Love (Your Spell Is Everywhere)

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"Love (Your Spell Is Everywhere)"
Song
Published1929
Genre Traditional pop
Composer(s) Edmund Goulding
Lyricist(s) Elsie Janis
Composer Edmund Goulding Edmund Goulding 1922.jpg
Composer Edmund Goulding

"Love (Your Spell Is Everywhere)", also called "Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere", "Love (Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere)" or "Love Your Spell Is Everywhere", [1] is a traditional pop song first published in 1929, written by Elsie Janis with music composed by Edmund Goulding. [2] [3]

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History

The song was first performed by James Melton and Gloria Swanson in 1929 and featured in the talkie The Trespasser . It was later covered by Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, Kenny Burrell, Sammy Davis Jr., Curtis Fuller, Jackie Gleason, Peggy Lee, Johnny Douglas and Living Strings, Harry James and Henri René. [4]

A 1964 episode of The Red Skelton Hour was called "Love, Your Tragic Smell Is Everywhere or A Hat Full of Hate", a parody of the song title. [5] [6]

See also

References

  1. Samuel, Lawrence R. (2020). Love in America: A Cultural History of the Past Century. McFarland. ISBN   9781476638072 via Google Books.
  2. Kennedy, Matthew (2004). Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy. Terrace Books. ISBN   9780299197704 via Google Books.
  3. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Copyright Office, The Library of Congress. 1957. p. 177 via Google Books.
  4. "[Admiral advertisement]". LIFE. Vol. 38, no. 17. April 25, 1955. p. 74 via Google Books.
  5. Motion Pictures, 1960-1969. Copyright Office, The Library of Congress. 1971 via Google Books.
  6. "The Red Skelton Show: S14". Aveleyman.