SONG IS YOU, THE
From the Broadway Musical "Music In The Air" (1932)
(Music: Jerome Kern / Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II)

Tullio Carminati & Natalie Hall (Broadway Production) - 1932
Jack Denny & His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. (vocal: Paul Small) - 1932
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Frank Sinatra) - 1942
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians (vocal: Jane Wilson) - 1946
Andre Kostelanetz & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1946
Freddy Martin & His Orch. (vocal: Merv Griffin) - 1950
Dennis King & Jane Pickens (Broadway Revival) - 1951
Annie Ross - 1953
Anita O'Day - 1954
Doris Day - 1956
Bing Crosby - 1956
Vic Damone - 1956
Jack Cassidy - 1957
The Andrews Sisters - 1957
Keely Smith - 1958
Jaye P. Morgan - 1958
The Vernons Girls - 1958
Frank Sinatra - 1959
June Christy - 1959
Mary Martin - 1959
Margaret Whiting - 1960
Steve Lawrence - 1960
Shirley Bassey - 1963
Nancy Wilson - 1963
Jay & The Americans - 1963
Scott Walker - 1969
Marni Nixon - 1988

Also recorded by:
Stan Getz; Billy May; Al Martino; Mel Tormé; Charlie Parker; Chet Baker;
Michael Feinstein; Marvin Gaye; Mel Tormé; Dick Haymes; Salena Jones;
Sergio Franchi; Franck Ansellum; Dianne Tell; Art Blakey; Dave Brubeck;
Stanley Black; Benny Carter; Eddie Duchin; Morgana King; Helen Merrill;
Count Basie; Tony Bennett; Buddy Greco; Oscar Peterson; Mario Lanza;
Billy Eckstine; Terry Gibbs; Barbara Cook; Bobby Rydell; Kiri Te Kanawa;
Ella Mae Morse; Antoinette Montague; Maxine Sullivan; Laverne Butler;
Mario........... and many, many others.



I hear music when I look at you
A beautiful theme of ev'ry dream I ever knew
Down deep in my heart I hear it play
I feel it start, then melt away

I hear music when I touch your hand
A beautiful melody from some enchanted land
Down deep in my heart I hear it say
Is this the day

I alone have heard this lovely strain
I alone have heard this glad refrain
Must it be forever inside of me
Why can't I let it go, why can't I let you know

Why can't I let you know the song my heart would sing
That beautiful rhapsody of love and youth and spring
The music is sweet, the words are true
The song is you


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2017)