No Other Love (1953 song)

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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
Published1953
GenreShow tune
Composer(s)Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)Oscar Hammerstein II
"No Other Love"
Single by Perry Como
B-side"Keep It Gay"
ReleasedJune 20, 1953
Recorded1953
Genre
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Richard Rodgers
Perry Como singles chronology
"My One and Only Heart"
(1953)
"No Other Love"
(1953)
"Keep It Gay"
(1953)

Background

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Victory at Sea [Song Collection]", U.S. Library of Congress, 2005, webpage: LOC-gov-23.
  2. ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
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  4. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
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  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 58–9. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. 2005. p. 236. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  8. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. 2005. p. 266. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  9. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1960. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  11. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved June 29, 2017.