No Other Love (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)
Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune
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"No Other Love" is a show tune from the 1953 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Me and Juliet.[1][2]
| "No Other Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1953 |
| Genre | Show tune |
| Composer | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyricist | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| "No Other Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Perry Como | ||||
| B-side | "Keep It Gay" | |||
| Released | June 20, 1953 | |||
| Recorded | May 19, 1953 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter | Richard Rodgers | |||
| Perry Como singles chronology | ||||
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Background
Richard Rodgers originally composed this tune (with the title "Beneath the Southern Cross") for the NBC television series Victory at Sea (1952/1953). When Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on Me and Juliet, Rodgers took his old melody and set it to new words by Hammerstein, producing the song "No Other Love".[1] The song has a tango rhythm (referred to by Rodgers as a "languid tango" in his autobiography, Musical Stages).
The 1953 song should not be confused with "No Other Love", a song of 1950. The melody for the 1950 song was taken from Étude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3 by Frédéric Chopin.
Other recordings
- Vikki Carr included in her album Discovery II (1964).
- Perry Como recorded the Rodgers and Hammerstein song on May 19, 1953, which was released by RCA Victor.[1] The record reached No. 1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts in August 1953.
- Bing Crosby recorded it for Decca Records on December 31, 1953[3] and it was also included on his LP Bing Sings the Hits.
- Michael Feinstein - included in his 1988 album Isn't It Romantic.
- Ella Fitzgerald included the song on her album Ella Sings Broadway (1963).
- Ronnie Hilton - his 1956 version reached No. 1 for six weeks on the UK Singles Chart.[2][4]
- Edmund Hockridge - reached No. 24 in the UK charts in 1956.[5]
- Jay and the Americans released a cover version of the song in 1968 which reached No. 119 in the Billboard charts.
- The Johnston Brothers reached No. 22 in the UK charts in 1956.[6]
- Mantovani for his Decca album Songs To Remember (1960).
- Helen O'Connell recorded for Capitol (2487) in 1953.[7]
- Keely Smith included in her album Because You're Mine (1962).
- Victory at Sea the instrumental only recording is used for Episode 10 Beneath the Southern Cross.