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"Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)" [1] is a show tune and popular song from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey. It is part of the Great American Songbook . The song was introduced by Vivienne Segal on December 25, 1940, in the Broadway production during Act I, Scene 6, and again in Act II, Scene 4, as a reprise . [ 1 ]
In 1950, the song "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" became popular and was recorded by various bands and pop singers, including Mel Torme, Doris Day, and Gordon Jenkins and The Harmonicats. [12] Prompted by the song's success, Goddard Lieberson , the producer of Columbia Records , decided to produce a studio cast album of Pal Joey featuring ...
Columbia 38698/1-480 combined "Bewitched" with "Imagination," a track recorded in 1947 and previously released on Columbia 38423. [3] In 1951, Columbia issued this album as a boxed set of 45 rpm records as B-189. [4] On June 13, 1955, the same tracks and 4 others were reissued in the form of a 12" LP, Day Dreams, catalog number CL-624.
Beguiled Again is a musical revue compiling the works of Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics), who are often referred to as Rodgers and Hart. The show was conceived by J. Barry Lewis, Lynnette Barkley and Craig D. Ames. It is almost entirely music, with minimal dialogue between some of the songs.
The song was covered by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine as "You've Got the Love" and released as the fifth single from their debut album, Lungs (2009). It was first released on 1 December 2008 as the B-side to their second single " Dog Days Are Over ".
With Dorsey she helped popularize the song "I Concentrate On You", and with Reisman she recorded the song "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" for Pal Joey. In the 1950s, Boyer became a songwriter, and she wrote songs such as "I Foresee In the Future" and "I Gambled with Love" with Paul Weirick in 1954.
The actual title of the song is "Bewitched", one word, by itself. It is NOT "Bewitched, Bothered" etc. Richard Rodgers states and emphatically makes this point in his own autobiography. Having been composed as part of the Pal Joey score it is also listed as such in the list of the show's musical numbers (in the score) AND is indexed as such by ...
Al's chord harmonicas were produced special by Hohner after the war, and he used an estimated 50 chords throughout his entire career. Al was a member of the Windy City Harmonica Club, and even had his own band for a short time, known as the AL Fiore Harmonica Gentlemen, which he borrowed the name from Cappy.