Name: What'll I Do?
Duration: P00H03M18S
Description: Composed by Irving Berlin for his third “Music Box Revue” in 1923, and introduced in the revue by Grace Moore and John Steel. Berlin wrote the song after his socialite fiancée’s father sent her away to Europe to try to get her to forget about him. The plan failed, and the two later married.

What'll I Do?

from You Asked For It by Laura Ainsworth

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
12-song deluxe Mini-LP CD edition initially released only to Japan. Features familiar songs requested by Laura's fans, with her backing band recorded live in the studio.

Features:

• Bonus track "As Time Goes By" unavailable on the "You Asked For It" digital release
• Full color 24 x 36 cm poster suitable for framing (includes liner notes on back as shown)
• Warm, vinyl-like mastering courtesy Grammy®-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson (Erroll Garner)
• Slip sleeve paper jacket that looks and feels like a miniature LP jacket
• Lyric sheet
• Full color picture CD
• Collectible Japanese obi strip
• Resealable transparent outer sleeve

The mini-LP CD edition of "You Asked For It" was released to Japan July 15, 2022. The album experienced brisk sales and received positive reviews in "Jazz Critique," "Jazz Japan," and "The Walker's" magazines.

Laura's version of "As Time Goes By" (from the movie "Casablanca") is only available on the CD. The warm mastering by Grammy®-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson (Erroll Garner "The Complete Concert By The Sea") invites repeated listens.

The packaging, which features a full-size poster of Laura sitting at a tiki bar that if specifically designed to be framed, has received positive response from critics in the US and the UK.

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ABOUT MINI-LP CD'S: Mini-LP CD's are a long running format in the Japanese market that also have an international following. They are a true "best of both worlds" option for collectors because they offer authentic LP packaging along with high quality digital sound. They are also an excellent space-saving option, taking up less than half the space of a regular jewel case or Digipak CD.

Includes unlimited streaming of "You Asked For It" (11-song edition) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Composed by Irving Berlin for his third “Music Box Revue” in 1923, and introduced in the revue by Grace Moore and John Steel. Berlin wrote the song after his socialite fiancée’s father sent her away to Europe to try to get her to forget about him. The plan failed, and the two later married.

lyrics

Gone is the romance that was so divine
It’s broken and cannot be mended
You must go your way and I must go mine
But now that our love dreams have ended

What’ll I do
When you are far away
And I am blue
What’ll I do?

What’ll I do
When I am wondering who
Is kissing you
What’ll I do?

*
What’ll I do with just a photograph
To tell my troubles to?

When I’m alone with only dreams of you
That won’t come true
What’ll I do?

(repeat from *)

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from You Asked For It, released November 18, 2022
Words and music: Irving Berlin
(Irving Berlin Music Company)

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Laura Ainsworth Dallas, Texas

American retro jazz singer Laura Ainsworth breathes new life into songs from the Great American Songbook era.

Laura has released four studio albums and one compilation album to date.

She has been featured in Down Beat (USA), Broadway World (USA), Jazz Critique (Japan) and other important international jazz publications. ... more

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