Music Video

Billie Holiday - Too Marvelous For Words (1954)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Vocals
Willie Smith
Willie Smith
Alto Saxophone
Bobby Tucker
Bobby Tucker
Piano
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
Electric Guitar
Red Callender
Red Callender
Double Bass
Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton
Drums
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richard A. Whiting
Richard A. Whiting
Composer
Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Norman Granz
Norman Granz
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You're just too marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious, glamorous
And that old standby amorous
[Verse 2]
It's all so wonderful
I'll never find the words
That say enough, tell enough
I mean, they just aren't swell enough
[Verse 3]
You're much too much, you're just too very, very
To ever be, in a Webster's Dictionary
And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds
To tell you that you're marvelous, too marvelous for words
[Verse 4]
You're just too marvelous, too marvelous for words
Like glorious, glamorous, that old standby amorous
[Verse 5]
It's all so wonderful
I'll never find the words
That say enough, tell enough
I mean, they just aren't swell enough
[Verse 6]
You're much too much, you're just too very, very
To ever be, in the Webster's Dictionary
And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds
To tell you that you're marvelous, too marvelous for words
[Verse 7]
Like glorious and glamorous
Too marvelous for words
Written by: Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting
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