Falling in Love with Love
| "Falling in Love with Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1938 |
| Composer | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyricist | 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)[5]
- Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956)
- Jimmy Smith – A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)[6]
- Julie Andrews – Julie Andrews Sings (1958)[7]
- Wes Montgomery – Far Wes (1958)[8]
- Dinah Shore – Dinah, Yes Indeed! (1959)
- Carmen McRae - Something to Swing About (1960)[9]
- Vic Damone – On the Swingin' Side (1960)
- Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)[10]
- Alma Cogan – With You in Mind (1961)
- Frank Sinatra – Sinatra Swings (1961)[11]
- 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)[12]
- 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)[13]
- Andy Williams – Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests (1963)[14]
- Sergio Franchi – The Songs of Richard Rodgers (1965)
- Franco Cerri – 12 bacchette per una chitarra – Orchestrated by Ennio Morricone (1966)
- The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967)[15]
- Peggy March – No Foolin' (1968)
- Patricia Routledge – Presenting Patricia Routledge (1973)
- Eliane Elias – Illusions (1987)[16]
- Frederica von Stade - My Funny Valentine (1989)
- Jessye Norman – Lucky to Be Me (1992)[17]
- Roseanna Vitro – Softly (1993)[18]
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
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