Just Say I Love Her

1950 song by Johnny Desmond

"Just Say I Love Her"
Song by Johnny Desmond
B-side	"If Anybody Does"
Released	1950 (1950)
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	3:08
Label	MGM
Songwriter(s)	Rodolfo Falvo, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale, Enzo Fusco, Martin Kalmanoff, Sam Ward

"Just Say I Love Her" ("Just Say I Love Him" when recorded by a female singer) is a popular song, adapted from the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuje".^[1]^{[circular reference]} The original music was written by Neapolitan composer Rodolfo Falvo in 1930;^[2] and was arranged in the United States by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale; the original Neapolitan lyrics by Enzo Fusco, and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward.^[3]

A recording by Johnny Desmond was made on January 20, 1950, and released by MGM (catalog number 10758). It reached No. 24 on the Billboard chart. Vic Damone's 1950 recording of the song reached No. 13 on the Billboard chart.^[4]

Recorded versions

Johnny Desmond (1950)
Frankie Avalon
Tony Bennett (1950)
Vic Damone (1950)
Eddie Fisher
Connie Francis - for her album More Italian Favorites (1960).^[5]
Timi Yuro - Hurt!!!!!!! (1961).^[6]
Sumo
Robert Goulet - My Love Forgive Me (1964).^[7]
Dean Martin - for his album Dino: Italian Love Songs (1962)
Al Martino - The Exciting Voice of Al Martino (1962).^[8]
Cliff Richard - When in Rome (1965)
Artie Shaw
Nina Simone on the 1961 album Forbidden Fruit and the 1993 album A Single Woman
Jerry Vale - I Have But One Heart (1962).^[9]
Lou Monte (1958)
Steve Lawrence - Sings of Love and Sad Young Men (1967).^[10]
Engelbert Humperdinck - We Made It Happen (1970).^[11]
Jimmy Roselli
Tito Schipa^[12]
Giuseppe di Stefano^[13]
Luciano Pavarotti^[14]
Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Passione di Napoli (2001)^[15]
Nicolae Herlea – Recital De Canțonete.^[16]
Xiu Xiu - Nina (2013).
Christian Ketter – Beloved: Live in Recital (2014).^[17]
Franco Corelli^[18]
Sergio Franchi covered this Neapolitan favorite on his 1963 Billboard Top 200 (at 66th place) album Our Man from Italy; also on his 1965 album Live From The Cocoanut Grove; and on his 1976 album 20 Magnificent Songs. He recorded it in Italian, and in Italian/English combination.

References

^ it:Dicitencello vuje
^ Wikipedia^{[circular reference]}
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^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 535. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
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^ "Dicitencello Vuje". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
^ "Dicitencello vuje". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
^ "Falvo: Dicitencello Vuie". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Nicolae Herlea - Recital De Canțonete". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
^ Beloved: Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein Live in Recital by Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein, 29 September 2014, retrieved 2018-12-08
^ "Dicitencello vuie". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.