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Falling in Love with Love
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Wikipedia article
"'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.[http://www.lorenzhart.org/syracuse.htm '"The Boys from Syracuse', 1938"] lorenzhart.org, accessed June 23, 2011 The song is set to a waltz, but the lyrics "remind his [Hart's] listeners of the show's skeptical tone".Hyland, William George.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSPfjWK_b2YC&pg=PA120&dq=%22Boys+from+Syracuse%22+%22Falling+in+Love+With+Love%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Boys%20from%20Syracuse%22%20%22Falling%20in%20Love%20With%20Love%22&f=false 'The Boys from Syracuse']'Richard Rodgers', Yale University Press, 1998, , p. 120
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'.
Notable recordings
*Cannonball Adderley 'Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings' (1955)
*Helen Merrill 'Helen Merrill' (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) Sergio Franchi
*Franco Cerri '12 bacchette per una chitarra' Orchestrated by Ennio Morricone (1966)
*The Supremes 'The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart' (1967)
*Peggy March 'No Foolin' (1968)
*Eliane Elias 'Illusions' (1986)
*Frederica von Stade - 'My funny valentine' (1989)
*Jessye Norman 'Lucky to Be Me' (1992)
*Roseanna Vitro 'Softly' (1993)
References
Category:1938 songs
Category:Songs with music by Richard Rodgers
Category:Songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Category:Andy Williams songs
Category:Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals
Category:Carmen McRae songs
Category:Caterina Valente songs
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