Secret Love (Doris Day song)

"Secret Love"
Single by Doris Day
B-side
ReleasedOctober 9, 1953[1]
RecordedAugust 5, 1953
StudioWarner Bros. Studios, Burbank
GenreTraditional pop
Length3:41
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
Doris Day singles chronology
"Choo Choo Train (Ch-Ch-Foo)"
(1953)
"Secret Love"
(1953)
"I Speak to the Stars"
(1954)

"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.

  1. ^ Liner notes, Golden Girl: The Columbia Recordings 1944-66 compilation
  2. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 135. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ 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.

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