| "Secret Love" | |
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| Single by Doris Day | |
| from the album Calamity Jane | |
| Released | 1953-10-09[1] |
| Format | 7" (45 rpm), 10" (78 rpm) |
| Recorded | 1953 |
| Genre | Traditional pop |
| Length | 3:41 |
| Label | Columbia 40108 |
| Writer(s) | Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster |
| "Secret Love" | ||||
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| Single by Freddy Fender | ||||
| from the album Are You Ready for Freddy? | ||||
| Released | September 1975 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | country | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | ABC-Dot Records 17585 | |||
| Producer | Huey Meaux | |||
| Freddy Fender singles chronology | ||||
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"Secret Love" is a popular song written in 1953 with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.[2] Its first performance was in the film Calamity Jane by Doris Day.[2] It received an Academy Award for Best Original Song.[2] Doris Day also recorded the best-selling record of the song, which reached #1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts in 1954. The record was made on August 5, 1953.[1] The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40108.[3]
The Moonglows recorded an R&B version for Chance Records in January 1954, released in February, 1954.[3] Connie Francis recorded the song on April 27, 1962 at RCA Italiana Studios in Rome for her album Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits. The original version from the April 1962 with an arrangement by Geoff Love was only available in Australia (MGM Records S027592) and New Zealand (MGM Records MCS 5017). All other world wide releases that album included a version with a new orchestration recorded in April 1963 with an arrangement by Don Costa.
In 1963 Kathy Kirby recorded an upbeat version of "Secret Love"; released October 1963 as a single the track - with musical direction by Charles Blackwell, Jimmy Page on guitar and production by Kirby's regular collaborator Peter Sullivan - afforded Kirby her UK career record with a #4 UK chart peak that December. "Secret Love" was also a hit in Australia reaching #2.[2]
The Chiffons' version of "Secret Love, recorded for Bright Tunes Productions in 1965, was released in 1969 on B.T. Puppy Records with an international release on various labels in 1970.
Kim Weston and Marvin Gaye recorded "Secret Love" for their 1966 Take Two album release.
Between 1972 and 1974, this song was covered by Singapore-based female singer Ervinna, backing music by the Charlie & His Boys, on her LP album Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 4 with White Cloud Record of Singapore.
Freddy Fender recorded "Secret Love" in his 2002 release La Musica de Baldemar Huerta. His 1975 bi-lingual version was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and a number twenty hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Fender's version was not the first time country audiences had heard the song; Slim Whitman had a major hit of his own in 1954 with the song.
Mandy Moore covered the song on the Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack. Doris Day's version was used in the actual movie.
Spike Jones did a version of the song in the style of a Cuban Mambo band of the 1950s.
It has also been covered by José Hoebee, a Dutch pop singer (member of the girl group Luv'), who reached number 11 on the Dutch Top 40 with her version in the autumn of 1982.
Liquid Gold included a disco remake of "Secret Love" on their 1979 eponymous album; Viola Wills also recorded a disco version of "Secret Love" released in 1980.
Anne Murray recorded a cover of the song for her album Croonin' (1993).
Hannah Waddingham performed a version in the 2011 remake of Agatha Christie's Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side on Britain's ITV1
John Serry, Sr. arranged and recorded this composition with his ensemble on Dot Records (DLP-3024) for his album entitled Squeeze Play in 1956.
Cerys Matthews recorded a cover version for the Children's Hospice charity album, Over the Rainbow.
Allan Sherman has a light-hearted parody called "Secret Code" on his 1965 LP My Name is Allan.
Engelbert Humperdinck made a cover of the song in 1995 (Engelbert Live, DVD 2003).
k.d. lang made a cover of the song, to be played during the closing credits of the documentary The Celluloid Closet (1995). The song is also shown in a clip from the original Calamity Jane movie, starring Doris Day.
Lord Tanamo did a live version of "Secret Love" until it was recorded with Tommy McCook in 1997. Since then The Allstonians have been covering the song and plan on recording it in the near future.
Soul singer, Billy Stewart, hit the Billboard Top 30 in 1966 with his wild remake.
Sinéad O'Connor made a cover version for her 1992 album Am I Not Your Girl?.
George Michael made a cover version for his 1999 album Songs from the Last Century.
R&B/jazz singer Miki Howard made a cover version for her 2008 album Private Collection.
In 2010, Australian singer Melinda Schneider recorded the song for her Doris Day tribute album "Melinda Does Doris".
Connie Fisher's February 2009 album release was entitled Secret Love the title cut being Fisher's rendition of the Fain/Webster song.
Cybill Shepherd covered the song in 1999 on the album Songs from the Cybill Show, which accompanied her sitcom Cybill. [4]
| Preceded by Stranger in Paradise |
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart number-one record March 6, 1954–April 3, 1954 |
Succeeded by Wanted |
| Preceded by "I See the Moon" by The Stargazers "Such a Night" by Johnnie Ray |
UK Singles Chart number-one single (Doris Day version) 16 April 1954 (1 week) 7 May 1954 (9 weeks) |
Succeeded by "I See the Moon" by The Stargazers "Cara Mia" by David Whitfield |
| Preceded by "It's All in the Movies" by Merle Haggard |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single (Freddy Fender version) December 6, 1975 |
Succeeded by "Love Put a Song in My Heart" by Johnny Rodriguez |
| Preceded by "Third Rate Romance" by Amazing Rhythm Aces |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single (Freddy Fender version) December 20-December 27, 1975 |
Succeeded by "Easy as Pie" by Billy "Crash" Craddock |
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