When I Fall in Love

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“When I Fall in Love”
Single by The Lettermen from the album A Song for Young Love
B-side	"Smile"
Released	1961
Format	7" single
Genre	Pop standard
Length	2:28
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	Edward Heyman, Victor Young
The Lettermen singles chronology
"The Way You Look Tonight" (1961) "When I Fall in Love" (1961) "Come Back Silly Girl" (1962)

"When I Fall in Love" is a popular song, written by Edward Heyman and Victor Young. It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it, though the original hit version was by Doris Day.

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

A version was recorded by Nat King Cole on December 28, 1956. It was issued by Capitol Records on an LP album, Love Is the Thing, catalog number SW824. The single was released in the UK in 1957, and reached number 2 in the UK charts. It was re-released in 1987, reaching number 4 on that occasion. It competed with a version by Rick Astley released at the same time. Astley's version reached number 2.

A version by The Lettermen issued as a single in 1961 also became quite popular. (Billboard #7 pop, #1 easy listening.)

The Carpenters recorded this song for their last television special, Music, Music, Music!. Richard Carpenter officially released the song on their album, Lovelines in 1989, six years after his sister's death. He re-released the song on their second compilation, Interpretations in 1994. He released a VHS tape also called Interpretations, which held the "When I Fall in Love" music video.

"When I Fall in Love" was also recorded by Céline Dion and Clive Griffin, and released as a single in 1993. It was featured in the Sleepless in Seattle movie. ^[2][3]

An instrumental version of the song is played during the ballroom scene at the beginning of the film Eyes Wide Shut.

Country singer Kenny Rogers included his version on the multi-million selling collection of love songs, Always and Forever.

[edit] Recorded versions

Andy Abraham Ray Anthony Rick Astley Chet Baker Tony Bennett Brook Benton Bob Berg Cilla Black Chris Botti Ruby Braff Deborah Brown Karen Carpenter Betty Carter Chang Fei Alma Cogan Natalie Cole Nat King Cole Perry Como Sam Cooke Kevin Covais Michael Crawford Miles Davis Doris Day Céline Dion and Clive Griffin Duane Eddy Esthero and Abacus Bill Evans The Flamingos The Four Preps Janie Fricke

Bill Frisell Stan Getz Tiziana Ghiglioni Kathie Lee Gifford Eydie Gormé Jim Hall Pat Healy Lena Horne Engelbert Humperdinck Bobby Hutcherson Brian Hyland Julio Iglesias Willis "Gator" Jackson Joni James Keith Jarrett Tom Jones Stan Kenton Krokodil Gary Lemel The Lettermen Julie London John Lytle Mike Mainieri Barry Manilow Johnny Mathis Les McCann Jack McDuff Jackie McLean

Carmen McRae Marcus Miller Hank Mobley Matt Monro Marilyn Monroe Anne Murray Siti Nurhaliza Bob Parton Peter & Gordon Peter and the Test Tube Babies Russ Peterson The Platters Arthur Prysock Donny Osmond Lou Rawls The Real Group Kenny Rogers Linda Ronstadt Diane Schuur Sandie Shaw Brent Spiner Toots Thielemans Dinah Washington Grover Washington, Jr. Russell Watson Ben Webster Westlife Joe Williams Jaclyn Victor Bobby Vinton Faron Young Echo and the Bunnymen

[edit] References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research. 
2. ^ Céline Dion - official website
3. ^ Céline Dion - chart history