Squeeze Me

1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller and performed by Bessie Smith

Not to be confused with Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me).

For the EP by Cravin' Melon, see Squeeze Me (EP). For the N*E*R*D song, see The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. For the novel by Carl Hiaasen, see Squeeze Me (novel). For the album by the Clark Terry Spacemen, see Squeeze Me!

"Squeeze Me" is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called "The Boy in the Boat". The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams, although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the lyrics.[1]

The song has been recorded by numerous artists, including Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Count Basie, Eddie Condon, Harry James, James P. Johnson, Bessie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Dinah Washington, Tuba Skinny and Maria Muldaur.

## See also

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* List of 1920s jazz standards

## Notes

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1. ^ Squeeze Me at jazzstandards.com \- retrieved on 19 May 2009

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Bessie Smith

Songs|

* "After You've Gone"
* "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
* "Baby Won't You Please Come Home"
* "Backwater Blues"
* "Careless Love Blues"
* "Don't Cry Baby"
* "Downhearted Blues"
* "Empty Bed Blues"
* "Gimme a Pigfoot"
* "Gin House Blues"
* "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
* "I Ain't Got Nobody"
* "I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone"
* "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
* "The St. Louis Blues"
* "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair"
* "Squeeze Me"
* "T'ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do"
* "Wild Women Don't Have the Blues"

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* St. Louis Blues
* LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith

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