Accentuate The Positive

Words and music : Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer.

Version originale : Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters (1944).

Recording date : 3 août 1959.

Recording location : Capitol Tower, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

Musiciens : Jerry Merritt (guitar), Red Callender (upright bass), Jimmy Johnson (piano), Jackie Kelso (sax), Sandy Nelson (drums), The Eligibles (backing vocals).

First publishing : UK LP T 1342 (1/60) "Crazy Times".

Lyrics :

Man you've got to a-accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative, latch on
To the affirmative, don't mess the Mister in between

To illustrate, my last remark
Jonah in the whale and Noah in the ark
What did he do ?
Just when everything was getting dark

Man they said you've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative, latch on
To the affirmative, don't mess the Mister in between
All right now...

Sax break and piano break

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale and Noah in the ark
What did he do ?
Just when everything was getting dark

Man they said you 've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative, latch on
To the affirmative, don't mess the Mister in between