No Other Love (1953 song) explained

No Other Love
Published:	1953
Genre:	Show tune
Lyricist:	Oscar Hammerstein II
Composer:	Richard Rodgers

No Other Love
Type:	single
Artist:	Perry Como
B-Side:	"Keep It Gay"
Released:	June 20, 1953
Recorded:	1953
Genre:	Traditional pop vocal jazz
Label:	RCA Victor
Prev Title:	My One and Only Heart
Prev Year:	1953
Next Title:	Keep It Gay
Next Year:	1953

"No Other Love" is a show tune from the 1953 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Me and Juliet.^[1]

Background

Richard Rodgers originally composed this tune (with the title "Beneath the Southern Cross") for the NBC television series Victory at Sea (1952/1953). When Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on Me and Juliet, Rodgers took his old melody and set it to new words by Hammerstein, producing the song "No Other Love".^[2] The song has a tango rhythm (referred to by Rodgers as a "languid tango" in his autobiography, Musical Stages).

The 1953 song should not be confused with "No Other Love", a song of 1950. The melody for the 1950 song was taken from Étude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3 by Frédéric Chopin.

Other recordings

• Vikki Carr included in her album Discovery II (1964).^[3]
• Perry Como recorded the Rodgers and Hammerstein song on May 19, 1953, which was released by RCA Victor.^[2] The record reached No. 1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts in August 1953.
• Bing Crosby recorded it for Decca Records on December 31, 1953^[4] and it was also included on his LP Bing Sings the Hits.
• Michael Feinstein - included in his 1988 album Isn't It Romantic.^[5]
• Ella Fitzgerald included the song on her album Ella Sings Broadway (1963).
• Ronnie Hilton - his 1956 version reached No. 1 for six weeks on the UK Singles Chart.^{[1] [6]}
• Edmund Hockridge - reached No. 24 in the UK charts in 1956.^[7]
• Jay and the Americans released a cover version of the song in 1968 and this reached No 119 in the Billboard charts.
• The Johnston Brothers reached No. 22 in the UK charts in 1956.^[8]
• Mantovani for his Decca album Songs To Remember (1960).^[9]
• Helen O'Connell recorded for Capitol (2487) in 1953.^[10]
• Keely Smith included in her album Because You're Mine (1962).^[11]
• Victory at Sea the instrumental only recording is used for Episode 10 Beneath the Southern Cross.

See also

• List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s

Notes and References

1. Book: Rice, Jo. 1982. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits. 1st. Guinness Superlatives Ltd . Enfield, Middlesex. 25. 0-85112-250-7.
2. "Victory at Sea [Song Collection]", U.S. Library of Congress, 2005, webpage: LOC-gov-23.
3. Web site: Discogs.com. Discogs.com. 1964 . June 29, 2017.
4. Web site: A Bing Crosby Discography. BING magazine. International Club Crosby. June 29, 2017.
5. Web site: Discogs.com. Discogs.com. 1988 . June 29, 2017.
6. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 58–9.
7. Book: British Hit Singles & Albums. 2005. Guinness World Records Ltd. London. 1-904994-00-8. 236. 18th.
8. Book: British Hit Singles & Albums. 2005. Guinness World Records Ltd. London. 1-904994-00-8. 266. 18th.
9. Web site: Discogs.com. Discogs.com. 1960 . June 29, 2017.
10. Web site: The Online Discographical Project. 78discography.com. June 29, 2017.
11. Web site: Discogs.com. Discogs.com. 1962 . June 29, 2017.