If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)
| "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1926 |
| Composer(s) | James P. Johnson |
| Lyricist(s) | Henry Creamer |
"If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" is a popular song. The music was written by James P. Johnson, the lyrics by Henry Creamer. The song was published in 1926 and first recorded by Clarence Williams' Blue Five with vocalist Eva Taylor in 1927.[1] It was popularized by the 1930 recording by McKinney's Cotton Pickers, who used it as their theme song[2] and by Louis Armstrong's record for Okeh Records (catalogue No.41448), both of which featured in the charts of 1930.[3]
The song has become a standard, with recordings by many other artists, including Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Carmen McRae, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry James, Kay Starr, Perry Como, and Frank Sinatra.
Film appearances
- 1933 Ladies They Talk About - played on a guitar by a prisoner and sung by Lillian Roth to a picture of Joe E. Brown.[4]
- 1942 - The song appears in Casablanca. It is played when the man gets his pocket picked and the Germans enter Rick's.[5]
- 1947 - The Man I Love - performed by Tony Romano in a scene at the Bamboo Club [6]
- 1949 - Years after leaving her song-and-dance persona behind at MGM, actress Joan Crawford softly sings a few bars of the song to herself as a down-on-her-luck carnival dancer early in the Warner Bros. classic melodrama Flamingo Road (1949). The film's composer, Max Steiner, expands fragments of the song throughout that film.
- 1955 This song was whistled and sometimes sung (partially) on a few occasions by Jack Lemmon as "Ensign Pulver" (to himself) during the film Mister Roberts.
- 1957 The Joker Is Wild where it is sung by Frank Sinatra.[7]
References
- ↑ "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ↑ Driggs, Frank; Haddix, Chuck (2006). Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop—A History. Oxford University Press US. p. 89. ISBN 0-19-530712-7.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 33. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ↑ "Internet Movie Database". imdb,com. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
See also
QRS Player Piano Roll # Q-152
JAM Player Piano Roll # 69