My One and Only Love
My One and Only Love is a pop song by Guy Wood (music) with lyrics by Robert Mellin . The song was published in 1952 and recorded in 1953 by Frank Sinatra for the record company Capitol Records . The recording of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman in 1962 became a milestone in jazz history .
Music and lyrics
The song is a love song and has the song form AABA. The composition is in C major and the ascending, partly pentatonic opening motif (g, a, c, d, h, g, a) is characteristic of the theme. In the bridge (B part) the song modulates to E minor .
Important recordings (selection)
- Frank Sinatra: My One and Only Love (1953)
- Art Tatum & Ben Webster : The Album (1957)
- Coleman Hawkins : The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
- Horace Silver : The Stylings of Silver (1957)
- Doris Day and André Previn : Duet Album (1962)
- John Coltrane / Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1962)
- Chick Corea : Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
- Chet Baker : Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film "Let's Get Lost" (1987)
- Michael Brecker : Michael Brecker (1987)
- George Benson : Guitar Man (2012)
- Bob Dylan : Triplicate (2017)
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Schaal (Ed.): Jazz standards. The encyclopedia. Bärenreiter, Kassel u. a. 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1414-3 .