"This Love of Mine" is a popular American song that was first recorded in 1941 by Tommy Dorsey and His orchestra, with a vocal by Frank Sinatra. Sinatra wrote the words and Sol Parker and Hank Sanicola wrote the music. The recording reached #3 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1941.
Background
The Tommy Dorsey recording was released as a 78 RCA Victor B side single, 27508-B, with Frank Sinatra on vocals backed with "Neiani", which did not chart. "This Love of Mine" reached #3 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1941–42 in a chart run of 24 weeks. Sinatra re-recorded the song with Nelson Riddle in 1955 for the In The Wee Small Hours album.
The song was copyrighted on August 11, 1941 by Embassy Music. Frank Sinatra wrote the lyrics. The music was composed by Sol Parker and Hank Sanicola.
Other recordings
The song became a pop and jazz standard that has been recorded by other performers. Artists who have recorded the song include:
- Little Anthony & the Imperials
- Count Basie
- Shirley Bassey for her album Shirley Bassey (1961)
- Michael Bublé
- Ray Charles
- Freddy Cole
- Wes Montgomery
- Ray Conniff for his album "Just Kiddin' Around with Billy Butterfield (1963)
- Bing Crosby - Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956)
- Sammy Davis Jr.for the album Mood to Be Wooed (1958)
- Bill Doggett
- Mike Elliott
- Ray Ellis
- Ferrante and Teicher
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Bennie Green
- Dale Hawkins
- Lonnie Johnson
- Jack Jones
- Bill Kenny
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Al Hibbler
- Nancy Sinatra
- Al Martino
- Marian McPartland
- Frank Morgan - Mood Indigo (1989)
- Tony Mottola
- Sonny Rollins
- Bud Shank and Lou Levy
- Keely Smith for her album Keely Sings Sinatra (2001).
- Van Morrison
- Dinah Washington - for her album Unforgettable (1961)
- Lawrence Welk
Album appearances
The song appears on the following Frank Sinatra albums:
- In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
- This Love of Mine (1969)
- Concepts (1992)
- The Capitol Years (1998)
- Frank Sinatra & the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1998)
- Gold Collection (2001)
- All or Nothing at All (2002)
References
- Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Musical Compositions, 1941 New Series, Vol. 36, No. 7, July 1941, Library of Congress, Copyright Office, pg. 1349
- "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #3". 1972.
- "The Billboard Music Popularity Chart – National and Regional Best Selling Retail Records" (for the week ending January 9, 1942), Billboard, January 17, 1942, pg. 10
- "Song artist 21 - Tommy Dorsey"
- See Sinatra And Me by Tony Consiglio, p.51. This has been disputed by his aide, Tony Consiglio, in 2012, 16 years after Sinatra's death, but no evidence was proffered.
- "This Love of Mine,", Second Hand Songs
- "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
Sources
- Granata, Charles L. (1999). Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1-55652-509-5
- Phasey, Chris (1995). Francis Albert Sinatra: Tracked Down (Discography). Buckland Publications. ISBN 0-7212-0935-1
- Summers, Antony and Swan, Robbyn (2005). Sinatra: The Life. Doubleday. ISBN 0-552-15331-1
