You Do
| You Do | |
|---|---|
| Dan Dailey , Betty Grable , Imogene Lynn | |
| publication | 1947 |
| length | 3:43 |
| Genre (s) | Film music |
| text | Mack Gordon |
| music | Josef Myrow |
| Award (s) | Oscar nomination in 1948 as "Best Song" |
| Cover versions | |
| 1947 | Dinah Shore |
| 1947 | Margaret Whiting |
| 1947 | Vaughn Monroe |
You Do is a song from the soundtrack of the film It Began in Schneider's Opera House ( Mother Wore Tights ) from 1947. The song was composed by Josef Myrow , and the lyrics to Mack Gordon . It is sung and danced in the film by Dan Dailey (with choir) and Betty Grable (with quartet) and also by Mona Freeman with the singing voice of Imogene Lynn. The album Mother Wore Tights (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording) features 12 songs from the film of the same name.
History of the song
You Do quickly became popular after the film was released and was covered by various stars of the time. In the year of publication, four out of five recorded cover versions were in the top ten of the charts. The song was recorded in 1947 by Dinah Shore , Vaughn Monroe , Margaret Whiting , Vic Damone and Bing Crosby, among others . Even Doris Day sang it in the charts, but did not publish its own shot.
You Do ranks 28th among Dinah Shore's most successful songs, making it number 4 on the US Billboard Charts in 1947 and staying in the rankings for eleven weeks and on the charts for 19 weeks. In Vaughn Monroe's personal best list, the song reached number 23. The singer took the song to number 5 on the US Billboard charts in November 1947 and stayed in the rankings for eight weeks, and it was listed at number 8 in the US 1940s and stayed eight Weeks in it. You Do ranks 6th in Margaret Whiting's personal rankings. It was placed 5th on the US Billboard Charts in November 1947 and stayed there for ten weeks. It reached rank 9 in the US 1940s and was listed there for six weeks. With Vic Damone the song ranks 22nd. In the US Billboard Charts, he was with You Do in November 1947 at number 7 and stayed in the charts for 9 weeks. Among the songs by Bing Crosby, You Do ranks 305th out of 334 listed songs. In the US Billboard charts he reached 8th place together with Carmen Cavallaro in November 1947 and stayed in the charts for eight weeks. US 1940s lists both in November 1947 at number 10, they remained in the ranking for eight weeks.
Cover versions
Dinah Shore's version of the song was released by Columbia : Dinah Shore and Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke . Dick Haymes cover version is included on the album The Golden Years of Dick Haymes . Margaret Whiting's version of the song was released on Capitol . Another version exists by Vaughn Monroe & Vic Damone ; In addition, the song was sung by Vic Damone alone and published on Mercury . From Decca a version of 1947 was You Do with Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro published.
The song is also included on the album The Sound of The Movies : Judy Garland , Betty Grable, which was released in July 2013.
Award / nomination
1948 was You Do in the category "Best Song" for a Oscar nomination. However, the award went to Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert for their song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah from the Disney musical film It Began in Schneider's Opera House ( Mother Wore Tights ).
Web links
- You Do in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The 20th Academy Awards | 1948 at oscars.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mother Wore Tights at itunes.apple.com
- ↑ Doris Day sings "You Do" on your hit parade 1947 .
- ↑ Song Artist 66 - Dinah Shore at tsort.info (English).
- ↑ Song Artist 70 - Vaughn Monroe at tsort.info (English).
- ↑ Song Artist 546 - Margaret Whiting at tsort.info (English).
- ↑ Song Artist 342 - Vic Damone at tsort.info (English).
- ↑ Song Artist 4 - Bing Crosby at tsort.info (English).
- ↑ You Do sung by Dinah Shore