My One and Only Love

"My One and Only Love" is a popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. The song was published in 1952 and is a conventional 32-bar song with four 8-bar sections, including a bridge. The structure of this common "Type A" 32-bar form is represented as AABA. The song is invariably taken at a slow tempo, or as a ballad with an aria-like melody that would represent a challenge to many vocalists. In the key of C the melodic arc of the song extends from G below middle C to the second D above middle C.

It was recorded by Frank Sinatra on May 2, 1953 and released on Capitol 2505.

Cover versions

Doris Day and Andre Previn included the song in their 1962 Duet album. A very popular version appeared on the 1963 classic jazz album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, and was later featured on the compilation album Coltrane for Lovers in 2001.

In 1991, saxophonist Gerald Albright covered the song from his album Live at Birdland West.^[1]

Pianist Joe Sample recorded an instrumental version of this song on his 1993 album Invitation.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma with jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman on the 2008 album Songs of Joy & Peace.

Another version of this song can be heard in the Leaving Las Vegas movie soundtrack, sung by Sting.

Other versions include those by Dean Martin, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Lita Roza, Magni Wentzel with Einar Iversen, trumpet, Endre Iversen, piano, Tor Braun, guitar, Erik Amundsen bass (recorded on May 2, 1960 and released on the single Odeon ND 7373), Nancy Wilson, Rickie Lee Jones, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Jamie Cullum, Chris Botti featuring Paula Cole on vocals, and Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano on their album of duets Bittersweet (2009), Sophie Milman (released on the album Take Love Easy, 2009), Gwilym Simcock (on his 2007 release Perception) and Paul McCartney on his 2012 album, Kisses on the Bottom. The popularity of the Coltrane-Hartman version has led to numerous recordings of the tune by jazz artists, including a recent vocal/guitar performance by George Benson on Guitar Man (2012).

References

External links

• "My One and Only Love" at jazzstandards.com
• Take Love Easy album preview at Sophie Milman official site, 6. "My One and Only Love"

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