My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart is a song of the pop music of Victor Young (music) and Ned Washington text that was published 1949th It was first used in the film of the same name by Mark Robson and was nominated for an Oscar for best film song in 1950. In Australia, Gordon Jenkins' version of the song topped the charts. It also developed into a jazz standard .
Features of the song and use as a film song
Young and Washington wrote the ballad for the film, which was based on a short story by JD Salinger . The composition has a continuous major character and is written in the song form A1 - B - A2 - C, whereby the A parts are largely composed as an arpeggio , while the melody in the B part moves in stages. Text and melody intertwine "to a composition of classic balance:" The thoughts of the lyrics "correspond exactly with the course of the 32-bar theme." The text warns that the foolish heart should not be closed even by charming situations let something rash carried away. But then the song swings over: Although the line between love and fascination is difficult to see, this time it is not just attraction, but real love.
On July 22nd, the writers gave the film rights to the song to Samuel Goldwyn Productions for just one dollar. In the film, the song was performed by Susan Hayward , who is doubled for the vocals by the singer Martha Mears . Although the song didn't always do well with film reviews, it was nominated for an Oscar in 1950 (which Frank Loesser received for Baby, It's Cold Outside ).
Cover versions
In 1950 six versions of the song hit the American charts:
- Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (with singer Sandy Evans, # 3)
- Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (# 6)
- Mindy Carson (# 6)
- Margaret Whiting (# 17)
- Richard Hayes (# 21, instrumental version)
- Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra (# 29, instrumental version)
Eckstine's version, which stayed in the US charts for 19 weeks and sold well, survived in particular; in 1951 he received a gold record for one million copies sold .
In jazz, My Foolish Heart , which had already been covered by Gene Ammons and Dodo Marmarosa in 1950 , developed into a popular standard in jazz from 1956 and was for example by Bill Evans (several times since 1961), Chet Baker , Oscar Peterson with Nelson Riddle , Keith Jarrett , John McLaughlin , Philip Catherine , John Abercrombie , Ray Brown and Charlie Haden . Gary Burton used it as a vehicle for a solo piece for vibraphone in 1968 . Jazz singers like Joe Williams with George Shearing , Astrud Gilberto , Carmen McRae , Mel Tormé , Kurt Elling , Al Jarreau , Karin Krog , Kevin Mahogany , Susannah McCorkle , Jane Monheit , Jacqui Dankworth interpreted the song. Tom Lord has listed more than 840 recordings for jazz since 1949.
Are from the Poplager still versions of Jan and Dean , Dion and the Belmonts , The Arbors, Frank Sinatra , Al Martino , The Demensions, The Hi-Lo's , Ben E. King , Tom Jones , Roberta Flack , Erasure or Rod Stewart to name . As early as 1950, Kurt Henkels played a German version of The Night is full of tenderness for Electrola .
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Schaal (Ed.): Jazz standards. The encyclopedia. 3rd, revised edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1414-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d song portrait (jazzstandards.com)
- ↑ HJ Schaal Jazz Standards , pp. 334f.
- ↑ See Bob Eaton Hollywood Auction - April 2013 , 2013, p. 70
- ^ The New Pictures , Time. February 6, 1950. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ Joseph Murrell's Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory Batsford 1984, p. 63
- ^ Ted Gioia The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire Oxford University Press: New York, 2012, p. 279
- ↑ a b Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, October 27, 2019)