The Nearness of You
| "The Nearness of You" | |
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| Single by Glenn Miller | |
| A-side | The Nearness of You |
| B-side | Mister Meadowlark |
| Released | 1940 |
| Recorded | 1940 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Bluebird |
| Writer(s) | Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington |
"The Nearness of You" is a popular song written in 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics by Ned Washington. The song was performed in the Paramount film Romance in the Dark (1938) by the lead actress Gladys Swarthout of the Metropolitan Opera. However, some debate this origin.
The first big-selling version was recorded on April 28, 1940 by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with a vocal by Ray Eberle (Bluebird catalog number B-10745-A). This recording first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on July 20, 1940 (though this is misleading, as this was Billboard's first chart) and lasted eight weeks on the chart, peaking at #5.
Other popular contemporary versions were recorded by Kay Kyser's orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt, Columbia catalog number 35488), by Dinah Shore with Paul Weston's orchestra (Bluebird catalog number 10793), and by Eddy Howard with Lou Adrian's orchestra (Columbia catalog number 35511).
In 1953, Bob Manning reached #16 on the pop charts with this song on Capitol Records #2383
Jonathan Frakes[4] performed the song on trombone in "11001001" (1988), the 15th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, while in a holographic simulation of a 1958 New Orleans bar.
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