Mind If I Make Love to You?

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"Mind if I Make Love to You?"
Single by Frank Sinatra
from the album High Society
B-side "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
Released August 1956
Genre Big band, Beguine (dance)
Length2:24
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Cole Porter
Frank Sinatra singles chronology
"True Love"
(1956)
"Mind if I Make Love to You?"
(1956)
"Hey! Jealous Lover"
(1957)

"Mind if I Make Love to You?" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1956 film High Society , where it was sung by Frank Sinatra to Grace Kelly. [1] It is the one song from the musical not included in any stage version of the show [ citation needed ].

The song was covered by Harry Connick Jr on his 2019 album True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter.

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References

  1. Fisher, Mel. "Harry Connick, Jr. "Mind If I Make Love To You"". Louisville Public Media. Retrieved 3 February 2024. a classic Porter wrote for Frank Sinatra to sing to Grace Kelly in the 1956 film, High Society.