| "Secret Love" | ||||
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| Single by Doris Day | ||||
| B-side | ||||
| Released | October 9, 1953[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 5, 1953 | |||
| Studio | Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | |||
| Doris Day singles chronology | ||||
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"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)[2] for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role.[2] Ranked as a number 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box, the song also afforded Day a number 1 hit in the UK. "Secret Love" has subsequently been recorded by a wide range of artists, becoming a C&W hit firstly for Slim Whitman and later for Freddy Fender, with the song also becoming an R&B hit for Billy Stewart, whose version also reached the top 40 as did Freddy Fender's.[3] In the UK, "Secret Love" would become the career record of Kathy Kirby via her 1963 remake of the song.[2] The melody bears a slight resemblance to the opening theme of Schubert's A-major piano sonata, D.664.
- ^ Liner notes, Golden Girl: The Columbia Recordings 1944-66 compilation
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 135. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ keeping the tradition of TV and Silver Screen hits the Bar G Wranglers in Bryce Canyon continue to keep this great song alive as well. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.