Dinah Washington ft Don Costa & His Orchestra - Just Friends (Roulette Records 1962)

"Just Friends" is a popular song that has become a jazz standard. The song was written in 1931 by John Klenner with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis. Although introduced by Red McKenzie and His Orchestra in October 1931, it first became a hit when singer Russ Columbo performed it with Leonard Joy's Orchestra in 1932. It charted again the same year in a version by Ben Selvin and His Orchestra and has been recorded often since.

Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Dinah's accompanied by Don Costa and his Orchestra. Recorded in New York, May-August 1962.

Just friends, lovers no more
Just friends, but not like before
To think of what we've been and not to kiss again
Seems like pretending lord it's the bitter ending
Two friends drifting apart
You see two friends, but only one broken heart
We loved, we laughed, we cried, then suddenly love died
That story ended and we were just a couple of friends

We loved, we laughed, we cried, suddenly love died
The story ends and we're still just friends

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