I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

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"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"
Song
Published1937 by Irving Berlin, Inc.
Songwriter(s)Irving Berlin

"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" is a popular song written in 1937 by Irving Berlin and introduced in the film On the Avenue when it was sung by Dick Powell and Alice Faye.

Background[]

Successful recordings in 1937 were by Ray Noble (vocal by Howard Phillips), Billie Holiday, Red Norvo, and Glen Gray (vocal by Kenny Sargent).[1]

Les Brown's instrumental version, arranged by Skip Martin and recorded in 1946 as Columbia #38324, became a million-seller and Billboard top ten song in 1949.[2] Brown said that he got a call from Columbia Records after he performed the song telling him to record it, only to respond that he had recorded it three years earlier.[3] That same year vocal group The Mills Brothers also had a chart hit with their version on Decca #24550.[4]

Other recordings[]

Although not strictly a Christmas song as the lyrics make no mention of the holiday, it has been recorded for many artists' Christmas albums and is a standard part of the holiday song repertoire in the U.S. Artists such as Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day, Dean Martin, Bette Midler, Rod Stewart, Dinah Washington and Idina Menzel (in a duet with Billy Porter) are among those who have covered it. Ella Fitzgerald recorded this for her 1958 Verve release Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 525. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 63. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. ^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #22 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 316. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  5. ^ "Cover versions of I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm written by Irving Berlin". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.



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