THE NEARNESS OF YOU
(Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington)

Recorded by:
Paul Anka; Ray Anthony; Eddie Arnold; Shirley Bassey; 
Brook Benton; Pat Beeone; Boston Pops Orch.; Les Brown; 
Ray Brown Trio; Hoagy Carmichael; Rosemary Clooney; 
Nat King Cole; Vic Damone; Dorothy Dandridge; 
The Dorsey Brothers; Sheena Easton; Ray Eberle; 
Percy Faith & his Orch.; Robert Farnon & his Orch.;
Ella Fitzgerald; The Four Freshmen; Judy Garland; 
Crystal Gayle; Stan Getz; Dizzy Gillespie; 
Glenn Miller Revivals; Robert Goulet; 
Stephane Grappelli; Lionel Hampton; Dick Haymes; 
Billie Holiday; Helen Merrill; Glenn Miller & his Orch.; 
Gerry Mulligan; Rick Nelson; Charlie Parker; 
Marty Robbins; George Shearing; Dinah Shore; 
Frank Sinatra; Keely Smith; Barbra Streisand;
Sarah Vaughan; Elisabeth Welch ..... and many more.


It's not the pale moon that excites me 
That thrills and delights me, oh no 
It's just the nearness of you 

It isn't your sweet conversation 
That brings this sensation, oh no 
It's just the nearness of you 

When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me 
All my wildest dreams come true 

I need no soft lights to enchant me 
If you'll only grant me the right 
To hold you ever so tight 
And to feel in the night the nearness of you