime, ten cents a dance.

[Verse 2]
Laughs on cue, her smile’s a show,
Hearts don’t follow where feet may go.
Every song’s another chance,
Another goodbye, ten cents a dance.

[Chorus]
Ten cents a dance, the night rolls on,
One more partner, one more song.
Dreaming of someone who’ll take a stance,
More than a dime, ten cents a dance.

[Bridge]
Someday soon when the music’s through,
Somebody stays, and somebody’s true.
Till that day she’ll play her part,
Counting her change, guarding her heart.

[Final Chorus]
Ten cents a dance, the floorboards sway,
Men line up, then fade away.
Barbara’s hoping for true romance,
More than a dime, ten cents a dance.


Ten Cents A Dance

Anniversary of A Jazz Legend  

Original dixieland jazz band - Bugle Blues

ELLA & LOUIS The Very Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Mack The Knife

Night And Day

40s Take the 'A' Train - Duke Ellington

Benny Goodman (feat. Martha Tilton) - And the angels sing

Elmer's Tune   Glenn Miller (1941)

Glenn Miller   When You Wish Upon A Star

The Andrews Sisters   Say si si (para vigo me voy)

The tune was composed for a radio broadcast in October 1930 and was originally titled "Dreamy Blues." It was "the first tune I ever wrote specially for microphone transmission," Ellington recalled. "The next day wads of mail came in raving about the new tune, so Irving Mills put a lyric to it." Renamed "Mood Indigo," it became a jazz standard.

Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo