Frank Sinatra Songs - Luck Be A Lady Lyrics

Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A Lady

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Album: Sinatra '65: The Singer Today
Released: 1965

Luck Be A Lady Lyrics

They call you lady luck
But there is room for doubt
At times you have a very un-lady-like way
Of running out

Your on this date with me
The pickin's have been lush
And yet before the evening is over
You might give me the brush

You might forget your manners
You might refuse to stay
And so the best that I can do is pray

Luck Be A Lady tonight
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck if you've been a lady to begin with
Luck be a lady tonight

Luck let a gentleman see
Just how nice a dame you can be
I know the way you've treated other guys you've been with
Luck be a lady with me

A lady never leaves her escort
It isn't fair, it isn't nice
A lady doesn't wander all over the room
And blow on some other guys dice

Lets keep this party polite
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me baby, I'm the guy that you came in with
Luck be a lady tonight

A lady never flirts with strangers
She'd have a heart, she'd be nice
A lady doesn't wander all over the room
And blow on some other guys dice

Lets keep this party polite
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me baby, I'm the guy that you came in with
Luck be a lady tonight

Writer/s: MYROW, JOSEF / GORDON, MACK
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Written by Frank Loesser in 1950 for the musical Guys and Dolls, this song was first performed onstage by Robert Alda as gambler Sky Masterson. Though Frank Sinatra would seem to be the obvious choice to play the lead role in the 1955 film version, he was assigned to Nathan Detroit, while Brando snagged the part of Masterson.

"Frank always lamented that he didn't have the Marlon Brando role, which he should have had because the songs were more adaptable to Frank. Brando couldn't really sing," Charles Pignone, Senior Vice President of Frank Sinatra Enterprises, explained in a Songfacts interview.

In fact, Sinatra was instrumental in adapting the song: "When you hear 'Luck Be A Lady' and how it's done specifically in the play, Frank was the one that told Billy May how to arrange it and changed the tempo a bit so it would be different. Of course, it fits Frank like a glove," Pignone added.

Sinatra included the song in his concert repertoire and was gracious when referring to the role he lost to Brando. He would introduce the number by saying Brando was "not a great singer, but probably the greatest actor ever."

Sinatra recorded this as a duet with Chrissie Hynde for his 1994 album, Duets II.

This was prominently featured in the 1993 comedy Mrs. Doubtfire as Robin Williams first dons his disguise as a woman.

Sky Masterson had his money and his love life staked on a bet during "Luck Be a Lady," accompanied by an elaborate production number set in a sewer. But the musical's choreographer, Michael Kidd, had to convince director George S. Kaufman first. He recalled (as quoted in Susan Loesser's A Most Remarkable Fella):

"Now George was a very acerbic character. He examined everything with a dry sense of humor. He didn't particularly like musicals. When you did a song he would look at his watch. He said, 'Mike, I don't understand. How are you going to do a dance here? Do you mean to tell me we're going to have a scene where these tough gamblers will be standing around the stage while a bunch of dancers get up and do a dance?'

I said, 'I'll incorporate all the members of the cast into the crap game. I'll have Nathan taking a cut of every pot, I'll have Big Julie rolling. I'll have all the different characters participate.' George said, 'Well, I can't see it. It beats me.'

So I worked out the dance and came to show it to everybody, knowing that George was dead set against it. We did the number and George sat there with no sign of emotion. When it was over he turned to me and said, 'Mike, I hardly have to tell you you've done something very remarkable here. Okay, let's go on.' That was the biggest accolade you could get from George."

Loesser clashed with Sinatra during the making of the Guys and Dolls movie as Sinatra insisted on singing Nathan Detroit's numbers in his smooth signature style rather than adopt the gritty, tough-as-nails swagger Loesser had envisioned. According to Loesser's daughter, Susan, the songwriter refused to see the film and he and Sinatra never spoke again.