"Falling in Love with Love"
Song
Published	1938
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)	Lorenz Hart

"Falling in Love with Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse, where it was introduced by Muriel Angelus. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1938.^[1] The song is set to a waltz, but the lyrics "remind his [Hart's] listeners of the show's skeptical tone".^[2]

Performances

In the 1940 musical film version of The Boys from Syracuse, it was performed by Allan Jones.

It was sung by Bernadette Peters as the Stepmother in the 1997 television film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

Notable recordings

Cannonball Adderley – Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955)
Helen Merrill – Helen Merrill (1955)
Les Paul and Mary Ford – Les and Mary (1955)
Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956)
Jimmy Smith – A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
Julie Andrews – Julie Andrews Sings (1958)
Wes Montgomery – Far Wes (1958)
Carmen McRae – Something to Swing About (1959)
Dinah Shore – Dinah, Yes Indeed! (1959)
Vic Damone – On the Swingin' Side (1960)
Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
Alma Cogan – With You in Mind (1961)
Frank Sinatra – Sinatra Swings (1961)
Caterina Valente – Super-Fonics (1961)
Sammy Davis Jr. – Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway (1962)
Ahmad Jamal – Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk (1962)
Cliff Richard – 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds with Cliff Richard (1962)
Sheila Jordan – Portrait of Sheila (1963)
Sarah Vaughan – The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan (1963)
Andy Williams – Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests (1963)
Sergio Franchi – The Songs of Richard Rodgers (1965)^[3]
Franco Cerri – 12 bacchette per una chitarra – Orchestrated by Ennio Morricone (1966)
The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967)
Peggy March – No Foolin' (1968)
Patricia Routledge – Presenting Patricia Routledge (1973)^[4]
Eliane Elias – Illusions (1986)
Frederica von Stade - My funny valentine (1989)
Jessye Norman – Lucky to Be Me (1992)
Roseanna Vitro – Softly (1993)

References

^ '"The Boys from Syracuse', 1938" lorenzhart.org, accessed June 23, 2011
^ Hyland, William George.'The Boys from Syracuse'Richard Rodgers, Yale University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-300-07115-9, p. 120
^ "Explore Releases on Discogs". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-21. Sergio Franchi
^ "Patricia Routledge - Presenting Patricia Routledge". Discogs. 1973.

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Musicals	Fly with Me Poor Little Ritz Girl The Garrick Gaieties Dearest Enemy The Girl Friend Peggy-Ann A Connecticut Yankee Present Arms Chee-Chee Ever Green Simple Simon America's Sweetheart Jumbo On Your Toes Babes in Arms I'd Rather Be Right The Boys from Syracuse I Married an Angel Too Many Girls Higher and Higher Pal Joey By Jupiter
Songs	"Manhattan" "Mountain Greenery" "Here in My Arms" "Blue Room" "My Heart Stood Still" "Thou Swell" "To Keep My Love Alive" "You Took Advantage of Me" "With a Song in My Heart" "A Ship Without a Sail" "Dancing on the Ceiling" "Ten Cents a Dance" "He Was Too Good to Me" "I've Got Five Dollars" "Isn't It Romantic?" "Lover" "Mimi" "You Are Too Beautiful" "Blue Moon" "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "My Romance" "Little Girl Blue" "There's a Small Hotel" "Glad to Be Unhappy" "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" "Where or When" "I Wish I Were in Love Again" "My Funny Valentine" "Johnny One Note" "The Lady Is a Tramp" "Have You Met Miss Jones?" "I'll Tell the Man in the Street" "Spring Is Here" "Falling in Love with Love" "This Can't Be Love" "Sing for Your Supper" "I Like to Recognize the Tune" "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" "Give It Back to the Indians" "You're Nearer" "It Never Entered My Mind" "I Could Write a Book" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Ev'rything I've Got" "Wait till You See Her"

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