"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]

Notable recordings

• Cannonball Adderley – Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955) ^[3]
• Helen Merrill – Helen Merrill (1955) ^[4]
• Les Paul and Mary Ford – Les and Mary (1955) ^[5]
• Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956) ^[6]
• Jimmy Smith – A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) ^[7]
• Julie Andrews – Julie Andrews Sings (1958) ^[8]
• Wes Montgomery – Far Wes (1958) ^[9]
• Dinah Shore – Dinah, Yes Indeed! (1959) ^[10]
• Carmen McRae - Something to Swing About (1960) ^[11]
• Vic Damone – On the Swingin' Side (1960) ^[12]
• Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960) ^[13]
• Alma Cogan – With You in Mind (1961) ^[14]
• Frank Sinatra – Sinatra Swings (1961) ^[15]
• 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) ^[16]
• Sarah Vaughan – The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan (1963) ^[17]
• Andy Williams – Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests (1963) ^[18]
• Sergio Franchi – The Songs of Richard Rodgers (1965) ^[19]
• Franco Cerri – 12 bacchette per una chitarra – Orchestrated by Ennio Morricone (1966) ^[20]
• The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967) ^[21]
• Peggy March – No Foolin' (1968) ^[22]
• Patricia Routledge – Presenting Patricia Routledge (1973) ^[23]
• Eliane Elias – Illusions (1987) ^[24]
• Frederica von Stade - My Funny Valentine (1989) ^[25]
• Jessye Norman – Lucky to Be Me (1992) ^[26]
• Roseanna Vitro – Softly (1993) ^[27]

Other 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.

References