American Beauty Rose (song) explained

"American Beauty Rose" is a 1950 song written by Hal David, Redd Evans and Arthur Altman,^[1] which was a minor hit for Eddy Howard and for Frank Sinatra in 1950.^[2] It was also popularized by Sinatra's second version as a charting single in 1961.^[3] The song was included on his Come Swing with Me! LP, as the B-side to "Sentimental Journey".^[4]

Composer and critic Alec Wilder mentioned the song in passing in his book American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950, noting that "Sinatra could make every song but 'Jealous Lover' and 'American Beauty Rose' sound reputable."^[5]

Notes and References

1. William Emmett Studwell, Mark Baldin -The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras 2000 0789009145 "However, nothing by Evans, including "American Beauty Rose" (1950, by Hal David, Arthur Altman, and Evans), and ..."
2. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . 1986 . Record Research Inc. . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . 0-89820-083-0 . 470 .
3. Sinatra! the Song is You: A Singer's Art - Page 180 068419368X Will Friedwald - 1995 "Best of all, Sinatra joyously milks a libretto that funnily and punnily compares girls to flowers. "American Beauty Rose" charted, but hardly high enough to reverse the trend of steadily worsening sales for Sinatra discs that had already started."
4. Web site: Frank Sinatra – Sentimental Journey / American Beauty Rose (1961, Vinyl). 3 May 2021. Discogs.com. September 1961 .
5. Book: Wilder, Alec . 1972 . American Popular Song . New York . Oxford University Press . 978-0195014457 .