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Falling in Love with Love

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Published
  
1938

Composer(s)
  
Richard Rodgers

Writer(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. The song is set to a waltz, but the lyrics "remind his [Hart's] listeners of the show's skeptical tone".

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Performances

In the 1940 musical film, it was performed by Allan Jones.

It was sung by Bernadette Peters in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) as the Stepmother.

Notable recordings

  • Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955)
  • Wes Montgomery - Far Wes (1958)
  • Alma Cogan - With You in Mind (1961)
  • Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Swings (1961)
  • Caterina Valente - Super-Fonics (1961)
  • Cliff Richard - 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds with Cliff Richard (1962)
  • Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Sheila (1963)
  • Andy Williams - Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests (1963)
  • Sergio Franchi - The Songs of Richard Rodgers (1965)
  • Franco Cerri - 12 bacchette per una chitarra (1966)
  • Eliane Elias - Illusions (1986)
  • Jessye Norman - Lucky to be me (1992)
  • Roseanna Vitro - Softly (1993)
  • References

    Falling in Love with Love Wikipedia