MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE

Music and lyrics: Guy Wood, Robert Mellin

Year: 1953

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Origin of the song

The song ‘My One and Only Love’ took a while to become a success. Its origin dates back to 1947 and at that time the name was ‘Music from Beyond the Moon’, with music by Guy B. Wood’s and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Vic Damone (1948) and Tony Martin (1949) recorded it, but both versions went unnoticed.

Shortly after, Robert Mellin arranged the melody and wrote new lyrics. In 1953, the label Capitol included the song, with the new name, as the flip side of Frank Sinatra’s ‘He got the World on a String’ and the audience really liked it. In August of the same year it got into the hit charts and reached the twenty-eight place, although it only lasted one week.

The English compositor Robert Mellin wrote the music and the lyrics of ‘I’m Yours’ (1952) and the music of ‘Stranger on the Shore’ (1962), Mr. Acker Bilk’s worldwide hit, that reached first place in several countries such as Great Britain and the US. He was the songwriter of ‘You, You, You’ (1953), ‘My One Sin’ (1955) and ‘You Never Told Me’ (1966) and, together with Gunther Finlay, he wrote the music and the lyrics for ‘Rain (Falling from the Sky)’ (1955). For his part, Guy Wood also wrote ‘Till Then’ (1944) and ‘Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy’ (1945).

Versions in the top charts

PERFORMERS	DATE OF RECORDING	DAY OF ENTRANCE	PERMANENCE WEEKS	HIGH POSITION REACHED
Frank Sinatra	1953.05.02	1953.08.01	1	28	Frank Sinatra (voc), Nelson Riddle Orchestra

Jazz. Outstanding performances

Instrumental

PERFORMERS	DATE OF RECORDING	MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
Charlie Ventura	1953.10.12	Charlie Ventura (ts), George Williams Orchestra
Benny Carter Quartet	1954.06.23	Benny Carter (as), Don Abney (p), George Duvivier (g), Louis Bellson (d)
Jimmy Cleveland All Stars	1955.11.22	Ernie Royal (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Cecil Payne (bars), Hank Jones (p), Barry Galbraith (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d)
Horace Silver Quintet	1957.05.08	Art Farmer (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Louis Hayes (d)
Grant Green Quartet with Ike Quebec	1962.03.01	Ike Quebec (ts), Sonny Clark (p), Grant Green (g), Sam Jones (b), Louis Hayes (d)
Sonny Rollins Quartet	1964.07.02	Sonny Rollins (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d)
Chick Corea Trio	1968.03.14	Chick Corea (p), Miroslav Vitous (b), Roy Haynes (d)
Bennie Wallace with Chick Corea Trio	1982.05.04	Bennie Wallace (ts), Chick Corea (p), Eddie Gómez (b), Dannie Richmond (d)
Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell & Donald Bailey Trio	1988.08.12	Jimmy Rowles (p), Red Mitchell (b), Donald Bailey (d)
McCoy Tyner Duo	1989.11.27	George Adams (ts), McCoy Tyner (p)

Vocal

PERFORMERS	DATE OF RECORDING	MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
Carmen McRae	1955.06.16	Carmen McRae (voc), Herbie Mann (fl), Mat Matthews (aco), Mundell Lowe (g), Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d)
Ella Fitzgerald	1962.04.10	Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Johnny Hartman with John Coltrane Quartet	1963.03.07	Johnny Hartman (voc), John Coltrane (ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Jimmy Garrison (b), Elvin Jones (d)
Nancy Wilson	1965.??.??	Nancy Wilson (voc), Sid Feller Orchestra
Louis Armstrong & His Friends	1970.05.26	Louis Armstrong (voc), James Spaulding (fl), Frank Owens (p), Kenny Burrell, Sam Brown (g), Richard Davis, George Duvivier, John Williams Jr. (b), Pretty Purdie (d), string section, Oliver Nelson (dir)
Cassandra Wilson	1988.02.??	Cassandra Wilson (voc), Mulgrew Miller (p), Lonnie Plaxico (b), Terri Lyne Carrington (d)
Ranee Lee	1997.03.04	Ranee Lee (voc), David Murray (ts), Tilden Webb (p), Richard Ring (g), John Clayton (b), Jeff Hamilton (d)
Kurt Elling	2009.01.21	Kurt Elling (voc), Ernie Watts (ts), Laurence Hobgood (p), Clark Sommers (b), Ulysses Owens (d), string section

On cinemas

La canción 'My One and Only Love' is included in the soundtrack of the following movies:

ORIGINAL TITLE	TITLE IN SPAIN	YEAR OF PRODUCTION	PERFORMERS OF THE SONG IN THE FILM
They All Laughed	Todos rieron	1981	Art Tatum & Ben Webster
Orquesta Club Virginia	Orquesta Club Virginia	1992
Leaving Las Vegas	Leaving Las Vegas	1995	Sting
The Corruptor	The Corruptor	1999	Johnny Hartman with John Coltrane Quartet