"You'll Never Know" (Vera Lynn, 1943)
Vera Lynn's wartime popularity with the British public provided her with "Vera Lynn's Own Orchestra", conducted by the very capable Len Edwards.
"You'll Never Know" won composer Harry Warren & lyricist Mack Gordon the Oscar for best song in '43--it was introduced by Alice Faye in "Hello Frisco".
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
You'll never know just how much I miss you,
You'll never know just how much I care...
And if I tried, I still couldn't hide my love for you,
You ought to know, for haven't I told you so,
A million or more times?
You went away and my heart went with you,
I speak your name in my every prayer.
If there is some other way to prove that I love you
I swear I don't know how...
You'll never know if you don't know now.
You went away and my heart went with you,
I speak your name in my every prayer.
If there is some other way to prove that I love you,
I swear I don't know how...
You'll never know if you don't know now.
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From Wiki:
"You'll Never Know" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Mack Gordon, based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride named Dorothy Fern Norris.
The song was featured in the 1943 movie Hello, Frisco, Hello where it is sung by Alice Faye. It was also performed by Faye in the 1944 film Four Jills in a Jeep. It was recorded in 1943 by, among others, Frank Sinatra and Dick Haymes. Haymes' version was a #1 hit on the R&B charts that year.
Sinatra recorded his version at his first recording session at Columbia as a solo artist. (He had recorded at Columbia in 1939 as a member of Harry James's band.) It was arranged and conducted by Alec Wilder with the Bobby Tucker Singers providing accompaniment. Sinatra's version charted for 16 weeks starting July 24 and spent two weeks at number 2.
***In Britain, the recording by Vera Lynn was very popular due to the ongoing Second World War.
A 1952 recording by Rosemary Clooney is also well known, as well as a version recorded in 1954 by Big Maybelle.
The Sinatra and Haymes records were made during the 1942--1944 strike against the recording companies a strike by the American Federation of Musicians. As a result, the recordings were made without musicians, with vocal groups replacing the usual instrumental backup. The group backing Haymes, The Song Spinners, was actually given credit on the records.
The song was the first song that Barbra Streisand ever recorded in 1955. It was the opening song on her 4-CD box-set Just for the Record (1991). The box-set closed with another version of the song, sung as a duet by Streisand in 1991 and herself as a girl of 13.
The song won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song, one of nine nominated songs that year.
In 1961, a version by Shirley Bassey made #6 in the UK charts.
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When my mom learned that my dad had been captured during WWII, one of the things she did was go to an arcade downtown that had a little recording booth and record this song with no accompaniment. She kept it as a keepsake for the rest of her life. She played it for him when the War was over and he came home. I discovered it in their large record collection and played it, a few times. She really had a beautiful voice, and I could hear her emotion. The recording wasn't very good quality, and unfortunately over the years it became unplayable on any turntables. I had tried to record it onto tape, but that didn't last, either. I'm not sure what happened to the recording as I grew up and got on with my life. I couldn't find it among my parents' belongings when they passed.
Reminds me of my mom. She used to sing this when I was a young boy. I'm now a grandfather.
This is another song my beloved diana loved it and so did i.
I am 22 and I love this era❤️
My Mom is reading my Dad's letters from 1943. He was overseas in the Airforce. He mentioned this song in his letter.This is the first time I heard this song. It is playing now as my Mom opens each letter. ❤️I
My mum sang this song in a talent show held at Butlins, Skegness in the late 1960s. It brings back such wonderful memories to me. Whenever I visit her grave I always gently sing this to her and like now the tears well up inside me. RIP you wonderful being, I miss you everyday mum xxx
Anyone else here from the man singing to his wife?
This is the most romantic love song ever. Listening to her beautiful voice gives me shivers!! 💙
RIP. 103, what an age. Just imagine the life and memories she had...
My dad was a WWII vet. He had so many of the 1940s records. I grew up listening to those songs. I'm 76 now.
Then woman who sang this song is STILL ALIVE. 98 years old.
My mom loved this song - she said it reminded her of my Dad. He was very good looking and when he came back from the war in 1946 she saw him come into the office. He was the new BOSS. His gaze met hers for a second - she looked away & thought to herself - don't be stupid- how could such a sophisticated gentleman be interested in a girl from a farm. Wasn't long after that encounter he invited her out to dine & dance. Life was beautiful then. I miss them both sooo much 😢. He really was a wonderful gentleman- business like but caring. He died when I was 11 - my Mom educated us both - they had started a mining supply business in the Goldfields of South Africa.
My deceased Mother "sang this to me" in a dream last night. It has always been a top favorite of mine since I first heard it many years ago in "Hello Frisco." I'm 73!
My parents are the WWII generation so I heard bits and pieces of this music growing up and I've always loved it. Standards like this one were covered by so many, especially here in the USA. But this woman's delicate voice is the one that always brings me to tears, especially when I consider what must have been happening just outside the recording studio in 1943 in the UK and the tough times my parents' generation endured.
FACT - THIS WOMAN IS STILL ALIVE TODAY... as of 9th April 2019.. she is 102 years old now... God bless her
It is so sad that she has died. She kept up everyone's spirit during the war. Such a beautiful voice. ☹️🎶
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Mom, wherever you are, I know this one must've been playing on the radio a lot when Dad was in the army. I don't even know if you liked it back then, but now that you're gone, it really gets me. I love you and I miss you.
My grandad brought me up on the golden oldies like this one so many happy memories of a bygone era he has been gone now for 15 years and I miss him more now than the day he went thank you for this beautiful 🫶🏼
I play and sing these songs to my wife of 63 years, in Gods care Feb. I adore you and will continue todo so