This Can't Be Love (song)
| "This Can't Be Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1938 |
| Songwriter(s) | Lorenz Hart |
| Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
"This Can't Be Love" is a show tune and a popular song from the 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse when it was sung by Eddie Albert and Marcy Westcott. The lyrics poke fun at the common depiction of love in popular songs as a host of malignant symptoms, saying, "This can't be love because I feel so well."
The song was a hit for the orchestras of Horace Heidt (vocal by Larry Cotton) and Benny Goodman (vocal by Martha Tilton) in late 1938 and early 1939.[1]
Covers
- Chet Atkins and Lenny Breau - for their album Standard Brands (1981)
- Tony Bennett - for his album The Rodgers and Hart Songbook (1973).[2]
- Connee Boswell for her album Connee (1956).[3]
- Rosemary Clooney - included in her album Swing Around Rosie (1958)
- Red Garland - It's a Blue World (1958)
- Nat "King" Cole - included in his album Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love (1955)
- Natalie Cole - in her album Unforgettable... with Love (1991)
- Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1954[4] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.[5]
- Doris Day - included in the album Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
- Ella Fitzgerald on her two-record Verve release Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook (1956).
- Judy Garland performed the song as a medley with "Almost Like Being in Love" in the Judy at Carnegie Hall concert (1961).
- Stacey Kent - for her album In Love Again: The Music of Richard Rodgers (2002)
- Diana Krall for her album Stepping Out (1993)
- Michel Legrand - included in the album Michel Legrand Big Band Plays Richard Rodgers (1963).[6]
- Julie London - included in the album Easy Does It (1968)
- Johnny Mathis - for his album Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album (2005)
- Bob Monkhouse and Paula Hendrix - from the London production of The Boys from Syracuse in 1963.
- George Shearing - included in the album Getting in the Swing of Things (1981).[7]
- Nelson Riddle - included in the album Nelson Riddle – Interprets Great Music Great Films Great Sounds (1964)
- Frank Sinatra - included in the compilation album Classic Sinatra II (2009).
- Sarah Vaughan - included in her album Sweet 'n' Sassy (1963)
- Rufus Wainwright - included in the live album Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2007)
- Dinah Washington - for her album For Those in Love (1955)
- Margaret Whiting - a single release for Capitol Records released in 1949.[8]
- Johnny Smith - for his album The Sound of The Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)
Film appearances
- 1940 The Boys from Syracuse
- 1948 Words and Music - danced by Cyd Charisse and Dee Turnell with ballerinas.
- 1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo - sung by Doris Day. However, most of the songs in that film came from the 1935 Rodgers & Hart musical Jumbo.
- 2016 Café Society - performed by Conal Fowkes
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 595. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
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