I'm in the Mood for Love

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"I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular song.

The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was published in 1935. It was introduced by Frances Langford in the movie "Every Night At Eight" released that year.

The song was featured in the Our Gang short "The Pinch Singer", sung by Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer; it is often known to be his signature song. [1]

James Moody's saxophone solo on a 1952 recording of this song inspired the song "Moody's Mood for Love".

[edit] Recorded versions

Ronnie Aldrich Ann-Margaret Louis Armstrong (1935) Shirley Bassey (1961) Ivy Benson Brook Benton (1959) Polly Bergen (1958) Acker Bilk Pat Boone (1959) Frank Chacksfield The Chimes (1961) Rosemary Clooney Nat King Cole Trio (1944) Ray Conniff Singers (1960) Sam Cooke Bob Crosby and his orchestra (1935) Putney Dandridge and his orchestra (1935) Doris Day (1952) Gloria DeHaven (in the film Between Two Women, 1945) Fats Domino Tommy Dorsey Billy Eckstine (1946) Jackie Edwards Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (1965) Bryan Ferry (1999)

Dorothy Fields Eddie Fisher (1952) Ella Fitzgerald The Flamingos (1959) Helen Forrest (1950) The Four Aces Erroll Garner Stan Getz Debbie Gibson Dizzy Gillespie Jackie Gleason Benny Goodman Charlie Gracie The Guess Who Adelaide Hall Coleman Hawkins (1944) Mary Cleere Haran Ted Heath and his Music The Heptones Hildegarde Earl Hines Jools Holland (1999) Shirley Horn (1963) Joni James (1955) Etta Jones Quincy Jones and Brian McKnight

Spike Jones' New Band (1964) Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra (1950) Stan Kenton Lisa Kirk Frankie Laine Frances Langford (1935 (Brunswick 7513). Brenda Lee (1961) Liberace Little Jack Little (1935) Julie London (1955) Lord Tanamo (1965) Tina Louise Vera Lynn (1935) Dean Martin (in the film That's My Boy, 1951) Al Martino Johnny Mathis (1960) McGuire Sisters Ann Miller (in the Broadway show Sugar Babies, 1979) Patti Page Les Paul Charlie Parker (1950) Oscar Peterson André Previn Ray Price Louis Prima

Leo Reisman and his orchestra (vocal: Frank Luther) (1935) Cliff Richard (1964) Marty Robbins (1962) Smokey Robinson Amru Sani (1956) The Sex Pistols (1977) George Shearing Daryl Sherman (1989) Frank Sinatra (1953) Dorothy Squires Jo Stafford Ringo Starr Rod Stewart (2005) Barbra Streisand (2003) Maxine Sullivan Svenska Hotkvintetten (1939) Art Tatum James Taylor The Three Suns (1957) Martha Tilton and her V-Disc Play Fellows (1942) Sarah Vaughan (1954) Fran Warren (1957) Charlie Watts (1996) Mae West Pia Zadora Jools Holland and Jamiroquai (Jay Kay) Brandon Boyd of the band Incubus sings the opening line "I'm in the mood for love, simply because" at the beginning of a live version of the song "Circles". The live version can be found on Incubus' 'Alive at Red Rocks' DVD/CD combo, released in 2005.

[edit] External links

• Song lyric