I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Song
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" | |
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Published | 1937 by Irving Berlin, Inc. |
Songwriter(s) | Irving Berlin |
" I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm " is a popular song copyrighted in 1937 by its composer, Irving Berlin , [1] and first recorded by (i) Ray Noble (January 5, 1937), Howard Barrie, vocalist; [2] [lower-alpha 1] (ii) Red Norvo (January 8, 1937), Mildred Bailey , vocalist; [3] (iii) and Billie Holiday with her orchestra (January 12, 1937). [4] The song – sung by Dick Powell and Alice Faye – debuted on film February 12, 1937, in the musical, On the Avenue . [5] [6] [7]
Background
The Noble, Norvo, and film renditions were successful that year, as well as the other 1937 recordings that included Billie Holiday and Glen Gray (vocal by Kenny Sargent ). [8]
Les Brown 's instrumental version, arranged by Skip Martin and recorded in 1946 as Columbia #38324, became a million-seller and Billboard top ten song in 1949. [9] Brown said that he got a call from Columbia Records after he performed the song telling him to record it, only to respond that he had recorded it three years earlier. [10] That same year, vocal group The Mills Brothers also had a chart hit with their version on Decca #24550. [11]
Other recordings
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Although not strictly a Christmas song as the lyrics make no mention of the holiday, it has been recorded for many artists' Christmas albums and is a standard part of the holiday song repertoire in the U.S. Artists such as Rosemary Clooney , Doris Day , Dean Martin , Bette Midler , Rod Stewart , Dinah Washington and Idina Menzel (in a duet with Billy Porter) are among those who have covered it. Ella Fitzgerald recorded this for her 1958 Verve release Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook . [12]
During the Big Band era, the song was also recorded by several leading "sweet jazz bands" including Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra in 1937. [13]
Bibliography
Annotations
- ↑ Howard Phillips, aka Howard Barrie ( né Howard Baron Phillips; 1909–1985), a baritone, began singing for Ray Noble in December 1936, succeeding Al Bowlly , who after six years with Noble, returned to England to start his own band. Phillips – on June 9, 1953, in Bedford, New York – married actress Kay Linaker .
Notes
- ↑ Copyrights, 1938 , p. 40.
- ↑ Rust, 1975 , p. 1311.
- ↑ Rust, 1975 , p. 1314.
- ↑ "Billie Holiday Discography" . March 23, 2023.
- ↑ Rust & Debus, 1973 , pp. 269, 530.
- ↑ Powell & Faye, 1937 .
- ↑ Jazziz , November 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Whitburn, 1986 , p. 525.
- ↑ Whitburn, 1986 , p. 63.
- ↑ Gilliland, 1940s, #22 .
- ↑ Whitburn, 1986 , p. 316.
- ↑ SecondHandSongs .
- ↑ "I've Got My Love To keep Me Warm" and Shep Fields on archive.org
References
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Catalog of Copyright Entries
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"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (©8 January 13, 1937; Class E (musical composition) Published 59842; Irving Berlin, Inc. ). from On the Avenue , w & m Irving Berlin ; with arrangement for guitar, etc. p. 40 – via Internet Archive
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( help ) LCCN 96-659501 ; ISSN 0741-5885 ; OCLC 10188255 (all editions) .
- Dick Powell (vocalist) ; Alice Faye (vocalist) (February 12, 1937). "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" . On The Avenue (film). 20th Century Fox Film Corporation – via YouTube . ( alternate link – via YouTube . )
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- "Ray Noble" "HP" (Howard Phillips, vocalist) . Vol. 2. p. 1311.
- "Red Norvo" "MB" (Mildred Bailey, vocalist) . Vol. 2. p. 1314.
- "Roy Ross" "DR" (Don Rodney, vocalist) . Vol. 2. p. 1544.
- "Sterling Young" "BM" (Billy Mozet, vocalist) . Vol. 2. p. 1994.
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- "Alice Faye" . p. 269.
- "Dick Powell" . p. 530.
- "Aileen Stanley" . p. 530.
- SecondHandSongs . "Cover versions of 'I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm ' " . Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
- Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories, 1890–1954 . Menomonie, Wisconsin : Record Research, Inc. p. 525 – via Internet Archive ( ARChive of Contemporary Music ). LCCN 86-225626 ; ISBN 0-8982-0083-0 , 978-0-8982-0083-6 ; OCLC 15252908 (all editions) .
- "The Songs" → "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" . p. 525.
- "The Artists" → "Les Brown" . p. 62.
- "The Artists" → "Mills Brothers" . p. 316.
- "The Artists" → "Art Lund" . p. 285.
- "The Artists" → "Billie Holiday" . p. 215.
- "The Artists" → "Glen Gray" . p. 184.
- "The Artists" → "Ray Noble" . p. 337.
- "The Artists" → "Red Norvo" . p. 338.
- "The Artists" → "Starlighters" . p. 410.
- "Billboard Discjockey Polls" . p. 638.
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