Jimmy Durante - September Song Lyrics

"As time came around, she came." LOL

One of the greatest and most generous men that ever lived. While today's people contribute with class, this man contributed with kindness and warmth.

I have a family member I see in my dreams that looks like this wish I knew his name

Magnifique chapeau!!!

I am now older than Jimmy Durante was when he did this show, Jimmy's rendition of September Song stays in memory, faint but recalled easily, I guess it's in the Windmills of My Mind.

That's how you do it. His performance is sublime.

Very nice

Not the most gorgeous voice, but he really knew how to sing.

hot cha-cha cha-cha!

I've been listening to this song since I was a little boy. Now I am no kid anymore, far from it, and this song still makes me shed a tear.

Now That's entertainment. Back when they couldn't just CGI everything.

The good old days

Jimmy Durante so lovely Songs ❤

"And the days turn to gold
As they grow few
September, November
And these few golden days
I'd spend with you
These golden days I'd spend with you . . ."
That's what we planned, but life is full of surprises. And so, there is now in my heart this terrible, bright pain. And it never relents.

I love this guy and I all will achhatacha jimmy we will miss u

I love Jimmy; a wonderful human being. RIP Jimmy !

Jimmy was not a great virtuoso, however his style and clarity made his singing a pleasure ...."Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are."

Love Jimmy !

...those precious days, I spent with you...

Such a fine performance, so much more touching than the more traditionally polished crooners. Durante really meant it! Tears in my eyes

I have many people singing September song,
None move me like Jimmy Durante!

Milton Berle tried this song on Saturday Night Live to a prearranged Standing ovation and promptly got banned from the show for life by Lorne Michaels and NBC.

O QUE FALAR DE JIMMY ???
QUE ERA SENSACIONAL ! QUE ERA UM DOS MELHORES DE TODOS OS TEMPOS ?
FICA SEU LEGADO - FICA SEU ESTILO ÚNICO E JAMAIS IGUALADO !
SALVE JIMMY !
IVAN BOCALON

The older I get, the more meaning this song has for me....Although I think I've passed September and in the October of my life...Maybe even November.

A totally original man................
we have NOTHING of the uniqueness of this entertainer today...............
of course, every uncouth person will dismiss him with the same old story: "He could not sing"................well, we could do quite well with a few personalities that may not sing, but could "declaim" with such profundity and depth...........And no, I do not mean rappers who do not sing, either, they talk, but that is a sub-genre that is (am I right, Dear God?!) DEAD by now.................

Jimmy Durante on TV  just great memories watching his shows on a black & white TV at that time in the 1950s

Que gran cantante de esos años. Aun así me gusta escucharlo ahora.

Brings back many memories. Even though this was 'an old song' when I was young, it almost paints pictures for me. Different settings, different people, different memories in different times. I just love it......nobody but Jimmy can do this song

Ilike this song which is Nostalgic and makes one think about time gone by and remember both the good and the bad things we have done. Then try to keep the good things and avoid the bad ones.  Now we have not that much time left we can try to do the best we can for all around us.

Marvelous entertainer who was, of course, known for novelty comic numbers but had the inherent pathos to put over a serious number to perfection.

Wow! Jimmy at his best!?

Remember my Dad singing this every September 1st. Sure do miss you, Dad!

Tks Jimmy!! This  one took me back...

Many years ago when this song came on the radio I would jump on my Grandad's knee because he would gently whistle along with this song and smile at my Nana! Back then I did not understand the September song but today I find myself humming it a lot and smiling at my husband Mike because this year we are celebrating our Golden Wedding and we are now spending our precious days together.

My favourite version, no problem, so moving.

Thank you Mr Huston, Mr Sinatra, Mr Anderson, Mr Weill... and lastly but not least of which, thank you Mr Durante.

September song Walter houston

A moving rendition.

Jimmy Durante was one of the most kind and charitable entertainers of all time. He used to play benefits for children and donate all his earnings to the causes. A foundation was named after him, the motto was 'Do it for da kids'. Which is what Jimmy always said when he would donate his pay. Just a wonderful human being.

So Happy to hear to hear this...Now I luv him even more.. R.I.P.

He seemed genuinely sweet !!!!

Amen.🍀

all this romantic songs. always so good, the version from Bing Crosby are the
most remembering!

Wonderfull memories brought to life after all these years (65years )

Thank you so much - my favorite version. How wonderful he was.

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas brought me here. Part Two - Ch. 8

how absolutely brilliant !

Nice song to hear on September. It is raining by the way.  This month includes the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.  After it the first chills come and we prepare for the coming of Winter.

love this song my mums favourite song

Good bye Mrs.Calabash,wherever you are!

What a lovely bunch of coconuts ha Cha Cha...

Lovely, thank you J.D.

This is the music that I was looking for!

@一男青木 its sweet is it not grew up on this.his verity show

You got to love the broad NYC accent!

you can just tell he was a very sweet man !!! RIP

love Jimmy- great!!!!

Jimmy is the best...

thank god for youtube..... thanks

Classic

Met my wife to be in 1955, we were both aged 19.  We had 49 happy years together; she was givenonly a month to live, and it was only a month.  These precious days I spent with you are a reminder of that month.

I will think of u both the next time (which is often). GOD Bless u both)

Thank you Michael.

One time long ago in the early '60s when I was in my early '20s I saw this on TV. I was  just w my mother. R.I.P, I glanced over and saw she had tears in her eyes. I did not interrupt  as I knew it very personal. This song brings this scene back to me every time. I don't want to know what she thinking about and never asked as the moment was hers 

Tears for you and your lovely wife. The song is so lovely x

Bless you

 Old Jimmy didn't really "sing", ... he recited, ... but with feeling and old-timer class.

As Prof. Harold Hill said in The Music Man, "singing is just slow... talking..."

What a wonderful man, and a wonderful song!

I've done this song at open mics, and I always had to escape from the last verse, doing a segue to something completely, different, because I had a crush on the girl hosting the open mic, and my heart would start breaking.

JFK brought me here

She's still with you cf1934, don't worry about that, for sure.
Try to keep laughing, if you can, Jimmy would agree; Laurel & Hardy won't let you down there either.

I can remember Jimmy singing this song after Rocky Marciano was killed in a plane crash. Jimmy said it was Rocky's favorite song.

Just love this song one of mine and my mums favourite

My favorite song. Love Durante.

I was still courting my wife in september of 1955. We were married October 15, 1955. I lost her on September 13,2011 and I miss her so very much.

R.I.P.
God bless you (& her). 🍀

God bless you and your love

Back to the day when people related to human emotions in songs. I play this song on the piano for my late mother on her birthday each year (along with her other favorites). Durante put so much human emotion into his recordings.

Yes it is..you're just not used to hearing the intro that led into the songs. Lots of older popular songs had them including this one.

That is not the september song.

yes I remember when he use to say this after his TVShow,,, Good Nite Mrs Calabas Wherever You R.... Wow....

Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Wherever you are.

good night Mr. Durante, where ever you may be.

I`ll be seeing you, Jimmy.

still gets to me, as I get older

Could not agree more. Try "Bluebird of Hapiness" for a real tear jerker from Jimmy. Returning to this track it does suffer a bit from that infuriating fashionable 1940's/50's background chorus stuff. Finally, for a lovely little piece of business, watch "One Room Home" performed later in his career and rewarded with a standing ovation. It is priceless.

What a song and what a singer!!

he sounds like danny devito...thats a good thing

Just a timeless classic,and what a man.

I remember the end of his show as he walked through each spotlight and it going off with at the end his famous saying of, "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are." The feeling he put behind those words affected me as a young teenager. This song was one of my favorites growing up. I guess in the back of my mind I knew that life had its seasons.

@MaxPennington The "C D" stands for "Club Durant," the New York nightclub Jimmy Durante opened in the 1920's and where he and others performed for many years. The musical parts of the Jimmy Durante Show were filmed at the RKO Studios on a "Club Durant" stage set in memory of the old club.

When Jimmy Durante died somebody commented, "You could warm your hands on that man". What a magnificent obituary!

I loved It when he sang Frosty the Snowman I watch that every year....Steve D

Obviously not a great voice but he could certainly put a song over so very well. This is a really great version.

playin' my piano..R.I.P Eric Morecombe

@downhill240
What's more, Dear, you and he both prove it: A Woman Loves a Man for that unnameable Certain... Something.
A Ladybird may mate (for life, even) with one of any variety of cocks, for reasons as common as the male himself...
...And will Stay. Forty thousand, thousand years.

But. We Love... *LOVE* our Chosen for The Something in neither his face nor pockets (in 'that', or another, way. comenow, pigs!).
O, mark it well, Boys...

To say it's Heart or Soul is too small, too.
<3.

Where are they when we need them. Great.

i watched him when i was a kid, he was beyond great! him, red skelton, jackie gleason, george burns, etc

The late great Jimmy Durante and his songs touched me all my life. Thanks to YouTube, Jimmy is still around doing his usual marvelous thing. Stan Kossen

When I was a young man, I always wondered why my mother who was also a singer held this song in such reverance.You have to live this song to truly sing this song..Jimmy lived it as did my mother and now in the autumn of my life, I can sing it because I too have lived it.....

@SHlTTER LOL That too!

@downhill240 nose?

@sluggo06 I feel we'll be in the bosom of our Father in Heaven. Never miss an opportunity to tell your loved ones, you love them.

sfden50 and pianatar did you see the video of the kid lip sinc Jimmy? Not all of us have to be a certain age. He does it with the kind of joy I'd like to think Mr. Durante would have appreciated.

@downhill240 ..TOUCHE

You really have to be of a certain age to GET this masterpiece - let's just say I'm there and leave it at that :)

@aurelius54 He really knew how to sell it though.

My Sweet girl. Our Sept. 20, will always be, Magic Time. ...and I love you so. D.M.

@Pianomam Coincidentally, "September Song" came from a Broadway play that was made into a movie about a young journalist... who gets the girl, over the older gent who sings her this song. (But I think he gets to sing the song to other girls, optimistically, at the end of the show.)

@Fooblestheclown YES IT IS! Brilliant ..
The song is great and holds fond memories.
Jimmy Durante was such a great talent and little-big man.
Thanks for the recommendation, mate!

Thanks for posting this beautiful video. I'm playing piano for a group of retired journalists today, and they requested that I play this song. I'd never heard of it before. Now I know why they love it! What a tear-jerker.

A wonderful, caring man and a great entertainer!
I doubt we will ever see another like this great man!

thanks so much for sharing. I stil remember seeing the show. He was much loved.
He rarely dated attractive women and when asked why he said, "everyone is beautiful to someone" ........ he was beautiful himself.