Because you're mine
Because You're Mine is a song written by Nicholas Brodszky (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyrics) and released in 1952.
Brodszky and Cahn wrote a number of movie songs for Mario Lanza , such as Be My Love , Wonder Why , Serenade and My Destiny . Because You're Mine was made for the film My Heart Sings Just For You ( Because You're Mine , 1952, directed by Alexander Hall ). In the film, the song was presented by Mario Lanza. Mario Lanza's '78 release of Because You're Mine / The Song Angels Sing ( His Master's Voice , DA 2017) was a huge hit in the United States. The song then received an Oscar nomination for Best Song .
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The song begins with the lines Because you're mine / The brightest star I see / Looks down, my love and envies me
Because You're Mine was covered by numerous musicians in the USA in the 1950s. a. by Billy Eckstine / Nelson Riddle , Dinah Washington / Quincy Jones , Guy Lombardo , Keely Smith , Nat King Cole and Carmen McRae , later and others a. also by Monty Alexander (1987) and Ralph Sharon (1994).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colin Larkin (ed.): The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music , 2002 - page 59
- ^ Karen Markoe, Arnie Markoe: The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 1991-1993 . Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998
- ↑ http://www.metrolyrics.com/because-youre-mine-lyrics-nat-king-cole.html
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 8, 2014)