A Sunday Kind of Love

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"A Sunday Kind of Love" is a popular song composed by Barbara Belle, [a] Anita Leonard, [b] Stan Rhodes, [c] and Louis Prima and published in 1946. [1]

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History

The song has become a pop and jazz standard, recorded by many artists. The song was first recorded by Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra on November 11, 1946. He released the song as a single in January, 1947 [2] and it became permanently identified as the signature song for its vocalist, Fran Warren. [3] Louis Prima and his Orchestra released his recording of the song in February 1947. The popularity of the up-tempo version by The Del-Vikings released in 1957 increased the song's popularity. Despite having wide acclaim, the song never made the Billboard Top 40. [4]

Legacy

The song was featured in the jukebox musical Jersey Boys as well as the film version.

Notable recordings

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9]
Etta James' version 		Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Barbara Belle (née Belle Einhorn; born 1922) is a producer, publisher, theatrical manager, and songwriter. She was married to Lee Newman (né Leon Lee Newman; 1912–1987)
  2. ↑ Anita Leonard (née Anita Rothblum; born 1922) married – on November 29, 1948, in the Bronx – comedian actor Louis Nye (1913–2005). She earned a bachelor of science in music from NYU. She studied piano with Modena Scovill Lane (1892–1981), Bruno Eisner (1884–1978) (ru), and Herman Wasserman (1895–1957). She studied composition with Otto Cesana (1899–1980), and Wallingford Riegger. At The New School, she studied acting with Stella Adler. Her chief collaborators included Barbara Belle, Evelyn Caroll, Chocky Fair (Charles B. Fair), and Marshall Barer. Her stage-name, "Leonard," was the given name of her brother, Leonard Rothblum (1916–2001). (ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1980)
  3. ↑ Stan Rhodes (né Stanley Wayne Rhodes; 1924–1984) copyrighted over 80 songs under the name Stan Rhodes.

References

  1. ↑ Jacobs, Dick & Harriet Jacobs – Who Wrote That Song?, Writer's Digest Books, 1993
  2. ↑ "Original versions of A Sunday Kind of Love written by Anita Leonard, Barbara Belle, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. ↑ Heather Phares (2000-10-10). "The Complete Fran Warren with Claude Thornhill - Fran Warren | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  4. ↑ Gribin, Anthony; Schiff, Matthew (2014). The Top 1000 Doo-Wop Songs: Collector's Edition. Ttgpress. p. 69. ISBN   9780982737651.
  5. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Marcels - Sunday Kind Of Love (Song)". uk-charts.com. eMedia Jungen. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 226.
  8. ↑ Return of the Wildest! by Louis Prima Jr. & The Witnesses on Apple Music, 2012-07-10, retrieved 2025-11-17
  9. ↑ "British single certifications – Etta James – A Sunday Kind of Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved September 20, 2024.



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