Rube Bloom (1902-1976) 
Rube Bloom was a very good pianist and also a bandleader. Billie selected a couple of his best works.
- (LR 59)ÅÅÅ Maybe You’ll Be There (1947) what was the reason I liked this song that much? A minor tune from Bloom, a bad sound quality live recording in 1949, what was it? I don´t know, but so I did. Lyrics by Sammy Gallop: Each time I see a crowd of people, / Just like a fool I stop and stare, / It’s really not the proper thing to do, / But maybe you’ll be there. / I go out walking after midnight , Along the lonely thoroughfare, / It’s not the time or place to look for you, / But maybe you’ll be there.
- (MT 239) ÅÅ I Can’t Face The Music
- (MT 295) ÅÅÅ1/2 Day In, Day Out (1939) probably, his greatest hit, a song full of passion. One of my favorites. It is a great partnership, the lyrics are by Johnny Mercer: Day in, day out/ That same old voodoo follows me about / That same old pounding in my heart,/ whenever I think of you / And baby I think of you / Day in and day out. There is something that makes me remember Cole Porter (the voodoo, perhaps?); it is to regret Billie never recorded You Do Something To Me… (do, do, that voodoo that you do so well).
- (MT 324) Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me