No Other Love (1953 song)
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"No Other Love" is a show tune from the 1953 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Me and Juliet.
Richard Rodgers originally composed this tune (with the title "Beneath the Southern Cross") for the television series Victory at Sea (1952..1953). When Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on Me and Juliet, Rodgers took his old melody and set it to new words by Hammerstein, producing the song "No Other Love." It should not be confused with "No Other Love", a song of 1950. The melody for that song was taken from Étude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3 by Fryderyk Chopin.
Perry Como recorded the song on May 19, 1953, and it was released by RCA Victor as a 78rpm recording (catalog number 20-5317-A) and a 45rpm recording (catalog number 47-5317-A) in 1953, with the B-side "Keep It Gay." It was subsequently released on several other singles and an EP album. The record reached #1 on the Billboard and Cash Box charts in 1953.
In 1956, the song was recorded by the United Kingdom artist Ronnie Hilton, reaching #1 on the UK Singles Chart.
| Preceded by I'm Walking Behind You |
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart #1 record August 15, 1953 |
Succeeded by Vaya con Dios |
