Secret love
Secret Love is a song by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) that was released in 1953 and became a number one hit for Doris Day .
Fain and Webster wrote Secret Love for the comedic and musical western Heavy Colts in Tender Hands (Original title: Calamity Jane , 1953, director: David Butler ), starring Doris Day (as Calamity Jane ) and Howard Keel . Secret Love is featured in the film by Doris Day.
The song received an Oscar in 1954 for Best Song . The first two lines of the song read: Once I had a secret love / That lived within the heart of me .
The Fain / Webster ballad Secret Love became one of the top hits of the decade. With the record ( Columbia 4-40108) Doris Day came in 1954 in the United States to both # 1 on the Billboard and the Cash Box charts. In the UK, the song was # 1 on the UK charts for one week in April 1954 (April 10 - April 16), a total of 9 weeks. Numerous cover versions of Secret Love were recorded in the 1950s, including a. by Ray Anthony (Capitol 2678), Slim Whitman ( Imperial 8223, # 2), The Moonglows (Chance 68), Gordon Jenkins (Brunswick 05285), Frank Sinatra , Spike Jones , The Orioles (Jubilee), Lita Roza (Decca F10. 277) and Billy Eckstine . In the field of jazz , Eddie Lockjaw Davis , Eddie Heywood , George Duke , Rusty Bryant , Ralph Flanagan , Caterina Valente , Ahmad Jamal , Jonah Jones , Ted Heath , Dave McKenna , Neal Hefti , Johnny Hammond Smith , John Serry senior also took part (Dot DLP-3024 and Versailles 90 M 178), Count Basie and Maynard Ferguson on the song, which also made it a jazz standard ; Tom Lord lists 452 versions of the song.
In the 1960s u. a. also George Bean (Decca F11.762), Freddy Fender (ABC Dot 17585), Connie Francis , Richard "Groove" Holmes (Pacific Jazz 88130), Kathy Kirby (Decca F11.759), Billy Stewart (Chess 1978), Andy Williams , The Chiffons and Kim Weston / Marvin Gaye performed the song.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Calamity Jane in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ^ The 1954 Oscars in the Internet Movie Data Base
- ↑ Doris Day - Secret Love Lyrics by MetroLyrics
- ^ Ace Collins Music for Your Heart: Reflections from Your Favorite Songs , 2013. page 88
- ↑ Complete British Artists Hit Parade of the NME at 1950s British TV and Radio
- ↑ Dot Album Discography - Part 2 - DLP - 3024 - Squeeze Play - John Serry - Secret Love on bsnpubs.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (in English)
- ↑ Secret Love - John Serry - Vintage Dance Orchestras No 239 - Chicago Musette - "Secret Love" - John Serry Sr. plays "Secret Love" on accordion with ensemble on youtube.com (en English)
- ↑ Chicago Musette - John Serry et son Accordéon in the Bnf catalog on catalogue.bnf.fr (en French)
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 12, 2014)
