With a Song in My Heart (Jane Froman album)

With a Song in My Heart
Studio album by Jane Froman
Released	1952 (1952)
Label	Capitol
Jane Froman chronology
With a Song in My Heart (1952) Yours Alone (1953)

With a Song in My Heart... is a 1952 album by Jane Froman featuring songs from that year's 20th Century-Fox film With a Song in My Heart based on her life story. The album was released by Capitol Records. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Background

With a Song in My Heart / Pal Joey(2003 CD)

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

With a Song in My Heart / Yours Alone (2000 CD)

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]

According to Billboard , in 1951, ^[6] Jane Froman was "wisely" signed by Capitol Records "to a recording contract" "on the strength of anticipated public interest in her" that would follow release of the 20th Century-Fox musical film based on her biography. ^[1]

"Performed with warmth and fervor, her glorious voice was never more beautiful ... a singing symbol of her resplendent life. Another Capitol Exclusive!," said a Capitol advertisement in the magazine. ^{[7] [8]}

The album spent numerous weeks at number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Albums chart – on both the 33⅓-rpm and 45-rpm halves of it. ^{[3] [9]}

In February 1953, Billboard noted that the album had become "one of the biggest sellers ever released" by Capitol. ^[10]

In a retrospective review in his 2014 book Just Remember This, Colin Bratkovich commended the song "With a Song in My Heart" as recorded by Froman for this album, noting that her "vocal approach is much the same as by Hildegarde in 1939", but added: "Beware of the rest of this soundtrack despite its contemporary 'best seller' credentials!" ^[11]

Track listing

10-inch LP (Capitol L 309)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Opening production" and "It's a Good Day"	Dave Barbour—Peggy Lee
2.	"Tea for Two"	Vincent Youmans—Irving Caesar
3.	"Blue Moon"	Richard Rodgers—Lorenz Hart
4.	"Embraceable You"	George Gershwin—Ira Gershwin
5.	"Get Happy"	Harold Arlen—Ted Koehler
6.	"I'll Walk Alone" and "They're Either Too Young or Too Old"	Sammy Cahn—Jule Styne Arthur Schwartz—Frank Loesser
7.	"An American Medley" and "With a Song in My Heart"	Richard Rodgers—Lorenz Hart

Charts

Chart (1952)	Peak position
US Billboard Best-Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 33⅓ R.P.M. [9]	1
US Billboard Best-Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 45 R.P.M. [9]	1

References

1. "Billboard". April 12, 1952.
2. "Billboard". April 19, 1952.
3. "Billboard". May 24, 1952.
4. "With a Song in My Heart (from the film); Pal Joey (with 1952 cast members)". AllMusic.
5. "With a Song in My Heart/Yours Alone - Jane Froman". AllMusic.
6. "Billboard". December 15, 1951.
7. "Billboard". March 29, 1952.
8. "Billboard". April 5, 1952.
9. "Billboard". July 26, 1952.
10. "Albums and LP reviews". Billboard . February 7, 1953.
11. Just Remember This. May 8, 2014. ISBN   978-1-4836-4519-3.