LOVER
Music: Richard Rodgers- Lyrics: Lorenz Hart
Year: 1932
Origin of the song
On 13 August 1932 the film Love Me Tonight premiered in the US, produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, Charles Butterworth and Myrna Loy. In the film, Jeanette MacDonald sings ‘Lover’ during a trip in a horse-drawn carriage.
Rogers and Hart wrote twenty six Broadway musicals through almost twenty years. The list of their songs that had great success is almost endless: 'Manhattan' (1925), 'Blue Room' (1926), 'My Heart Stood Still' (1927), 'Thou Swell' (1927), 'You Took Advantage of Me' (1928), 'With a Song in My Heart' (1929), 'Dancing on the Ceiling' (1930), 'Isn't It Romantic' (1932), 'Lover' (1932), 'You Are Too Beautiful' (1932), 'Blue Moon' (1934), 'My Romance' (1935), 'Little Girl Blue' (1935), 'It's Easy to Remember (and so Hard to Forget)' (1935), 'There's a Small Hotel' (1936), 'Glad to Be Unhappy' (1936), 'My Funny Valentine' (1937), 'Where or When' (1937), 'Have You Met Miss Jones' (1937), 'The Lady Is a Tramp' (1937), 'This Can't Be Love' (1938), 'Spring Is Here' (1938), 'Falling in Love with Love' (1938), 'I Didn't Know What Time It Was' (1939), 'It Never Entered My Mind' (1940), 'I Could Write a Book' (1940), 'Bewitched' (1941), 'Ev'rything I've Got (Belongs to You)' (1942), and 'Wait Till You See Her' (1942).
Versions in the top charts
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
DAY OF ENTRANCE |
PERMANENCE WEEKS |
HIGH POSITION REACHED |
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Greta Keller |
1933.03.22 |
1933.05.20 |
2 |
15 |
Greta Keller (voc), unidentified orchestra |
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1933.03.24 |
1933.04.29 |
5 |
8 |
Instrumental |
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1933.04.04 |
1933.04.22 |
7 |
3 |
Jack Fulton (voc) |
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Les Paul |
1947.??.?? |
1948.02.21 |
4 |
21 |
Instrumental: Les Paul (six guitars) |
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Peggy Lee |
1952.05.01 |
1952.06.07 |
13 |
3 |
Peggy Lee (voc), Gordon Jenkins Orchestra |
Jazz. Outstanding performances
Instrumental
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
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1945.09.26 |
Gene Krupa (d, dir), Don Fagerquist, Vince Hughes, Pincus Savitt, Tony Russo (tp), Leon Cox, Dick Taylor, Andy Parker (tb), Harry Terrill, Bill Hitz (as), Charlie Ventura, Charlie Kennedy (ts), Sid Brown (bars), Teddy Napoleon (p), Frank Worrell (g), Irv Lang (b), Joe Dale (d) |
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1947.03.31 |
Stan Kenton (p, dir), Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, John Anderson, Chico Alvarez, Ken Hanna (tp), Kai Winding, Skip Layton, Milt Bernhart, Harry Forbes, Bart Varsalona (tb), Eddie Meyers, Boots Mussulli (as), Vido Musso, Bob Cooper (ts), Bob Gioga (bars), Bob Ahern (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Shelly Manne (d) |
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1947.11.30 |
Louis Armstrong (tp), Jack Teagarden (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Dick Carey (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Sid Catlett (d) |
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1948.03.22 |
Les Paul (g), unidentified (b, d) |
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1950.12.26 |
Erroll Garner (p), John Simmons (b), Shadow Wilson (d) |
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1952.12.20 |
Art Tatum (p), Everett Barksdale (g), Slam Stewart (b) |
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1955.07.23 |
Dave Brubeck (p), Paul Desmond (as), Bob Bates (b), Joe Dodge (d) |
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Milt Jackson Quintet |
1956.01.23 |
Milt Jackson (vib), Lucky Thompson (ts), Hank Jones (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d) |
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1957.03.21 |
Kenny Dorham (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), Bill Wallace (p), George Morrow (b), Max Roach (d) |
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1958.01.05 |
Art Farmer (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Sonny Clark (p), Paul Chambers (b), Philly Joe Jones (d) |
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1958.01.10 |
Donald Byrd (tp), John Coltrane (ts), Red Garland (p), Paul Chambers (b), Louis Hayes (d) |
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1958.11.02 |
Lee Morgan (tp), Bobby Timmons (p), Jymie Merritt (b), Roy Haynes (d), Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones (d, tim), Ray Barretto (con) |
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George Van Eps |
1966.??.?? |
George Van Eps (g) |
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Tommy Flanagan |
1974.02.25 |
Tommy Flanagan (p) |
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Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis & Tommy Flanagan Trio |
1976.05.03 |
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Keter Betts (b), Bobby Durham (d) |
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Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis & Barney Kessel |
1978.04.?? |
Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (g), Joe Byrd (b), Wayne Phillips (d) |
Vocal
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
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Roy Eldridge Orchestra |
1947.05.31 |
Roy Eldridge (tp, voc), Flip Phillips (ts), Mike Coluccio (p, vib), Al Casey (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Gordon 'Specs' Powell (d) |
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1952.05.01 |
Peggy Lee (voc), Milt Yaner (as), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley (ts), Bernie Leighton (p), Art Ryerson (g), Jack Lesberg (b), Harry Jaeger (d), Gordon Jenkins Orchestra |
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1956.08.21 |
Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Buddy Bregman Orchestra |
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1960.06.08 |
Anita O'Day (voc), Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey (tp), Bill Schaeffer, Eddie Kusby, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, Tommy Shepard (tb), Ted Nash, Wilbur Schwartz (as), Fred Falensby, Justin Gordon (ts), Chuck Gentry (bars), Joe Castro (p), Al Hendrickson (g), Ralph Peña (b), Irving Cottler or Stan Levey (d), Billy May (dir) |
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1973.09.28 |
Tony Bennett (voc), Ruby Braff (cnt), George Barnes, Wayne Wright (g), John Giuffrida (b) |
On cinemas
The song 'Lover' is included in the soundtrack of the following movies:
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ORIGINAL
TITLE |
TITLE IN
SPAIN |
YEAR OF
PRODUCTION |
PERFORMERS OF THE SONG IN THE FILM |
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Love Me Tonight |
Ámame esta noche |
1932 |
Jeanette MacDonald |
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Words and Music |
Letra y música |
1948 |
Background music |
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The Jazz Singer |
El cantante de jazz |
1952 |
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Sabrina |
Sabrina |
1954 |
Background music |
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The Errand Boy |
Un espía en Hollywood |
1961 |
Background music |
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The Pleasure of His Company |
Su grata compañía |
1961 |
Fred Astaire |
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Great Balls of Fire! |
Gran bola de fuego |
1989 |
Les Paul |
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The Godfather, part III |
El padrino, parte III |
1990 |
Background music |