"No Other Love" is a show tune from the 1953 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Me and Juliet.[1][2]
| "No Other Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1953 |
| Genre | Show tune |
| Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyricist(s) | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| "No Other Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Perry Como | ||||
| B-side | "Keep It Gay" | |||
| Released | June 20, 1953 | |||
| Recorded | 1953 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Richard Rodgers | |||
| Perry Como singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editRichard Rodgers originally composed this tune (with the title "Beneath the Southern Cross") for the NBC television series Victory at Sea (1952/1953). When Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on Me and Juliet, Rodgers took his old melody and set it to new words by Hammerstein, producing the song "No Other Love".[1] The song has a tango rhythm (referred to by Rodgers as a "languid tango" in his autobiography, Musical Stages).
The 1953 song should not be confused with "No Other Love", a song of 1950. The melody for the 1950 song was taken from Étude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3 by Frédéric Chopin.
Other recordings
edit- Vikki Carr included in her album Discovery II (1964).[3]
- Perry Como recorded the Rodgers and Hammerstein song on May 19, 1953, which was released by RCA Victor.[1] The record reached No. 1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts in August 1953.
- Bing Crosby recorded it for Decca Records on December 31, 1953[4] and it was also included on his LP Bing Sings the Hits.
- Michael Feinstein - included in his 1988 album Isn't It Romantic.[5]
- Ella Fitzgerald included the song on her album Ella Sings Broadway (1963).
- Ronnie Hilton - his 1956 version reached No. 1 for six weeks on the UK Singles Chart.[2][6]
- Edmund Hockridge - reached No. 24 in the UK charts in 1956.[7]
- Jay and the Americans released a cover version of the song in 1968 and this reached No 119 in the Billboard charts.
- The Johnston Brothers reached No. 22 in the UK charts in 1956.[8]
- Mantovani for his Decca album Songs To Remember (1960).[9]
- Helen O'Connell recorded for Capitol (2487) in 1953.[10]
- Keely Smith included in her album Because You're Mine (1962).[11]
- Victory at Sea the instrumental only recording is used for Episode 10 Beneath the Southern Cross.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Victory at Sea [Song Collection]", U.S. Library of Congress, 2005, webpage: LOC-gov-23.
- ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1964. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1988. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 58–9. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. 2005. p. 236. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. 2005. p. 266. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1960. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved June 29, 2017.