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She was born to belong to the lines of a song...
"When I Fall in Love" is a beautiful, romantic Standard that has been recorded by hundreds of artists since its first appearance in the early 1950s.
It was composed by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyward (lyrics) and was first used as the theme of the 1952 Korean War movie "One Minute to Zero" starring Robert Mitchum and others.
Doris Day had the first hit version in 1952. Doris is best known for her roles in some romantic comedy movies in the 50s and 60s and a TV program. But, before that she had been an able and appealing singer for several Big Bands during that Era of the 40s.Her voice was always sweet and lovely and easy on the ears. Here's her version, with lots of nice pics...
Nat King Cole was, of course, one of the all-time great crooners of his Era - and before that going back many years he was an outstanding jazz pianist. His voice is about as mellow and romantic as it gets, and his version can be found on his great 1957 album "Love is the Thing" (long one of my favs) with lush string orchestration by Gordon Jenkins...
Carpenter's recording of this excellent song was finally released on the "Lovelines" album. It is ever-so-slightly more uptempo than the other two versions here, and has the big advantage of being sung by Karen, who always seemed to "own" every song she ever recorded. This may not be an exception. This version also contains the (apparently) seldom recorded intro, which adds much to the song's appeal. As one reviewer said: "I can think of so many songs I would love to have heard her sing". An album full of great ballads from the Great American Songbook would have been a good start. I sometimes get the vague impression that Karen was active in the wrong Era, that she should have been born, say, 20 years earlier, when the general quality of popular music was almost equal to that of her incomparable voice...
It was composed by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyward (lyrics) and was first used as the theme of the 1952 Korean War movie "One Minute to Zero" starring Robert Mitchum and others.
Doris Day had the first hit version in 1952. Doris is best known for her roles in some romantic comedy movies in the 50s and 60s and a TV program. But, before that she had been an able and appealing singer for several Big Bands during that Era of the 40s.Her voice was always sweet and lovely and easy on the ears. Here's her version, with lots of nice pics...
Nat King Cole was, of course, one of the all-time great crooners of his Era - and before that going back many years he was an outstanding jazz pianist. His voice is about as mellow and romantic as it gets, and his version can be found on his great 1957 album "Love is the Thing" (long one of my favs) with lush string orchestration by Gordon Jenkins...
Carpenter's recording of this excellent song was finally released on the "Lovelines" album. It is ever-so-slightly more uptempo than the other two versions here, and has the big advantage of being sung by Karen, who always seemed to "own" every song she ever recorded. This may not be an exception. This version also contains the (apparently) seldom recorded intro, which adds much to the song's appeal. As one reviewer said: "I can think of so many songs I would love to have heard her sing". An album full of great ballads from the Great American Songbook would have been a good start. I sometimes get the vague impression that Karen was active in the wrong Era, that she should have been born, say, 20 years earlier, when the general quality of popular music was almost equal to that of her incomparable voice...
