I Wanna Be Loved
Song
"I Wanna Be Loved" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1933 |
Composer(s) | Johnny Green |
Lyricist(s) | Edward Heyman, Billy Rose |
"I Wanna Be Loved" (from the 1933 version of the 1931 revue Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt) is a popular song with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman and Billy Rose, published in 1933.
Recorded versions
The song is a standard, with many recorded versions:
- Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers
- The song was included in the 1934 Vitaphone short "Mirrors" featuring Fred Rich and his Orchestra. It was sung by Vera Van in a scene where she dresses in an evening gown.
- The song was included in the 1934 Vitaphone Broadway Brevities short feature "The Song of Fame" sung by Ruth Etting in a nightclub scene.[1]
- The song was recorded by The Andrews Sisters in 1950. Their version became a #1 hit in the U.S., and was the trio's final #1 hit.[2]
- The song was recorded by Russell Garcia (on his 1958 album The Johnny Ever Greens), starring Sue Allen on vocal.
- I Wanna Be Loved was the title track of an album by Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra in 1962.
- Grant Green plays on the song on his 1963 album Am I Blue.
- George Maharis covered the song on his 1963 album Just Turn Me Loose!.
- Ann-Margret recorded the song for her 1963 album Bachelors' Paradise and again on her 1966 album Songs from The Swinger (And Other Swingin' Songs)
- Dean and Jean recorded the song in 1964 (U.S. #91).[3]
- Mina covered the song on her 1969 album Mina for You.
- Jex Saarelaht and Kate Ceberano recorded it on their album Open the Door - Live at Mietta's (1992).
- Maria Muldaur performs the song on her 1999 album Meet Me Where They Play the Blues.
- In 2009 Mark Isham & Kate Ceberano recorded a version for their Bittersweet album.
- Kirby Lauryen performs a cover in the background of the club scene in Season 2, Episode 2 "A View in the Dark" of Marvel's Agent Carter.
- Elaine Dame covered this on her You're My Thrill album (2014)
References
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- LaVerne Andrews
- Maxene Andrews
- Patty Andrews
- "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön"
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
- "Shortenin' Bread"
- "Oh! Ma-Ma!"
- "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)"
- "Ciribiribin (They're So In Love)"
- "Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy)"
- "The Woodpecker Song"
- "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"
- "Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat"
- "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
- "I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)"
- "(I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time"
- "Sonny Boy"
- "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"
- "Strip Polka"
- "Mister Five By Five"
- "Pistol Packin' Mama"
- "Jingle Bells"
- "Shoo-Shoo Baby"
- "Down In the Valley"
- "Straighten Up and Fly Right"
- "Tico Tico"
- "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby"
- "A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin"
- "Don't Fence Me In"
- "Rum and Coca-Cola"
- "Accentuate the Positive"
- "The Three Caballeros"
- "Along the Navajo Trail"
- "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"
- "I Don't Know Why"
- "House of Blue Lights"
- "Rumors Are Flying"
- "Winter Wonderland"
- "There's No Business Like Show Business"
- "Near You"
- "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)"
- "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
- "Sabre Dance"
- "Underneath the Arches"
- "You Call Everybody Darling"
- "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
- "I Can Dream, Can't I?"
- "Charley, My Boy"
- "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"
- "The Wedding Samba"
- "I Wanna Be Loved"
- "A Bushel and a Peck"
- "Mele Kalikimaka"
- "Sparrow in the Tree Top"
- "I Love You Much Too Much"
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