My Love and Devotion

"My Love and Devotion" is a song written by Howard Barnes, Harold Fields and Joe Roncoroni [1][2] under the collective pseudonym Milton Carson,[3] that was recorded by Doris Day in 1952. It charted at a peak position of number 10 on the UK Singles Chart[4] Other recordings of the song include versions by Perry Como, recorded in 1952,[5] and Matt Monro.

Matt Monro's version reached No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1962.[6] The song won Most Outstanding Song, Musically and Lyrically at the 8th Ivor Novello Awards held on 4 May 1963 and broadcast live on BBC television.[7]

The tune is based on the theme of the second movement of the Violin Concerto No. 2 by the Polish violin virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski, which dates from 1862.

Other songs written by the team of Howard Barnes, Harold Fields and Joe Roncoroni include

• A Blossom Fell (1954) (credited to Barnes-John-Cornelius) (1955 US No 2 pop hit for Nat King Cole, 1955 UK top ten hits for Dickie Valentine, Nat King Cole and Ronnie Hilton. Diana Krall recorded 'A Blossom Fell' on her 1996 album 'All For You (a dedication to The Nat King Cole Trio').
• Tulips and Heather (1951) (credited to Milton Carson) (recorded by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians in 1951 & Perry Como in 1952)

With Don Robertson, Howard Barnes wrote I Really Don't Want To Know, published in 1951, and recorded by many artists including Elvis Presley, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Tommy Edwards, Solomon Burke and Eddy Arnold, whose version was a 1953 No 1 on Billboard Hot Country singles chart. Skeeter Davis recorded 'I Really Want You To Know', an answer song to Eddy Arnold's version, written with her by Don Robertson and Howard Barnes for the 1961 album 'Here's The Answer', which also included Davis' version of I Really Don't Want To Know.