And This Is My Beloved

"And This Is My Beloved" is a popular song.

Background

This song was in the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was in fact based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, Borodin's String Quartet in D.

The same melody had earlier (1946) been used for a song credited to William Engvick, Bert Reisfeld and Alec Wilder entitled "Spring Magic," which was recorded by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra.

Recordings

• Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley & Henry Calvin from the album Alfred Drake & the Kismet Original Broadway Cast – Kismet (1954).^[1]
• Jerry Vale - a single release (1953).^[2]
• Sammy Davis Jr. - a single release on the Decca label (1954),^[3]
• Sarah Vaughan - in the album The Divine Sarah (1954).^[4]
• Howard Keel, Ann Blyth & Vic Damone - from the soundtrack of the 1955 film version of "Kismet".^[5]
• Vic Damone (1955)
• Mario Lanza - his version became popular in 1956 and appears on the album Lanza On B'way.^[6]
• Johnny Mathis - for his album Faithfully (1959)
• Sergio Franchi sang this song in 1962 when he was discovered by Norman Luboff singing on Sunday Night at the London Palladium.^[7] A favorite guest of Ed Sullivan, Franchi sang it on the February 4, 1968, broadcast by CBS;^[8] and recorded on his 1964 RCA Victor album The Exciting Voice of Sergio Franchi^[9]
• Robert Goulet - included in his album Always You (1962).^[10]
• Katherine Jenkins - included in her album Daydream (2011).

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