The More I See You
| "The More I See You" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1945 by Bregman, Vocco and Conn |
| Songwriter(s) | Mack Gordon |
| Composer(s) | Harry Warren |
"The More I See You" is a popular song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics by Mack Gordon, and was originally sung by Dick Haymes in the 1945 film Diamond Horseshoe.
In 1966, Chris Montez released the most commercially successful and well-known recording of the song, and his version has been used many times in films, notably at the beginning of the famous club scene in Roman Polanski's Frantic, starring Harrison Ford. Chris Montez's version went to number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four weeks at number two on the Easy Listening chart.[1]
History
"The More I See You" was first published in 1945 and has been subsequently recorded by many artists,[2] most notably:
- Peter Allen — Taught By Experts (1976)
- Chet Baker — (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
- Count Basie — Montreux '77 (1977)
- Michael Bublé — It's Time (2005)
- Michael Bublé — Caught in the Act (2005)
- Alma Cogan — I Love to Sing/With You in Mind (2003)
- Nat King Cole — The Very Thought of You (1958)
- Bing Crosby — Beautiful Memories (1977)
- Doris Day — Doris Day's Sentimental Journey (1965)
- Bobby Darin — Love Swings (1961)
- Billy Eckstine — The Motown Years: For Love Of Ivy (aka) Gentle On My Mind (1966–1968)
- Eliane Elias — Bossa Nova Stories (2008)
- Tal Farlow — This Is Tal Farlow (1958)
- Sergio Franchi — From Sergio - With Love (1967)
- Four Freshmen — The Four Freshmen and Five Guitars (1959)
- Marvin Gaye — Motown Unreleased 1965: Marvin Gaye (2016)
- Johnny Hartman — Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman (1966), This One's for Tedi (1985)
- Dick Haymes — Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
- Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra — Golden Memories (1975)
- Carol Kidd — Carol Kidd (1984)
- Peggy Lee — Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota (1972)
- Sondre Lerche — Duper Sessions (2006)
- Julie London — Your Number Please (1959)
- Joy Marshall — single release only on Decca, it reached #34 on the UK Singles Chart (1966)
- Brad Mehldau — Progression, Art of the Trio, Vol. 5 (2001)
- Hank Mobley — Roll Call (1961)
- Chris Montez — The More I See You (1966)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Organisation (1980)
- Mark Murphy — Another Vision (1992)
- Johnny O'Neal — Live at Smalls (2013)
- Anthony Perkins — From My Heart (1958)
- The Phantoms — single release on Qualiton (probably 1966–67)
- Nina Simone — A Single Woman (1993)
- Carly Simon — Moonlight Serenade (2005)
- Nancy Sinatra — Nancy in London (1966)
- Ed Townsend — New In Town (1959)
- Timmy T — All For Love (1992)
- Valli — single release, lyrics half in French, half in English (1986)
- Sarah Vaughan — Live in '58 and '64 (2007 DVD)
- Andy Williams — Love, Andy (1967)
- Viola Wills — single release (1982)
- Nancy Wilson — Like in Love (1960)
- Manfred Krug — Greens (1974)
- Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones Trio— Ella & Duke At The Côte D'Azur (1966)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 173.
- ^ "Cover Versions of The More I See You". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2016-05-31.