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Tea For Two Cha Cha

Written by Vincent YoumansIrving CaesarUnreleased song

Last updated on January 2, 2025


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This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Other songs covered during January 3, 1969 session

From Wikipedia:

“Tea for Two” is a song composed by Vincent Youmans with lyrics by Irving Caesar and written in 1924. It was introduced by Louise Groody and John Barker in the Broadway musical No, No, Nanette. “Tea for Two” was Youmans’ biggest hit.

Background

Youmans had written the basic melody idea of “Tea for Two” while he was in the navy during World War I, and he used it later on as an introductory passage for a song called “Who’s Who With You?” While in Chicago, Youmans developed the idea into “a song that the hero could sing to the heroine” for the musical No, No, Nanette. He soon after played his composition for Irving Caesar and insisted he write the lyrics then and there. Caesar quickly jotted down a mock-up lyric, fully intending to revise it later on. Youmans, though, loved the mock-up and convinced Caesar it was just right for the melody.

The phrase ‘Tea for Two’ was originally shouted by hawkers on the streets of 18th century England who wanted to attract business by lowering the price of a pot of tea from thruppence to tuppence. […]


On the second day of the “Get Back” sessions (January 3, 1969), Paul McCartney noodled on the piano and played “Tea For Two“, waiting for John Lennon and George Harrison to arrive in the studio.


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Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

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