Fascination (song)
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"Fascination" is a popular song. The music was written by F.D. Marchetti and the lyrics by Dick Manning. The song was published in 1932.
It was popularized in the 1957 movie, Love in the Afternoon.
The recording by Jane Morgan was released by Kapp Records as catalog number 191. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 9, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #7; on the Best Seller chart, at #12; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #11.
It was also recorded by Dinah Shore, Dick Jacobs, and David Carroll, all of whose versions made the charts. Paul Mauriat recorded an instrumental version of the song on his album Best of France. There is also a Portuguese language version, recorded by Elis Regina for her album Falso Brilhante (1976).
It is also featured on General Hospital numerous times, usually during Luke and Laura scenes.