Taking a Chance on Love
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"Taking a Chance on Love", a popular song by Vernon Duke with lyrics by John La Touche and Ted Fetter, published in 1940 (see 1940 in music), 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. A feature film version, starring Waters and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, was released in 1943 and featured the song.
A Benny Goodman cover featuring Helen Forrest (which was recorded in 1940) reached No. 1 in 1943. Sammy Kaye also enjoyed chart success in 1943, reaching the No. 13 position.[2]
Lyrics
The song contains eight verses. The opening lines are:
- Here I go again,
- I hear those trumpets blow again,
- All aglow again,
- Taking a chance on love.
- Here I slide again,
- About to take that ride again,
- I'm starry eyed again,
- Taking a chance on love.
Film appearances
- 1943 Cabin in the Sky
- 1943 I Dood It - played on piano by Hazel Scott, on bass by Red Callender with accompaniment.[3]
- 1950 I'll Get By - sung by Gloria DeHaven with the Harry James Orchestra.[4]
- 1953 Remains to Be Seen - sung by Dorothy Dandridge[5]
- 1957 This Could Be the Night - performed by Julie Wilson[6]
- 1977 New York, New York - performed by Liza Minnelli[7]
Recorded versions
- Eddy Arnold
- Tony Bennett
- Ruby Braff
- Les Brown & his Orchestra
- Dave Brubeck
- Charlie Byrd
- Benny Carter
- June Christy - A Friendly Session, Vol. 2 (1999) with the Johnny Guarnieri Quintet
- Rosemary Clooney
- Alma Cogan
- Nat King Cole
- Ray Conniff
- Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1954[8] 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.[9]
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Buddy DeFranco
- Marlene Dietrich - Dass Ich Dich Wiederseh'
- Kenny Drew
- Tommy Dorsey
- Anne Ducros
- Billy Eckstine
- Tal Farlow
- Michael Feinstein
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Helen Forrest
- The Four Lads
- Judy Garland
- Erroll Garner
- Dizzy Gillespie
- 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
- Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (in 1941; Brunswick 03187)
- Harpo Marx
- Johnny Mathis
- Susannah McCorkle
- Liza Minnelli
- Jane Monheit
- Gerry Mulligan
- Helen O'Connell
- Anita O'Day
- Renee Olstead
- The Osmonds
- Patti Page
- Nicholas Payton
- Bud Powell
- The Pied Pipers
- Rita Reys
- George Shearing
- Anne Shelton
- Dinah Shore
- Zoot Sims
- Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy! (1954)
- Jo Stafford
- Rod Stewart from Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV (2005)
- Sonny Stitt
- Barbra Streisand from The Third Album (1963)
- Maxine Sullivan
- Mel Tormé
- Dionne Warwick
- Ethel Waters
- Carol Welsman
- Teddy Wilson
- Lester Young
References
- ^ Burlingame, Sandra. "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Taking a Chance on Love)". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 589. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ "By Hook or by Crook (1943) Soundtracks". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ "I'll Get By (1950) Soundtracks". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ "Remains to Be Seen (1953) Soundtracks". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ "This Could Be the Night (1957)". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ "Movieclips". movieclips.com. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
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