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When I Fall in Love

"When I Fall in Love" is a popular song, written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in Howard Hughes' last film One Minute to Zero as the instrumental titled "Theme from One Minute to Zero". Jeri Southern sang on the first vocal recording released in April 1952 with the song's composer, Victor Young, handling the arranging and conducting duties. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it; the first hit version was sung by Doris Day released in July 1952.

This article is about the song. For other uses, see When I Fall in Love (disambiguation).

"When I Fall in Love"

April 1952

Traditional pop

3:07

Decca

"Take Me in Your Arms"

July 3, 1952

June 5, 1952

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City

Traditional pop

2:58

Columbia

Percy Faith

Day's recording was made on June 5, 1952. It was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39786 and issued with the flip side "Take Me in Your Arms". The song reached number 20 on the Billboard chart.[1]


A 1996 recording by Natalie Cole, sung as a duet with her father Nat King Cole using vocals from his 1956 version, won 1996 Grammys for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s).

"When I Fall in Love"

"Smile"

November 5, 1961

1961

Capitol (Hollywood)

Traditional pop

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Capitol

Nick Venet

A version was recorded by on December 28, 1956. It was issued by Capitol Records on the album titled Love Is the Thing, catalog number SW824. The song was also used as the recurrent love theme in the 1957 film Istanbul, in which Cole sang the song onscreen. The single was released in the UK in 1957 and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. This recording was rereleased in 1987 and reached number 4. The start of Cole's version was sampled in Pop Will Eat Itself's 1988 single "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore".[2] Since 2014, Cole's version of the song has been featured in adverts for SSE.

Nat King Cole

recorded two different versions of the song: a contemporary R&B/smooth jazz version for her 1987 album Everlasting (No. 14 U.S. AC) and a more traditional version for her 1996 Stardust album as a virtual duet with her father Nat King Cole, including recordings of his vocals from his 1956 version. This version won two awards at the 39th Grammy Awards: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s) for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.

Natalie Cole

recorded the song for his 1959 album Open Fire, Two Guitars, which charted in the UK and many other countries.

Johnny Mathis

Blues singer released a version of the song in 1960, which spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 65.[3]

Etta Jones

A version by was released as a single in 1961 and spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 7,[4] while reaching No. 1 on the Billboard's Easy Listening chart.[5] Veteran drummer Earl Palmer played on this version.[6]

the Lettermen

recorded the song in 1973 for his album A Time for Us. It spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 55,[7] while reaching No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart[8] and No. 1 in France.[9]

Donny Osmond

In 1984, released the song as the lead track on her album Lush Life and as a single. Ronstadt's version reached No. 24 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.[10]

Linda Ronstadt

quoted the song extensively in his 1993 medley rendition of "It's All in the Game", which appears on his live album A Night in San Francisco.

Van Morrison

"When I Fall in Love"

"My Arms Keep Missing You"

November 30, 1987 (1987-11-30)

1987

Traditional pop

3:02

RCA

Stock Aitken Waterman

CD single

"When I Fall in Love"

July 12, 1993 (1993-07-12)

Traditional pop

4:20

David Foster

Australian and European CD, Japanese mini CD, and US cassette and 7-inch single[44][45][46][47]

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Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals

List of Billboard Middle-Road Singles number ones of 1962

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