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# Title Principal Artiste Composers Lyricist / Date written Place Date recorded Matrix Label&cat.no. Additional Information
914 Riptide Lew Stone and His Band Walter Donaldson Gus Kahn `34 (Film) London June 15, 1934 TB-1311-2 Dec F-5017 Lew Stone & His Band at the Monseigneur Restaurant: Lew Stone (director, arranger); Nat Gonella (trumpet, mellophone, vocals); Alfie Noakes (trumpet, mellophone); Lew Davis (trombone); Joe Ferrie (trombone, vocals); Joe Crossman (clarinet, alto sax, vocals); Ernest Ritte (alto sax, baritone sax); Harry Berly (clarinet, tenor sax, violin, ocarina); Monia Liter (piano); Harry Sherman (guitar); Tiny Winters (string bass, vocals); Bill Harty (drums); Al Bowlly (vocals). Lew Stone arrangement.


Riptide

Riptide

(Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn)

Lew Stone & His Band


Riptide, caught in a riptide
Torn between two loves, the old and the new
Riptide, lost in a riptide
Where will it take me, what shall I do

My heart is tossed on a sea of emotion
One love offers romance, the other devotion
A new love is calling, the old love is bleeding
I’m caught in a riptide, what shall I do