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Norah Jones

The Nearness Of You

Jazz
  • Jazz
  • Blues
  • Pop
  • Space
  • Folk
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2002
  • 2002
  • 2012
  • 1938
  • 1940
  • 2003

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“The Nearness of You” is a popular song, written in 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Ned Washington. The biggest selling 1938 version was recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with a vocal by Ray Eberle (Bluebird catalog number 10745). This recording first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 20, 1940 (though this is misleading, as this was Billboard’s first chart) and lasted 8 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5. Other popular contemporary versions were recorded by Kay Kyser’s orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt, Columbia catalog number 35488), by Dinah Shore with Paul Weston’s orchestra (Bluebird catalog number 10793). The song was featured in the Paramount film Romance in the Dark released in 1938. Starring John Barrymore and John Boles it was sung... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Oh no, it's just the nearness of you

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