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1960 song by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
"The Second Time Around " is a song with words by
Sammy Cahn and music by
Jimmy Van Heusen . It was introduced in the 1960 film
High Time , sung by
Bing Crosby with
Henry Mancini conducting his orchestra, and was nominated for the
Academy Award for
Best Original Song . It lost out to "
Never on Sunday ".
Its theme is captured by its first two lines:
Love is lovelier the second time around,
Just as wonderful with both feet on the ground.
[1]
Although Crosby recorded it on August 25, 1960, for
MGM Records ,
[2] it is especially associated with
Frank Sinatra , who recorded it for
Reprise Records on December 21, 1960.
[3] This achieved some chart success reaching the #50 position in the
Billboard Hot 100 chart.
[4] Sinatra also recorded it again for Reprise on November 5, 1961, and April 29, 1963.
[5]
Jane Morgan sang the song on a 1961 episode of The Jack Benny Program .
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performed this with André Previn on
Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (1992).
Recorded versions
Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee ,
Peggy Lee , 1961
Let's Face the Music ,
Shirley Bassey , 1962
This Time It's Love ,
The Hi-Lo's , 1962
You're Mine You ,
Sarah Vaughan , 1962
Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes ,
Andy Williams , 1962
Love Letters ,
Julie London , 1962
Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk ,
Ahmad Jamal , 1962
Hollywood – My Way ,
Nancy Wilson , 1963
Make Mine Swedish Style ,
Monica Zetterlund &
Bill McGuffie Quartet, 1964
More 4 Freshmen and 5 Trombones ,
The Four Freshmen , 1964
Ellington '65 ,
Duke Ellington , 1965
Loads of Love ,
Shirley Horn , 1965
Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle , Shirley Bassey, 1965
That's All ,
Mel Tormé , 1965
The Movie Song Album ,
Tony Bennett , 1966
The Dealer ,
Chico Hamilton , 1966
Woman Talk ,
Cleo Laine , 1966
Grandes Exitos del Cine de los Años 60 ,
Connie Francis , 1967
Dusty... Definitely ,
Dusty Springfield , 1968
Quintessence ,
Bill Evans , 1976
It Only Happens Every Time , Monica Zetterlund &
The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra , 1977
Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Jimmy Van Heusen ,
Rosemary Clooney , 1986
Pop Pop ,
Rickie Lee Jones , 1993
Manilow Sings Sinatra ,
Barry Manilow , 1998
Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway ,
Michael Feinstein , 2000
The Movie Album ,
Barbra Streisand , 2003
Bolton Swings Sinatra ,
Michael Bolton , 2006
Ballads from the Midnight Hotel , Todd Gordon (2007)
Late in Life ,
Sue Raney , 2015
Frank Sinatra albums
References