Just Say I Love Her Explained

Just Say I Love Her
Artist:	Johnny Desmond
B-Side:	If Anybody Does
Genre:	Traditional pop
Label:	MGM

"Just Say I Love Her" ("Just Say I Love Him" when recorded by a female singer) is a popular song, adapted from the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuje".^[1] The original music was written by Neapolitan composer Rodolfo Falvo in 1930;^[2] and was arranged in the United States by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale; the original Neapolitan lyrics by Enzo Fusco, and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward.^[3]

A recording by Johnny Desmond was made on January 20, 1950, and released by MGM (catalog number 10758). It reached No. 24 on the Billboard chart.Vic Damone's 1950 recording of the song reached No. 13 on the Billboard chart.^[4]

Recorded versions

• Johnny Desmond (1950)
• Frankie Avalon
• Tony Bennett (1950)
• Vic Damone (1950)
• Eddie Fisher
• Connie Francis - for her album More Italian Favorites (1960).^[5]
• Timi Yuro - Hurt!!!!!!! (1961).^[6]
• Sumo
• Robert Goulet - My Love Forgive Me (1964).^[7]
• Dean Martin - for his album (1962)
• Al Martino - The Exciting Voice of Al Martino (1962).^[8]
• Cliff Richard - When in Rome (1965)
• Artie Shaw
• Nina Simone on the 1961 album Forbidden Fruit and the 1993 album A Single Woman
• Jerry Vale - I Have But One Heart (1962).^[9]
• Lou Monte (1958)
• Steve Lawrence - Sings of Love and Sad Young Men (1967).^[10]
• Engelbert Humperdinck - We Made It Happen (1970).^[11]
• Jimmy Roselli
• Tito Schipa^[12]
• Giuseppe di Stefano^[13]
• Luciano Pavarotti^[14]
• Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Passione di Napoli (2001)^[15]
• Nicolae Herlea – Recital De Canțonete.^[16]
• Xiu Xiu - Nina (2013).
• Christian Ketter – Beloved: Live in Recital (2014).
• Franco Corelli^[17]
• Sergio Franchi covered this Neapolitan favorite on his 1963 Billboard Top 200 (at 66th place) album Our Man from Italy; also on his 1965 album Live From The Cocoanut Grove; and on his 1976 album 20 Magnificent Songs. He recorded it in Italian, and in Italian/English combination.

Notes and References

1. [:it:Dicitencello vuje]
2. [:it:Rodolfo Falvo?br=ro&=&|Wikipedia]
3. Web site: ASCAP . ascap.com . September 24, 2018.
4. Book: Whitburn. Joel. Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. 1986. Record Research Inc. Wisconsin, USA. 0-89820-083-0. 535. registration.
5. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . September 24, 2018.
6. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . November 12, 2019.
7. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . September 24, 2018.
8. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . September 24, 2018.
9. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . September 24, 2018.
10. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . September 24, 2018.
11. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . September 24, 2018.
12. Web site: Dicitencello Vuje . www.amazon.com. 2018-12-08.
13. Web site: Dicitencello vuje . www.amazon.com. 2018-12-08.
14. Web site: Falvo: Dicitencello Vuie . www.amazon.com. 2018-12-08.
15. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . 23 May 2020.
16. Web site: Nicolae Herlea - Recital De Canțonete. Discogs. en. 2018-12-08.
17. Web site: Dicitencello vuie . www.amazon.com. 2018-12-08.