Just Say I Love Her
"Just Say I Love Her" ("Just Say I Love Him" when recorded by a female singer) is a popular song, adapted from the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuje".[1][circular reference] The original music was written by Neapolitan composer Rodolfo Falvo (Naples, 7 July 1873 – Naples, 4 December 1937) in 1930;[2] arrangement in US by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale; the original Neapolitan lyrics by Enzo Fusco, and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward.[3]
A recording by Johnny Desmond was made on January 20, 1950, and released by MGM (catalog number 10758). It reached #24 on the Billboard chart. Vic Damone's 1950 recording of the song reached #13 on the Billboard chart.[4]
Recorded versions
- Johnny Desmond (1950)
- Frankie Avalon
- Tony Bennett (1950)
- Vic Damone (1950)
- Eddie Fisher
- Connie Francis - for her album More Italian Favorites (1960).[5]
- Timi Yuro - Hurt!!!!!!! (1961).[6]
- Sumo
- Robert Goulet - My Love Forgive Me (1964).[7]
- Dean Martin - for his album Dino: Italian Love Songs (1962)
- Al Martino - The Exciting Voice of Al Martino (1962).[8]
- Cliff Richard - When in Rome (1965)
- Artie Shaw
- Nina Simone on the 1961 album Forbidden Fruit and the 1993 album A Single Woman
- Jerry Vale - I Have But One Heart (1962).[9]
- Lou Monte (1958)
- Steve Lawrence - Sings of Love and Sad Young Men (1967).[10]
- Engelbert Humperdinck - We Made It Happen (1970).[11]
- Jimmy Roselli
- Tito Schipa[12]
- Giuseppe di Stefano[13]
- Luciano Pavarotti[14]
- Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Passione di Napoli (2001) [15]
- Nicolae Herlea – Recital De Canțonete.[16]
- Christian Ketter – Beloved: Live in Recital (2014).[17]
- Franco Corelli[18]
- Sergio Franchi covered this Neapolitan favorite on his 1963 Billboard Top 200 (at 66th place) album Our Man from Italy; also on his 1965 album Live From The Cocoanut Grove; and on his 1976 album 20 Magnificent Songs. He recorded it in Italian, and in Italian/English combination.
References
- ^ "Wikipedia". it.wikipedia.org. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Wikipedia". it.wikipedia.org. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "ASCAP". ascap.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 535. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
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- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ www.amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dicitencello-Vuje/dp/B000QOGB4Y. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ www.amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dicitencello-vuje-Giuseppe-Stefano/dp/B01KO8TF5I. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ www.amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Falvo-Dicitencello-Vuie/dp/B000VAFDX8. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Nicolae Herlea - Recital De Canțonete". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Beloved: Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein Live in Recital by Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein, retrieved 2018-12-08
- ^ www.amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dicitencello-vuie/dp/B06XSX4X2V. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
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