I Fall in Love Too Easily
I Fall in Love Too Easily is a pop song written by Jule Styne (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyrics) and released in 1944.
Use of the song in the movie
The song was first sung by Frank Sinatra in the film musical Vacation in Hollywood (director: George Sidney ). On September 5, 1944, I Fall in Love Too Easily was recorded for the film in an arrangement by Axel Stordahl . The orchestra was directed by George Stoll .
The song was used in the film when Sinatra played the piano as a sailor on home leave at the Hollywood Bowl , reflecting her sudden infatuation with a singer (played by Kathryn Grayson ). The singer complains that he falls in love too easily. For other people who can just leave love behind or let it begin, be it easy to make something out of it, but for them love is the favorite game.
The film won the Academy Award for its score ; I Fall in Love Too Easily was also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Song category, which Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II eventually received for It Might as Well Be Spring .
Other versions
On December 1, 1944, Sinatra recorded the song with Axel Stordahl and his orchestra for Columbia Records ; Dave Mann played the piano solo. (This recording was released on Columbia 36830; the B-side of the shellac record was the song I Begged Her ). In 1945 the song was covered by Georgie Auld and His Orchestra (arrangement: Turk Van Lake ) and by Mel Tormé / Eugenie Baird ; Unlike Sinatra's version, the Tormé version hit the charts (# 17).
I Fall in Love Too Easily became a widely played jazz standard in the years that followed ; he was included a. by Chet Baker , Royce Campbell , Ted Heath , Johnny Hartman , Ralph Towner , Anita O'Day , Diane Schuur , Keith Jarrett and Fred Hersch . Miles Davis had the song in his live repertoire for several years, heard on the recordings The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 , Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 and Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1970). Tom Lord lists 448 cover versions of the jazz title.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c short portrait
- ↑ a b c song portrait at jazzstandards.com
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 2, 2014)