Love in Bloom
| Love in Bloom | |
|---|---|
| Bing Crosby | |
| publication | 1934 |
| length | 3:05 |
| Genre (s) | Film music |
| text | Leo Robin |
| music | Ralph Rainger |
| Award (s) | Oscar nomination |
| album | Soundtrack for She Loves Me Not |
Love in Bloom is a song from the film She Loves Me Not (1934) and is sung by Bing Crosby . The music was written by Ralph Rainger , while the lyrics were written by Leo Robin .
background
The writing duo Rainger and Robin originally wrote the song for the film Temple of Beauty , but it was never used there. The song was eventually sung by Bing Crosby in the film She Loves Me Not . His version also appeared as a shellac record (Brunswick 6936). The song received an Oscar nomination for Best Song in 1935 .
The song was not only popular due to the film, but was also used by Jack Benny for his television and radio show and was used by him as a running gag . In this way he achieved further notoriety, so that the score sold over half a million times. During the Second World War , Jack Benny also used the song for the turning point in his career. Benny, known as a comedian, appeared at a benefit show at the Hollywood Bowl in 1944 and played the song as a violin concerto with Alfred Wallenstein and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in all seriousness and without smiling, and received standing ovations from both the audience and the orchestra itself .
Other popular versions are by Paul Whiteman (1934), Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and Erroll Garner .
Individual evidence
- ^ John Funnell: Best songs of the movies: Academy Award nominees and winners, 1934-1958 . McFarland, Jefferson, NC 2005, ISBN 0-7864-2193-2 , pp. 11 .
- ↑ a b David A. Jasen: Tin Pan Alley. An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song . Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 1-280-10744-8 , pp. 314 .
- ^ Roy Hemming: The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals . Newmarket Press, 1999, ISBN 978-1-55704-380-1 , pp. 194-195 .
- ↑ Kenneth H. Marcus: The Seriousness of Comedy. The Benefit Concerts of Jack Benny and Danny Kaye . In: University of Illinois Press (Ed.): American Music . 25, summer, 2007, p. 141 .