Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo Explained

Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Type:	single
Artist:	Richard Chamberlain
Album:	Richard Chamberlain Sings
B-Side:	All I Have to Do Is Dream
Released:	1963
Length:	2:41
Label:	MGM
Prev Title:	Love Me Tender
Prev Year:	1962
All I Have to Do Is Dream
Title2:	Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Next Title:	I Will Love You
Next Title2:	True Love
Next Year:	1963

"Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" is a popular song with music by Bronislaw Kaper, and lyrics by Helen Deutsch. The song was published in 1952. The song was featured in the 1953 film Lili, starring Leslie Caron.^[1]

Recorded versions

• Dinah Shore with Frank De Vol's orchestra and chorus. Recorded in Hollywood on August 18, 1952. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4992 (in USA)^[2] and by EMI on the HMV label as catalog number B 10385.
• Shari Lewis (1952)
• Eve Boswell (1953)
• Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer (1953)
• Marilú in Spanish for Peerless Records (1953)
• Perry Como, live on his TV show (1953)
• (written by (November 1953)
• (December 1953)
• Dick Hyman Trio (1956)
• Roger Williams (1956)
• Linda Lawson on the album Introducing Linda Lawson (1960)
• The Everly Brothers (1961)
• Chet Atkins (1961)
• Shelley Fabares on the album Shelley! (1962)
• The Four Seasons (1962)
• Etta Jones on the album Love Shout (1962)
• Slim Whitman (1963)
• Nat King Cole (1963)
• Johnny Mathis (1963)
• Eydie Gorme
• The Four Aces
• Richard Chamberlain (1963, number 20 UK, number 64 U.S., number 18 U.S. AC)
• Joni James
• Sergio Franchi on the album Women in My Life (1964)^[3]
• Teresa Brewer (1964)
• Bobby Goldsboro (1964)
• Ray Conniff (1965)
• The Lennon Sisters (1965)
• Paul Desmond on the album Glad to be Unhappy (1965)
• Paul Horn on the album Cycle (1965)
• Manfred Mann on the album Mann Made (1965)
• Alan Price Set, on the album The Price to Play The Alan Price Set (1966)
• Shelby Flint (1966)
• Gene Vincent (1967)
• Jimmy Durante
• Tim Buckley on the album (1968)
• Jim Nabors (1970)
• Bill Evans on the album Intuition (1974)
• John Farnham on the album Johnny Farnham Sings Hits from the Movies (1974)
• Anne Murray on the album There's a Hippo in My Tub (1977)
• Nalva Aguiar in Portuguese on the album Vala Pataedo
• Dream Express (1979)
• Gal Costa recorded (1984)
• Rickie Lee Jones on the album Pop Pop (1991)
• Betty Buckley (1996)
• John Slattery as Roger Sterling played an instrumental version on Mad Men season 7, episode 12 "Lost Horizon", aired on May 3, 2015.

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046000/soundtrack Lili (1953) - Soundtracks
2. Web site: RCA Victor 20-prefix series: 4500 - 5000, 78rpm numerical listing discography. 78discography.com. 1 May 2021.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120421065208/http://www.discogs.com/