The Second Time Around

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"The Second Time Around" is a song with words by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It was introduced in the 1960 film High Time , sung by Bing Crosby with Henry Mancini conducting his orchestra, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It lost out to "Never on Sunday".

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Its theme is captured by its first two lines:

Love is lovelier the second time around,
Just as wonderful with both feet on the ground. [1]

Although Crosby recorded it on August 25, 1960, for MGM Records, [2] it is especially associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it for Reprise Records on December 21, 1960. [3] This achieved some chart success reaching the #50 position in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [4] Sinatra also recorded it again for Reprise on November 5, 1961, and April 29, 1963. [5]

Jane Morgan sang the song on a 1961 episode of The Jack Benny Program.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performed this with André Previn on Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (1992).

Recorded versions

Frank Sinatra albums

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References

  1. ↑ "Frank Sinatra - The Second Time Around Lyrics". Metro Lyrics. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Baker, Richard. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Peters, Richard (1982). The Frank Sinatra Scrapbook. London: Pop Universal Ltd. p. 138. ISBN   0-285-62529-2.
  4. ↑ "DJ Programming Charts: Chart Climbers". Billboard. 3 April 1961. p. 40. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Albin, Steve (March 20, 2016). "Songs Recorded by Frank Sinatra". Jazz Discography. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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