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"The Nearness of You" is a popular song, written in 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Ned Washington. The song was featured in the Paramount film ''Romance in the Dark'', which was released in 1938 starring John Barrymore and John Boles. In the film, it was performed by the lead actress Gladys Swarthout of Metropolitan Opera fame. However, some debate this origination. ==Covers== The first big-selling version was recorded on April 28, 1940 by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with a vocal by Ray Eberle (Bluebird catalog number B-10745-A).〔(Bluebird Records in the 10500 to 10999 series )〕 This recording first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 20, 1940 (though this is misleading, as this was Billboard's first chart) and lasted 8 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5.〔 〕 Other popular contemporary versions were recorded by Kay Kyser's orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt, Columbia catalog number 35488),〔〔(Columbia Records in the 35200 to 35499 series )〕 by Dinah Shore with Paul Weston's orchestra (Bluebird catalog number 10793),〔〔 and by Eddy Howard with Lou Adrian's orchestra (Columbia catalog number 35511).〔〔(Columbia Records in the 35500 to 35999 series )〕 In 1953, Bob Manning reached #16 on the pop charts with this song〔Pop Memories 1890-1954. Joel Whitburn. 1986. Record Research Inc. p. 293. ISBN 0-89820-083-0〕 on Capitol Records #2383 〔Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone (Capitol 2000 - 2500, numerical listing discography ) Online Discographical Project. November 1, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.〕 The song was performed by Norah Jones on her album ''Come Away With Me'', and (partially) in the film ''Two Weeks Notice'', released in December 2002. It was also performed by Diana Krall on a Geoff Keezer album, ''Turn Up the Quiet''. Sheena Easton released her version from her standards album in 1993 ''No Strings'' and for the soundtrack of ''Indecent Proposal'' in which she appears in a cameo singing the song with Herbie Hancock playing the piano in the movie. Jonathan Frakes() performed the song on trombone in "11001001," the 15th episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' in 1988 while in a holographic simulation of a 1958 New Orleans bar. Steve Buscemi sang/cried a version of the song as the not so happy character, Happy Franks, in the 1998 film ''The Impostors'', after the band leader protests that it is a little slow. German jazz and pop artist Marc Secara recorded the song with the Berlin Jazz Orchestra on the CD ''You're Everything'' and released March of 2008; this was arranged for big band by Steve Gray.〔(''You're Everything'' CD, Marc Secara and Berlin Jazz Orchestra arranged by Steve Gray, track #2 )〕 A well-known bootleg recording exists featuring the Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards performing a solo version, accompanying himself on piano. Richards performed the song live during the Stones' 2002-2003 Licks Tour. A performance was captured and released on the 2004 live album ''Live Licks''. A live performance was given by Norah Jones at the Steve Jobs Memorial/Celebration of Life at the Apple, Inc. corporate headquarters on October 19, 2011. 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 Nearness of You」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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