Love and Marriage
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"Love and Marriage" is a 1955 song with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It is published by Barton Music Corporation (ASCAP).
Frank Sinatra versions
[edit ]| "Love and Marriage" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Frank Sinatra | |
| from the album This Is Sinatra! | |
| B-side | "The Impatient Years" |
| Released | October 17, 1955 |
| Recorded | August 15, 1955 |
| Studio | Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:37 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Composer(s) | Jimmy Van Heusen [1] |
| Lyricist(s) | Sammy Cahn [1] |
| Frank Sinatra singles chronology | |
"Love and Marriage" was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1955 television production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town , which aired on Producers' Showcase . Sinatra went on to record two versions of the song. The first was recorded for Capitol Records on August 15, 1955,[2] was used as the "title track" to the big screen Hollywood success (Love Is) The Tender Trap, and became a major chart hit. (A competing version by Dinah Shore also achieved popularity.) This first recording appeared on the 1956 album This Is Sinatra! [3] The second version was recorded for the Reprise Records album A Man and His Music on October 11, 1965.[4] The Capitol version was later used as the theme song for the 1987–1997 Fox TV sitcom Married... with Children .[5]
Although both versions were arranged by Nelson Riddle,[6] there are many slight but noticeable differences. For instance:
- In the Capitol version, the opening lyrics are "Love and marriage. Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage."[6] In the Reprise version, the opening lyrics are "Love and marriage. Love and marriage. They go together like a horse and carriage."
- The Capitol version includes a crescendoing instrumental bridge, which was later played over the closing credits of Married... with Children. This bridge is missing from the Reprise version.
- In the Reprise version, Sinatra ends the song by saying (not singing), "No, sir." The ending of the Capitol version is an instrumental version of "Shave and a Haircut" with a bassoon playing the final two notes solo – a C flat and a B flat. (Traditionally, when played in B♭ major, the last two notes of "Shave and a Haircut" are an A natural and a B flat.)
In 1956, "Love and Marriage" won the Emmy for Best Musical Contribution from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Other versions and uses in media
[edit ]- Included in Peggy Lee 1961 Capitol T-1475 LP album Olé ala Lee.[7]
- Dinah Shore sang it in 1955 when it briefly reached No. 20 on the U.S. Song charts.[8]
- Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955[9] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.[10]
- The tune was used in broadcast advertisements for Campbell Soup ("soup and sandwich, soup and sandwich, have your favorite Campbell's soup and sandwich...").
- The tune was also used in broadcast advertisements for Cadbury's Double Decker chocolate bar.
- Used in a broadcast ad for Kellogg's Fruit 'n Fibre breakfast cereal.
- American ska punk group Less Than Jake covered the song in 2010 for their EP of television theme song covers, TV/EP .
- It was used as the theme song for the sitcom Married... with Children .
- The tune with modified lyrics was used in the 1970s to advertise Ban brand roll-on antiperspirant.
- The tune was also used for a series of commercials for Duncan Hines Chocolate Chip cookies in 1984 and 1985.[11]
- The song was sung by Mike Minor and Linda Kaye Henning on Petticoat Junction : Season 7 Episode 17
- The song was used on Masters of Sex: Season 1 Episode 8 and was the title of that Episode
References
[edit ]- ^ a b British Hit Singles & Albums
- ^ Welding, Pete: Sinatra 80th: All the Best (CD) liner notes, copyright 1995 by Capitol Records, catalog number CDP 7234 8 35952 2 8
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 575. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
- ^ Kennedy, William: Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years (CD) liner notes, copyright 1991 by Reprise Records, catalog number 26501-2
- ^ "Married with Children" at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
- ^ a b Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 22 - Smack Dab in the Middle on Route 66: A skinny dip in the easy listening mainstream. [Part 1]" (audio). Pop Chronicles . University of North Texas Libraries. Track 3.
- ^ "Peggy Lee - Love And Marriage - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 569. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ "The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56". AllMusic . Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ "1985 Duncan Hines Chocolate Chip Cookies commercial". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.