My Love and Devotion

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"My Love and Devotion" is a song written by Howard Barnes, Harold Fields and Joe Roncoroni ^[1]^[2] under the collective pseudonym ,^[3] that was recorded by Doris Day in 1952. It charted at a peak position of number 10 on the UK Singles Chart^[4] Other recordings of the song include versions by Perry Como, recorded in 1952,^[5] and Matt Monro.

Matt Monro's version reached No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1962.^[6] The song won Most Outstanding Song, Musically and Lyrically at the 8th Ivor Novello Awards held on 4 May 1963 and broadcast live on BBC television.^[7]

The tune is based on the theme of the second movement of the Violin Concerto No. 2 by the Polish violin virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski, which dates from 1862.

Other songs written by the team of Howard Barnes, Harold Fields and Joe Roncoroni include

A Blossom Fell (1954) (credited to Barnes-John-Cornelius) (1955 US No 2 pop hit for Nat King Cole, 1955 UK top ten hits for Dickie Valentine, Nat King Cole and Ronnie Hilton. Diana Krall recorded 'A Blossom Fell' on her 1996 album 'All For You (a dedication to The Nat King Cole Trio').
Tulips and Heather (1951) (credited to Milton Carson) (recorded by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians in 1951 & Perry Como in 1952)

With Don Robertson, Howard Barnes wrote I Really Don't Want To Know, published in 1951, and recorded by many artists including Elvis Presley, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Tommy Edwards, Solomon Burke and Eddy Arnold, whose version was a 1953 No 1 on Billboard Hot Country singles chart. Skeeter Davis recorded 'I Really Want You To Know', an answer song to Eddy Arnold's version, written with her by Don Robertson and Howard Barnes for the 1961 album 'Here's The Answer', which also included Davis' version of I Really Don't Want To Know.

References[]

^ Theivors.com/archive/1963
^ discogs.com/songs/myloveanddevotion
^ "Doris Day : My Love and Devotion : Composed by Milton Carson". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
^ British Hit Singles & Albums (London, 2006) p143
^ "Perry Como With Mitchell Ayers And His Orchestra* - My Love And Devotion (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
^ British Hit Singles & Albums (London, 2006) p 375
^ theivors.com/archives/1963

v t Doris Day
Solo albums	You're My Thrill (1949) Young Man with a Horn (1950) Tea for Two (1950) Lullaby of Broadway (1951) On Moonlight Bay (1951) I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) Calamity Jane (1953) Young at Heart (1954) Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Day Dreams (1955) Day by Day (1956) The Pajama Game (1957) Day by Night (1957) Hooray for Hollywood (1958) Cuttin' Capers (1959) What Every Girl Should Know (1960) Show Time (1960) Bright and Shiny (1961) I Have Dreamed (1961) Duet (1962) You'll Never Walk Alone (1962) Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) Annie Get Your Gun (1963) Love Him (1963) The Doris Day Christmas Album (1964) With a Smile and a Song (1964) Latin for Lovers (1965) Doris Day's Sentimental Journey (1965) The Love Album (1994) My Heart (2011)
Singles	"Again" "Ain't We Got Fun" "Any Way the Wind Blows" "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" "Confess" "The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!)" "Everybody Loves a Lover" "If I Give My Heart to You" "If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)" "It's Magic" "Love Somebody" "Lullaby of Broadway" "Move Over Darling" "My Darling, My Darling" "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" "My Love and Devotion" "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" "Secret Love" "Sentimental Journey" "Thoughtless" "(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai" "Sugar Bush" "You Should Have Told Me"
Related	Discography Filmography Songs Awards and nominations Doris Day Animal League World Spay Day The Doris Day Show (radio program) The Doris Day Show episodes George Weidler (second husband) Martin Melcher (third husband) Terry Melcher (son) Normal as Blueberry Pie – A Tribute to Doris Day (2009 album)

v t Perry Como
Albums	Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music (1946) So Smooth (1955) We Get Letters (1957) Saturday Night with Mr. C (1958) When You Come to the End of the Day (1958) Como Swings (1959) Season's Greetings from Perry Como (1959) For the Young at Heart (1960) Sing to Me Mr. C (1961) By Request (1962) The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President (1962) The Songs I Love (1963) The Scene Changes (1965) Lightly Latin (1966) Perry Como in Italy (1966) The Perry Como Christmas Album (1968) Look to Your Heart (1968) Seattle (1969) Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (1970) It's Impossible (1970) I Think of You (1971) And I Love You So (1973) Perry (1974) Just Out of Reach (1975) 40 Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of British (UK and Canada) (1977) Where You're Concerned (US) (1978) Perry Como (1980) Perry Como Live on Tour (1981) So It Goes / Goodbye for Now (1983) Today (1987) Perry Como's Christmas Concert (1994) On the Radio – The Perry Como Shows 1943 (2009) At the Supper Club (2010) At the Supper Club Part II (2011) At the Supper Club Part III (2011)
Songs	"'A' You're Adorable" "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" "And I Love You So" "As Time Goes By" "Bali Ha'i" "Because" "Beyond Tomorrow" "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" "Blue Room" "A Bushel and a Peck" "Can't Help Falling in Love" "Catch a Falling Star" "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" "Confessin'" "Days of Wine and Roses" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" "Delaware " "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" "Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)" "A Dreamer's Holiday" "El Cóndor Pasa" "Feelings" "Fly Me to the Moon" "For the Good Times" "Forever and Ever" "Forget Domani" "Give Me Your Hand" "Glendora" "The Gypsy in My Soul" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Here, There and Everywhere" "Home for the Holidays" "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" "A House Is Not a Home" "I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" "I May Never Pass This Way Again" "I Think I Love You" "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "If (They Made Me a King)" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" "Kewpie Doll" "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" "The Lord's Prayer" "Magic Moments" "Mandolins in the Moonlight" "Maria" "Moon River" "More" "No Other Love" "Papa Loves Mambo" "Please Mr. Sun" "Prisoner of Love" "Round and Round" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "Say You're Mine Again" "Seattle " "The Shadow of Your Smile" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" "The Songs I Love" "Stop! And Think It Over" "Surrender" "Till the End of Time" "Unchained Melody" "Wanted" "The Way You Look Tonight" "What'll I Do" "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" "Young at Heart"
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