Just Because — It’s Johnny Mercer’s 100th birthday
Bookworm on Nov 11 2009 at 11:49 pm | Filed under: Just Because Music
I couldn’t find the absolutely exquisite Dorothy Lamour/Jimmy Dorsey version from the film The Fleet’s In (starring a ridiculously young Bill Holden), but I enjoyed this Slim Whitman kind-of-funky version of one of the most beautiful love songs ever written:
Incidentally, Mark Steyn is paying tribute to Johnny Mercer this month. You can read about Johnny Mercer’s delightful Goody, Goody here. The whole first part of the Steyn podcast on Mercer is here (part two to follow later in the month). It’s a must-hear for Mercer fans, or for any fans of the American Popular Songbook.
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Amen, Book, to your description of this sweet love song as one of the best ever written.
This is the first time I’ve heard Slim Whitman’s version. Loved it. Thanks for posting it.
From the sublime to the ridiculous:
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I remember hearing this song way back by some non-jazz singer, but don’t know if the singer was Slim Whitman. It is a case of a song sticking in my memory. While Wiki says that the Beatles, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vinton, and Kenny Rogers among others, recorded it, I haven’t located when nor for what album. So, I have no idea where I heard it. But I DID REMEMBER the tune and much of the lyrics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Remember_You_%281941_song%29