On the Street Where You Live

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"On the Street Where You Live" is a song from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady (music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner). The song later garnered great popularity as a single release. It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who was first portrayed by John Michael King in the original production. It has been recorded on many occasions by a variety of performers (including Harry Connick, Jr., Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Holly Cole, Perry Como, Dennis DeYoung, Quincy Jones, David Whitfield, Nancy Wilson, Ilse Huizinga, and Richard Clayderman) since its publication in 1956.

The most popular single version of the song was recorded by Vic Damone in 1956 for Columbia Records, and eventually reached #4 on the Billboard magazine charts. It was also ranked #6 on Cash Box magazine's best-selling records chart.

In the 1964 film version of the musical it was sung by Bill Shirley, dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett, who played Eynsford-Hill.

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The song was featured in a series three episode of the BBC One sitcom My Family.

Brendan Fraser's character, Adam, sings a verse to Alicia Silverstone's character, Eve, in the movie Blast from the Past.

It was also sung by the character Tony, played by Nicholas Hoult, in the first episode of series one of Channel 4 teen drama Skins.

Mr Hudson & The Library have covered this song for their album A Tale Of Two Cities.