Ian (@sirsnapalot)
Aug 24th 2020, 5:57 am
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"On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady."On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady. It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production. In the 1964 film version, it was sung by Bill Shirley, dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett. It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production. In the 1964 film version, it was sung by Bill Shirley, dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett.

The most popular single of the song was recorded by Vic Damone in 1956 for Columbia Records. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart and #6 on Cashbox magazine's chart. It was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1958. Eddie Fisher also had a top 20 Billboard hit with the song in 1956, reaching No. 18. Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra released a version that went to No. 96 in 1956. Andy Williams' recording appeared in the Billboard top 40 in 1964, reaching No. 3 on the adult contemporary chart and #28 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The most successful recorded version was by vocalist Vic Damone

The song has been recorded by a wide variety of other performers, including Ray Conniff and Bing Crosby, who recorded the song in 1956[ for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009, Lawrence Welk (whose band also performed it on his weekly TV series numerous times), Shirley Horn, Doris Day, George Shearing, Frank Chacksfield, Alfie Boe, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Mario Lanza, Nat King Cole, Holly Cole, Marvin Gaye, Ben E. King, Perry Como, Ray Reach, Harry Connick Jr., Gene Pitney, The Miracles (on their I'll Try Something New album), Earl Grant, Dennis DeYoung, Quincy Jones, David Whitfield, Nancy Wilson, Billy Porter, Ilse Huizinga, Matt Dusk, Richard Clayderman, Ricki Lee Jones, Mr Hudson & The Library, Peggy Lee, Vocal Spectrum, Steve Hogarth from Marillion, Bill Frisell, André Previn & Shelly Manne, Bryn Terfel, Ed Townsend, Jason Manford and BirdyHop

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admin: @sirsnapalot Good morning Ian. As always a fine rendition and very enjoyable. Listening to you always makes me smile. Love this ♥
Aug 24th 2020, 6:17 am Report
Ian: @admin you are so kind to me you always listen and leaving wonderful comments thank you so very much
Aug 24th 2020, 7:35 am Report
Jay Dotson: jay455Enjoyed my listen fabulous little song love it
Aug 24th 2020, 8:37 am Report
Ian: @jay455 Thank you so very much for listening
Aug 24th 2020, 9:18 am Report
John Jenson: @sirsnapalot Awww yes from the King and I. great sing Ian.
Aug 24th 2020, 12:10 pm Report
Ian: @sierrajohn it's from my fair lady Many thanks for coming to listen
Aug 24th 2020, 1:08 pm Report
Gail Varnado: @sirsnapalot Hello Ian...enchanting sing..loved listening to you tonight.
Aug 24th 2020, 10:21 pm Report
Bev: @sirsnapalot Sounding fantastic here Ian. Loved hearing you sing this today. ♥♫
Aug 25th 2020, 2:08 am Report
Ian: @abbygail25 I am most grateful that you enjoyed the Add so please you came along to listen
Aug 25th 2020, 7:03 am Report
Ian: @bevb so very pleased that you enjoyed this Bev
Aug 25th 2020, 7:04 am Report
Toni Tibbs: @sirsnapalot Ian, I love musicals and happened upon your singing"On the Street Where You Live" and HAVE to leave a comment to tell you that I enjoyed it immensely. I'm going to purchase a digital copy of My Fair Lady now and/or read Pygmalion. LoL but dead serious. love it!!
Sep 1st 2020, 10:08 am Report