Most Romantic Showtunes — Page 4

Till There was You from THE MUSIC MAN
Secret Love from CALAMITY JANE
Little Girl Blue from JUMBO
Old Devil Moon from FINIAN’S RAINBOW
I Loved You Once in Silence from CAMELOT
Some Enchanted Evening from SOUTH PACIFIC
A Woman in Love from GUYS AND DOLLS (film version)
Namely You from LIL’ ABNER
This isn’t Heaven from STATE FAIR
Lover, Come Back to Me from NEW MOON
The Garden of Love from MY NOVEMBER GUEST
There But For You Go I from BRIGADOON
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes from ROBERTA
I Will Wait for You from THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
I Say Hello from DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
When Did I Fall in Love? From FIORELLO
Love, Look Away from FLOWER DRUM SONG
You and I from GOODBYE MR. CHIPS
I'm Falling In Love With Someone from NAUGHTY MARIETTA
Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered from PAL JOEY
Bess, You Is My Woman Now from PORGY AND BESS
Only A Rose from THE VAGABOND KING
Why Do I Love You? From SHOW BOAT
All Of You from SILK STOCKINGS
How Can You Describe a Face? From SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING
I'll Never Say No from THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
You've Come Home from WILDCAT

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Monestere: Your song choices are wonderful and span so many great and not so great musicals over the years. I particularly love "Secret Love" as sung by Doris Day and "Namely You" from the under-rated L'LL ABNER score, even if the part of the song sung by Abner is a tribute to himself. Also great is "Love Look Away" from another under-rated score, from FLOWER DRUM SONG.

I would add "Young and Foolish" from 1955's PLAIN & FANCY as well as "You'll Never Get Away From Me" from GYPSY, "I'll Buy You A Star" from A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN(1951) and the title song from FANNY(1954).

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Some of my faves:
"Wanting" and "Blame it on the summer night" from "Rags"
"You and I" from Chess, "Seeing is beleiving" from "Aspects of Love" and "Good night my someone" from "The Music Man"

Updated On: 5/10/08 at 08:51 PM

Bwaybabe2 & Gypsy9: Thanks for the kind words regarding my list. I love your choices too. There are so many worthy songs. A few more that deserve special mention:
Whistling in the Dark from DARLING LILI
It Might as Well Be Spring from STATE FAIR
You'll Never Know from HELLO FRISCO, HELLO
This Heart of Mine from ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
When You're in Love from SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
Love Makes the World Go 'Round from CARNIVAL
It's Alright with Me from CAN-CAN
Deep in the Dark from CHARLOTTE'S WEB (1973)
I Have to Tell You from FANNY
He Loves and She Loves from FUNNY FACE
True Love from HIGH SOCIETY
And This is My Beloved from KISMET

And the list goes on...

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