Just Say I Love Her

Updated on Jan 12, 2024

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"Just Say I Love Her" ("Just Say I Love Him" when recorded by a female singer) is a popular song, adapted from the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuie". The original music was written by Neapolitan composer Rodolfo Falvo; arrangement in US by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale; the original Neapolitan lyrics by Enzo Fusco, and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward.

A recording by Johnny Desmond was made on January 20, 1950, and released by MGM (catalog number 10758). It reached #24 on the Billboard chart. Vic Damone's 1950 recording of the song reached #13 on the Billboard chart.

Recorded versions

Johnny Desmond (1950)

Frankie Avalon

Tony Bennett (1950)

Vic Damone (1950)

Eddie Fisher

Connie Francis

Sumo

Robert Goulet

Dean Martin

Al Martino

Cliff Richard

Artie Shaw

Nina Simone on the 1961 album Forbidden Fruit and the 1993 album A Single Woman

Jerry Vale

Lou Monte (1958)

Engelbert Humperdinck (1970)

Jimmy Roselli

Sergio Franchi covered this Neapolitan favorite on his 1963 Billboard Top 200 (at 66th place) album Our Man from Italy; also on his 1965 album Live From The Cocoanut Grove; and on his 1976 album 20 Magnificent Songs. He recorded it in Italian, and in Italian/English combination.

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Just Say I Love Her Wikipedia

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