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I Hear Music
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Wikipedia article
"'I Hear Music'" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Frank Loesser for the Paramount Pictures movie 'Dancing on a Dime' (1940). In the film it was performed by Robert Paige, Peter Lind Hayes, Frank Jenks and Eddie Quillan.
Notable recordings
*Nat King Cole - for the album 'The Piano Style of Nat King Cole' (1956) (non vocal)
*Bing Crosby - 'Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version)'
*Blossom Dearie - 'Blossom Dearie' (1957)
*Ella Fitzgerald - 'Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson' (1962), 'Ella and Oscar' (1975)
*Billie Holiday - 'Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 19331944'
*Gene Krupa - recorded September 17, 1940 with vocalist Anita O'Day
*Peggy Lee - for her album 'Jump for Joy' (1959)
*Bobby McFerrin - 'Spontaneous Inventions' (1986)
*Marian McPartland - 'At the Hickory House' (2009)
*Carmen McRae - 'The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets' (1987)
*Anita O'Day - for her album 'Trav'lin Light (1961)
*Oscar Peterson - 'Oscar Peterson Sings'(1953)
*Sue Raney - 'Sue Raney Volume II' (2004)
References
Category:Ella Fitzgerald songs
Category:1940 songs
Category:Songs with music by Burton Lane
Category:Songs written by Frank Loesser
Category:Songs written for films
Category:Songs about music
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