I FOUND A MILLION DOLLAR BABY
(Rose, Dixon, Warren)

Bing recorded this song from the Broadway musical Crazy Quilt on June 12, 1931. It climbed to No. 2 on the pop charts, where it stayed for three weeks. In 1940 Bing recorded Million Dollar Baby again, but this version did not chart. The two recordings juxtaposed do reveal quite vividly Bing's evolution from cutting-edge crooner to polished baritone.

It was a lucky April shower
It was the most convenient door
I found a million dollar baby
In a five and ten cent store.
The rain continued for an hour.
I hung around for three or four.
Around a million dollar baby
In a five and ten cent store.

She was selling china
And when she made those eyes,
I kept buying china
Until the crowd got wise.

Incidently
If you should run into a shower,
Just step inside my cottage door,
And meet the million dollar baby
From the five and ten cent store.

Love comes along like a popular song
Any time or anywhere at all.
Rain or sunshine
Spring or fall.
Say, you'll never know when it may say hello
In a very unexpected place.
For example, take my case.

(Bing scats.)

She was selling china
And when she made those eyes
I kept buying china
until the crowd got wise.

Incidently
If you should run into a shower
Oh, step inside my cottage door
And meet my million dollar baby
From the five and ten cent store.

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