An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)
An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) is a song from 1957 that was composed by Harry Warren . The lyrics of the song are from Leo McCarey and Harold Adamson .
In the version sung by Vic Damone and Marni Nixon , dubbing Deborah Kerr's film vocals, it was used as the film song in the film The Great Love of My Life . For this was followed in 1958 the Oscar nomination in the category Best Song .
A version by Vic Damone was released as a single on Columbia Records in 1957 .
The song has been covered several times, including Bruce Adams and Nat King Cole . Tom Lord lists 85 cover versions of the title in the field of jazz, u. a. by Jonah Jones , Teddi King , George Shearing , Johnny Hammond Smith , Dinah Washington , Ray Bryant , Bill Watrous , Hank Jones and Phil Woods .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vic Damone with Percy Faith & His Orchestra - An Affair To Remember (Our Love Affair). Retrieved January 4, 2014 . - The single (Columbia 40945) reached number 35 on the Billboard Top 100, the song landed at number 16 on the jockey charts. Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 148
- ^ Nat "King" Cole - An Affair To Remember (Our Love Affair). Retrieved January 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 7, 2014)