"Lover"
Song
Released	1932 (1932)
Genre	Pop
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)	Lorenz Hart

"Lover" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was sung in the movie Love Me Tonight (1932) by Jeanette MacDonald.^[1]

Popular recordings in 1933 were by Paul Whiteman^[1] and His Orchestra (vocal by Jack Fulton), Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, and Greta Keller.^[2]

Other notable recordings

Stan Kenton – with Kai Winding (1940)^[1]
Gene Krupa – 1945^[1]
Harry James – released three live recordings of the song from the 1940s and 50s
Les Paul – The New Sound (Capitol, 1950)^[1]
Frank Sinatra – Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra (1950) and Come Swing with Me! (1961)
Peggy Lee – Lover (1952)^[1] and in the movie The Jazz Singer (1952)
Charlie Parker – Big Band (1952)
Yvette Giraud – French-language of the song (lyrics by Henri Contet), under the title "Partout Toi", was a hit in 1954
Dave Brubeck – Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (1955)^[1]
Sonny Stitt – Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
Johnny Dorelli - Songo Americano (1955)
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956)
Max Roach – Jazz in 3/4 Time (1957)^[1]
Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet – Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet - bonus track (1957)
Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
Cliff Richard – Listen to Cliff! (1961)
Joni James – I'm Your Girl (1962)
Brenda Lee – All Alone Am I(1963)
John Coltrane – The Last Trane (1965)
Tony Bennett – Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers and Hart Songs (1976)
Wynton Marsalis – Standard Time Vol. 2 (1990)^[1]
Bill Charlap – S Wonderful (1998)^[1]
Keely Smith – Keely Swings Basie-Style with Strings (2002)
Margaret Whiting – recorded the song for Capitol^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 242–243. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 544. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

"Lover" at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2007.

v t e Rodgers and Hart
Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
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"

v t e Samson Raphaelson's The Jazz Singer (1925)
Films	The Jazz Singer (1927) The Jazz Singer (1952) The Jazz Singer (1980) Soundtrack "America" "Love on the Rocks" "Hello Again"
Television	"The Jazz Singer" (1959 Ford Startime episode)
Related	I Love to Singa (1936 animated short) "Like Father, Like Clown" (The Simpsons episode)