Our Love Affair

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"Our Love Affair" is a song recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Band in 1940. [1] which reached No. 5 in the Billboard charts. [2] Its music is by Roger Edens and lyrics are by Arthur Freed. It was written for the M-G-M musical Strike Up the Band (1940), starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.

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  1. ↑ Kelley 1986, p. 567.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.  137. ISBN   0-89820-083-0.
  3. ↑ "78rpmcommunity.com". 78rpmcommunity.com. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.  311. ISBN   0-89820-083-0.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.  244. ISBN   0-89820-083-0.
  6. ↑ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1986. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

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