Why Do I Love You?
Why Do I Love You? is a song that Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein (text) wrote and published in 1927.
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The songwriting team Kern and Hammerstein wrote Why Do I Love You? for the musical Show Boat , which premiered on December 27, 1927 at New York's Ziegfeld Theater . The song was added at the request of Norma Terris during the first rehearsal of the musical in Pittsburgh. The tender ballad Why Do I Love You? is written in A major in the form ABAB ' , “delicate both in words and in music: uncomplicated in melody, harmony, rhythm and choice of words. Kern's melody repeats five-note phrases like Why do I love you? , Why do you love me and How can any two? . The net result is enchanting simplicity. "
First recordings and later cover versions
The musicians who covered the song as early as 1925 included Vincent Lopez (OKeh), Nat Shilkret (Victor), the Green Brothers Jazz Band (Paramount), Paul Whiteman (Victor), Lou Raderman and His Pelham Heath Inn Orchestra (Harmony , including with Mannie Klein , Irving Kaufman ) in London Jean Wiener and Clement Doucet, Noble Sissle . in Berlin Ben Berlin. The song was also recorded by Kenn Sisson and His Orchestra (vocals by Franklyn Baur , Brunswick 3766) and Sam Lanin and His Famous Players (Odeon 165,608).
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 123 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Glenn Miller , Vic Lewis , Eddie Brunner , Sidney Bechet , Les Paul , JC Heard , Dizzy Gillespie , Boyd Raeburn , Miles Davis / Kenny Hagood (1948), Charlie Parker , in later years also by Red Norvo ; Dodo Marmarosa , Lucky Thompson , Art Farmer , Erroll Garner , Earl Hines , Bob Wilber , Stéphane Grappelli , André Previn , Barbara Carroll , Jessica Williams , Anthony Braxton ( 8 Standards (Wesleyan) 2001 ) and Ken Peplowski . The song was also used in the film version of the 1936 musical , where it was sung by Allan Jones and Irene Dunne . Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson interpreted it in the film version from 1951 .
Notes and individual references
- ^ A b c d Marvin E. Paymer, Don E. Post: Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs . 1999, p. 123
- ↑ The band at that time consisted of Earl Oliver (cnt), Sam Lewis (tb), Larry Abbott (as, cl), Jimmy Johnston (bassax), Joe Green (marimbaphon, dr, leader), Bill Wirges (p) or Seger Ellis (p), Harry Reser (bj, g).
- ↑ a b Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
- ↑ Kenn Sisson (1897–1947) was a pianist with Ben Bernie in the early 1920s , for whom he also composed and arranged. In 1927/28 he led his own orchestra with the band vocalists Vaughn De Leath, Irving Kaufman and Franklyn Baur. In the early 30s he worked as an arranger for the radio show Deep River .