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| "Love Somebody" | ||||
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| Single by Doris Day and Buddy Clark | ||||
| B-side | "Confess" | |||
| Recorded | 1947 | |||
| Length | 3:04 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer | |||
| Doris Day singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Somebody" is a pop standard recorded by Doris Day. The song was written by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer and published in 1947.
Doris Day and Buddy Clark recorded the song [1] on November 21, 1947. It was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38174, with the flip side " Confess". It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 28, 1948, peaking at #6 and lasting 24 weeks on the chart. [2]
On the Billboard US Top 100 Pop chart, the song reached number one and remained there for five consecutive weeks, becoming a Gold record. [3] The B-side, " Confess", was also a chart hit for Day and Clark, peaking at #16.
"Love Somebody" was the #16 pop song of 1948. [4]
Cover versions
In 1963, Hong Kong female singer Chang Loo (張露) (1932–2009), covered this song, under title name of "Love Somebody / 我中意你", in alternate English and Cantonese language, on her album An Evening With Chang Loo with EMI Columbia Records.
In 2010, Australian singer Melinda Schneider recorded the song as a duet with David Campbell for her Doris Day tribute album Melinda Does Doris.
References
- ^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #21 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
- ^ [1] Archived September 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2][ dead link]
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