People Will Say We're in Love
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"People Will Say We're In Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1943). In the original Broadway production, the song was introduced by Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts.
[edit] Plot context
The other characters think, correctly, that Laurey (Joan Roberts) and Curly (Alfred Drake) are in love. In this song they warn each other not to behave indiscreetly, lest people misinterpret their intentions. Neither wants to admit to the other - or themselves - his or her true feelings. At the end of the musical the characters reprise the number after becoming engaged, saying "Let people say we're in love."
[edit] Trivia
The song was a particular favourite of Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, when she was courting Prince Philip in the weeks after their engagement in 1947. She used to request it from bands at dances they attended
[edit] Covers
This song has been covered by many people, including instrumental versions. Three versions made the Top 40 charts: Bing Crosby (#2), Frank Sinatra (#3) and The Ink Spots (#11). The list of covers includes:
- Eric Alexander
- Thomas Allen & Valerie Masterson
- Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan
- Chris Bennett
- Emmett Berry
- Les Brown and His Band of Renown
- Kenny Burrell
- Donald Byrd & Doug Watkins
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
- Carmen Cavallaro
- Eugene Chadbourne
- Ray Charles
- Rosemary Clooney
- Nat King Cole
- George Coleman
- Dorothy Collins
- Ray Conniff
- Perry Como
- Bing Crosby
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae
- Doris Day
- Trudy Desmond
- Lou Donaldson
- Herb Ellis & Jimmy Giuffre
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Helen Forrest
- Erroll Garner
- Tom Grant
- Bennie Green
- Dick Haymes
- Ted Heath
- Fred Hersch
- Lena Horne & Lennie Hayton
- Leslie Hutchinson
- The Ink Spots
- Joni James
- Jack Jones
- Spike Jones
- Roger Kellaway
- Stacey Kent
- James Last
- Peggy Lee
- Marcia Lewis
- Monica Lewis
- Gordon Macrae and Shirley Jones (film version)
- Helen Merrill
- Sophie Milman
- Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band
- Marion Montgomery
- Gerry Mulligan
- Nigel Ogden
- 101 Strings Orchestra
- Johnny Otis
- Robert Palmer
- Ken Peplowski
- The Platters
- Paul Quinichette
- Rita Reys
- Nelson Riddle
- Spike Robinson
- Frank Sinatra
- Johnny Smith
- Kate Smith
- The Spaniels
- Sonny Stitt & Hank Jones
- Dick Sudhalter
- The Treniers
- Lawrence Welk
- Andy Williams
- Mary Lou Williams
- Nancy Wilson
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