Taking a Chance on Love
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- For the 2004 album by Jane Monheit, see Taking a Chance on Love (2004 Jane Monheit album), for the Hallmark Channel TV movie, see Taking a Chance on Love (film).
"Taking a Chance on Love" is a popular song by Vernon Duke with lyrics by John Latouche and Ted Fetter, published in 1940 (see 1940 in music), which has become a standard[1] recorded by many artists. It was introduced in the 1940 show Cabin in the Sky, a ground-breaking Broadway musical with an all black cast, where it was performed by Ethel Waters and Dooley Wilson. The re-released Benny Goodman version featuring Helen Forrest reached #1 in 1943.
[edit] Recorded versions
- Eddie Arnold
- Tony Bennett
- Ruby Braff
- Les Brown & his Orchestra
- Dave Brubeck
- Charlie Byrd
- Benny Carter
- June Christy
- Rosemary Clooney
- Alma Cogan
- Nat King Cole
- Ray Conniff
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Buddy DeFranco
- Marlene Dietrich
- Tommy Dorsey
- Anne Ducros
- Billy Eckstine
- Michael Feinstein
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Helen Forrest
- The Four Lads
- Judy Garland
- Erroll Garner
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Kenny Drew
- Benny Goodman
- Eydie Gorme
- Stephane Grappelli
- Buddy Greco
- Lance Hayward, recorded by the Bermudian pianist and released on Island Records (1958) on the very first album produced by Chris Blackwell
- Ted Heath
- Karl Otto Hoff, Kjell Johansens 15-piece orchestra Soloist: Kjell Johansen, trumpet. Arranger: Ragnar Robertsen (Recorded in Oslo on October 16, 1956 and released on the 78 rpm record HMV AL 6045)
- Salena Jones
- Sammy Kaye
- Stan Kenton
- Teddi King - Bidin' My Time (1956)
- Cleo Laine
- Frankie Laine
- Sara Lazarus
- Peggy Lee
- Harpo Marx
- Johnny Mathis
- Susannah McCorkle
- Liza Minnelli
- Jane Monheit
- Gerry Mulligan
- Helen O'Connell
- Anita O'Day
- Gilbert O'Sullivan
- Renee Olstead
- Patti Page
- Nicholas Payton
- The Pied Pipers
- Rita Reys
- George Shearing
- Anne Shelton
- Dinah Shore
- Zoot Sims
- Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy! (1954)
- Jo Stafford
- Rod Stewart
- Barbra Streisand from "The Third Album" (1963)
- Maxine Sullivan
- Mel Tormé
- Dionne Warwick
- Ethel Waters
- Carol Welsman
- Teddy Wilson
- Lester Young
[edit] References
- ^ Burlingame, Sandra. "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Taking a Chance on Love)". jazzstandards.com. http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-2/takingachanceonlove.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
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| Preceded by "I've Heard That Song Before" by Harry James |
number-one single according to Billboard magazine June 12, 1943 - June 26, 1943 |
Succeeded by "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" by The Song Spinners |
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