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"The Glory Of Love" is a song written by Billy Hill, recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, whose version was a number one pop hit. In 1951, R&B vocal group, The Five Keys, had their biggest R&B hit with their version of the song, hitting number one on the R&B chart for four non-consecutive weeks. Although The Five keys recording sold a reported million copies pressed recordings are very rare. ==Notable cover versions== *Billy Cotton and his Orchestra 1 May 1936〔YouTube of this recording〕 *Benny Goodman & his Orchestra, vocal by Helen Ward. May 1936〔YouTube of this recording 〕 *Big Bill Broonzy in 1940s? *Peggy Lee in 1959 *Cathy Jean & the Roommates in 1961 *P.J. Proby in 1964 for his debut album ''I Am P. J. Proby'' *Dean Martin in 1966 *Otis Redding in 1967, whose version made it to number nineteen on the R&B chart and number sixty on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 *Tom Rush in 1968 *Eddy Arnold in 1969 *Jimmy Durante in 1969 *Wizz Jones in 1970 *John Martyn in 1973 (strongly influenced by Bill Broonzy's version) *Werner Lämmerhirt in 1974 *Dutch Tilders 1979 *Bette Midler for the film ''Beaches'' in 1988 (Mayim Bialik lip-syncs an upbeat rendition during the audition scene, and Bette Midler performs it as a ballad for the penultimate scene) *Keb' Mo' for the film ''One Fine Day'' in 1997 *Paul McCartney on his 2012 album, ''Kisses on the Bottom'' *Chas and Dave on their 2013 album ''That's What Happens'' The song is also used as a theme song for the 1967 film ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'', and as the basis for a musical number in the 1981 film ''Pennies from Heaven''. The song was also referenced in the film ''Orphan'', sung by Isabelle Fuhrman (who played the main role of Esther/Leena Klammer) a few times during the film. Bette Midler sang it as the final song in her movie "Beaches," in 1989. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Glory of Love (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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