No, Not Much

No, Not Much

"No, Not Much" is a popular song published in 1955. The music was written by Robert Allen, the lyrics by Al Stillman.

This song is an example of being rejected from the lover, stating that the lover does not get the pleasure, the thrills, and the satisfaction from his mate, stating that this was all pretentious. (The seeming triple negations appear to confuse the author. However, the lyrics state plainly "IF you ever go, could I take it? Maybe so. ...would I like it? No, not much." "No, not much," was a common idiom of that era, which is an unpublished observation.)

The song was one of a large number of Stillman-Allen compositions that were recorded by The Four Lads. The recording by The Four Lads was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40629. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 28, 1956. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #2; on the Best Seller chart, at #4; on the Juke Box chart, at #4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #3.

The song was subsequently recorded by The Vogues and The Smoke Ring, both of whom charted their versions in 1969.

British singer Robert Palmer also recorded a version of this song for his 1992 studio album 'Ridin' High'.

This song also appeared in an episode of the TV show "Scrubs." It was sung by the hospital employee a capella band in the 4th season episode "My Ocardial Infarction". It is also one of the songs of its era included in the Broadway musical "Forever Plaid".



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