On the Street Where You Live
| "On the Street Where You Live" | |
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| Song | |
| Written | 1956 |
| Genre | Musical theatre |
| Composer(s) | Frederick Loewe |
| Lyricist(s) | Alan Jay Lerner |
| Track listing | |
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"On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, from the 1956 Broadway musical, My Fair Lady.[1] It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production. In the 1964 film version, it was sung by Bill Shirley, dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett.
Recorded versions
| "On the Street Where You Live" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Vic Damone | ||||
| B-side | "We All Need Love" | |||
| Released | April 1956 | |||
| Genre | Show tune | |||
| Length | 2:38 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Composer(s) | Frederick Loewe | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Alan Jay Lerner | |||
| Vic Damone singles chronology | ||||
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The most popular single of the song was recorded by Vic Damone in 1956 for Columbia Records. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart[2] and #6 on Cashbox magazine's chart. It was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1958.[3][4] Eddie Fisher also had a top 20 Billboard hit with the song in 1956, reaching No. 18.[5] Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra released a version that went to No. 96 in 1956.[6] Andy Williams' recording appeared in the Billboard top 40 in 1964, reaching No. 3 on the adult contemporary chart and #28 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7]
The song has been recorded by a wide variety of other performers, including Ray Conniff, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956[8] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009,[9] Lawrence Welk (whose band also performed it on his weekly TV series numerous times , Shirley Horn, Doris Day, George Shearing, Frank Chacksfield, Alfie Boe, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Mario Lanza, Nat King Cole, Holly Cole, Marvin Gaye, Perry Como, Ray Reach, Harry Connick Jr., Gene Pitney, The Miracles (on their I'll Try Something New album), Earl Grant, Dennis DeYoung, Quincy Jones, David Whitfield, Nancy Wilson, Billy Porter, Ilse Huizinga, Matt Dusk, Richard Clayderman, Ricki Lee Jones, Mr Hudson & The Library, Peggy Lee, Vocal Spectrum, Steve Hogarth from Marillion, Bill Frisell, André Previn & Shelly Manne, Bryn Terfel, Ed Townsend and Jason Manford.[10]
In popular culture
- In Charade (1963), Cary Grant's character says to Audrey Hepburn's character "We're here." To which she replied, "Where?" To which he replies, "On the street where you live".
- It was featured in a series five episode of the BBC One sitcom My Family, and in the first episode of AMC's Mad Men. In the film Blast from the Past, Brendan Fraser's character, Adam, sings a verse to Alicia Silverstone's character, Eve. It was also sung by the character Tony, played by Nicholas Hoult, in the first episode of Channel 4 teen drama Skins. A mariachi band sing a Spanish version in the movie Joe Versus the Volcano and it is also performed by Willie Nelson on the soundtrack to the movie "Valentine's Day." The song was used to promote the 50th anniversary week of Coronation Street.[11] It is also featured on McDonald's UK 2011 advertisement for its latest breakfast wrap.
- On the children's show Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch, completely fed up with all the nice people around him on Sesame Street, but still grateful for his trash can, sings a song called "On This Street Where I'm Grouchy", which spoofs "On the Street Where You Live".[12]
See also
References
- ↑ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 86. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Tony Brown, Jon Kutner & Neil Warwick, The Complete Book Of The British Charts
- ↑ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles
- ↑ "On the Street Where You Live (song by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. 1956-06-23. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles
- ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ Ed Townsend, Glad to Be Here Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ↑ Video on YouTube
- ↑ "On This Street Where I'm Grouchy"
External links
- "On the Street Where You Live" from "My Fair Lady" on YouTube, 2001 London revival
- Ben E. King - On the Street Where You Live (1962) [Digitally Remastered] on YouTube, Ben E. King
- Matthew Morrison - On The Street Where You Live on YouTube, MDA Telethon feat. Matthew Morrison
- Quincy Jones and His Orchestra - On the Street Where You Live on YouTube, Quincy Jones & His Orchestra (instrumental)
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
