Falling in Love with Love
Song
| "Falling in Love with Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1938 |
| Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyricist(s) | Lorenz Hart |
"Falling in Love with Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse, where it was introduced by Muriel Angelus. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1938.[1] The song is set to a waltz, but the lyrics "remind his [Hart's] listeners of the show's skeptical tone".[2]
Notable recordings
- Cannonball Adderley – Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955)[3]
- Helen Merrill – Helen Merrill (1955)[4]
- Les Paul and Mary Ford – Les and Mary (1955)
- Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956)
- Jimmy Smith – A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- Julie Andrews – Julie Andrews Sings (1958)
- Wes Montgomery – Far Wes (1958)
- Carmen McRae – Something to Swing About (1959)
- Dinah Shore – Dinah, Yes Indeed! (1959)
- Vic Damone – On the Swingin' Side (1960)
- Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
- Alma Cogan – With You in Mind (1961)
- Frank Sinatra – Sinatra Swings (1961)
- Caterina Valente – Super-Fonics (1961)
- Sammy Davis Jr. – Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway (1962)
- Ahmad Jamal – Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk (1962)
- Cliff Richard – 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds with Cliff Richard (1962)
- Sheila Jordan – Portrait of Sheila (1963)
- Sarah Vaughan – The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan (1963)
- Andy Williams – Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests (1963)
- Sergio Franchi – The Songs of Richard Rodgers (1965)[5]
- Franco Cerri – 12 bacchette per una chitarra – Orchestrated by Ennio Morricone (1966)
- The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967)[6]
- Peggy March – No Foolin' (1968)
- Patricia Routledge – Presenting Patricia Routledge (1973)[7]
- Eliane Elias – Illusions (1986)
- Frederica von Stade - My funny valentine (1989)
- Jessye Norman – Lucky to Be Me (1992)[8]
- Roseanna Vitro – Softly (1993)[9]
Other performances
- In the 1940 musical film version of The Boys from Syracuse, it was performed by Allan Jones.
- It was sung by Bernadette Peters as the Stepmother in the 1997 television film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.
References
- ^ '"The Boys from Syracuse', 1938" lorenzhart.org, accessed June 23, 2011
- ^ Hyland, William George.'The Boys from Syracuse'Richard Rodgers, Yale University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-300-07115-9, p. 120
- ^ "www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "Explore Releases on Discogs". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-21. Sergio Franchi
- ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "Patricia Routledge - Presenting Patricia Routledge". Discogs. 1973.
- ^ "www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
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