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"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.[1] The song is set to a waltz, but the lyrics "remind his [Hart's] listeners of the show's skeptical tone".[2]
| "Falling in Love with Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1938 |
| Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyricist(s) | Lorenz Hart |
- Cannonball Adderley – Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955)[3]
- Helen Merrill – Helen Merrill (1955)[4]
- Les Paul and Mary Ford – Les and Mary (1955)[5]
- Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956)[6]
- Jimmy Smith – A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)[7]
- Julie Andrews – Julie Andrews Sings (1958)[8]
- Wes Montgomery – Far Wes (1958)[9]
- Dinah Shore – Dinah, Yes Indeed! (1959)[10]
- Carmen McRae - Something to Swing About (1960)[11]
- Vic Damone – On the Swingin' Side (1960)[12]
- Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)[13]
- Alma Cogan – With You in Mind (1961)[14]
- Frank Sinatra – Sinatra Swings (1961)[15]
- Caterina Valente – Super-Fonics (1961)[16]
- Sammy Davis Jr. – Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway (1962)[17]
- Ahmad Jamal – Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk (1962)[18]
- Cliff Richard – 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds with Cliff Richard (1962)[19]
- Sheila Jordan – Portrait of Sheila (1963)[20]
- Sarah Vaughan – The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan (1963)[21]
- Andy Williams – Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests (1963)[22]
- Sergio Franchi – The Songs of Richard Rodgers (1965)[23]
- Franco Cerri – 12 bacchette per una chitarra – Orchestrated by Ennio Morricone (1966)[24]
- The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967)[25]
- Peggy March – No Foolin' (1968)[26]
- Patricia Routledge – Presenting Patricia Routledge (1973)[27]
- Eliane Elias – Illusions (1987)[28]
- Frederica von Stade - My Funny Valentine (1989)[29]
- Jessye Norman – Lucky to Be Me (1992)[30]
- Roseanna Vitro – Softly (1993)[31]
- 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.
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