The Man I Love (Original 1927 Orchestration) - Rebecca Luker

[@jmontarsi]

R.I.P. Rebecca, George and Ira. We're so lucky to have sound recording technology that makes it possible for us to enjoy all the beautiful musical art of the past.

[@princeandrey]

Just the other day, I googled Rebecca Luker because I was so impressed by her, to find that she'd died. I instantly welled up! She was one of a few really great contemporary Broadway performers!

[@wendyreiner9135]

Rebecca luker sings this lovely song the way it should be sung.

[@johndaugherty7779]

A voice from heaven.

[@GrammyTapDancing]

Beautiful her voice. This song takes me back. My mom loved this. Miss u mom

[@williamlrobinson6293]

Rebecca has a beautiful voice!!

[@alanhicks3073]

Listening to this rendition and crying my eyes out, having just heard the news of Rebecca's passing. RIP.

[@princeandrey]

Oh, I didn't know. How sad! There are only two ways to sing this song: The way she sings it here and the way Billie Holiday sings it ca 1949; both immensely different from each other and both inordinately beautiful.

[@lars-gunnarastrom4535]

@@princeandrey She died of ALS. My sister had ALS and died 3 yars after.

[@speakwell.840]

@@lars-gunnarastrom4535 😪

[@louisvaccaro5865]

@@princeandrey julie andrews helped her with her singing career, what a lovely woman, rest in peace our love to you always, may god bless you and keep you. Louie Vaccaro, tenor. las vegas

[@jeannelarrison1735]

@@lars-gunnarastrom4535 :-( I am so sorry

[@catlover34fl]

She sings this great song beautifully.

[@larryseeborg4560]

A beautiful rendition of the original orchestration of this song rediscovered by John McGlinn who spent much of his life seeking these original orchestrations for Broadway musicals and show tunes. His ultimate achievement was his 1988, 3-disc recreation of the musical, Show Boat, as it was first performed at its premier performance at New York City’s Ziegfeld Theatre on December 27, 1927. For those interested, the complete performance of the concert in which this McGlinn version of “The Man I Love” appeared is on the KZbin video, “Evening at Pops, Broadway Originals.”

[@demaios]

I had this Cd upon release. I would listen to it over and over and cry my eyes out!

[@Charlie-fx9dp]

Very interesting... The true version of a masterpiece... From France.

[@miketackabery7521]

Thank you. Just found the (almost one hour) video and saved it to watch later. After hearing this original orchestration (though with all the instruments doubled) I can hardly wait!

[@osocool1too]

Wonderful rendition of this lovely song...imagining how it sounded when first played 90 years ago in 1927...😎🤔

[@robertcarter3768]

I absolutly adore the entire version and this is the most beautiful I have ever heard!

[@joemadrid5168]

I love it. My mother sang this song way back when. She had a voice but sang only at home.

[@Coupydog]

This was from a 1990 PBS Special. First time I'd seen this lovely lady & there were many other Seasoned talents singing tunes. She was new in the business then, but turned out to be the Star Performer! Bravo!!!

[@dianavictoriaaljadeff5302]

The Gershwins composed this song in 1924 for Adele Astaire in a faster way.It wasnr sung .The first performance was with Helen Morgan who sang in a slower way and Gerswhin loves this performance and the first recording was with Kitty Carlise with this orchestration

[@emanuelagoi5096]

Capolavoro! Bravissima!

[@otiliaelisatrujilloocana3961]

Hermosa voz con una acertada interpretación.

[@Emm168]

You stir my heart, you soothe my soul, you make me happy...I would do anything for you. I love you with all my heart.

[@joybreeden366]

Rebecca...ah...her voice is flawless and pure. George and Ira would be so pleased...as was i.

[@manonowen1398]

💗💗💗💗. That's one way to describe her.

[@fr.paulmartin6314]

This is an EXCELLENT performance of what is one of the two greatest love songs of the 20th century (the other being the duet "Bess, You Is My Woman"). English composer John Ireland thought so.

[@jimmeven1120]

That's interesting. I never knew Ireland was a Gershwin fan.

[@fr.paulmartin6314]

@@jimmeven1120 Yes, indeed! See Howard Pollack's "George Gershwin:His Life & Work" (Universoty of California Press, 2006), p. 138. Pollack's book is the very best on Gershwin. It is truly magisterial, full of information & insights lacking in other studies.

[@fr.paulmartin6314]

@@jimmeven1120 Here's John Ireland's response. Pollack states, "Listening to a recording of 'The Man I Love' in the 1920s, whiskey in hand, he told a young friend, 'That, my boy, is a masterpiece--a masterpiece, do you hear? This man Gershwin beats the lot of us. He sits down & composes one of the most original, most perfect, songs of our century...Who wants another symphony if he can write a song like that? Perfect, my boy, perfect. This is the music of America, it will live as long as a Schubert Lied, a Brahms waltz.'"

[@miketackabery7521]

​@@fr.paulmartin6314what an awesome quote! I fell in love with the Gershwins when I was a kid, and Ireland's piano concerto when I was a teenager. Just awesome! Thank you!

[@Howard2006]

Wonderful rendition of a great song by a great actress Rebecca Luker and taken from us so cruelly from ALS.

[@joybreeden366]

Just perfect....

[@kennethbarnes8545]

A classic. What a pity some of the more recent renditions have departed from Gershwin's original purity

[@MoodIndigo1]

It was always a popular tune, it was not sung like opera. Do a bit of research, please.

[@jacobmandelblum6644]

Specially with damned JAZZING it up...!!!!!!

[@princeandrey]

@@MoodIndigo1 Yes, actually it was up-tempo, strangely enough. It was always "jazzed up"! But Luker does a fine job, as always.

[@princeandrey]

I hear you, but there are many ways to sing this beautifully!

[@fr.paulmartin6314]

@@MoodIndigo1 I believe you are incorrect--in this case. "The Man I Love" carries the emotional weight of an operatic aria. It is, in fact, an art song. It can & should be sung this way. In fact, as a life-time student of the Gershwin style & a great lover of his music, I can confidently say that this IS the way "The Man I Love" should be performed. As for many other Gershwin songs, you may be correct. Certainly, "I Got Rhythm" & "Lady Be Good" are pop tunes & should be approached by performers differently.

[@luciewesson9785]

She played Lily Craven in the musical The Secret Garden. She is great.

[@Tenderness1959]

lovely rendition of the song! There are many so called "blue notes" written in this song that means those particular notes don't belong to the original key; when you "hang" in those notes you can make it very bluessy, like a cry.

[@luismunguiapedroza5698]

La primera vez que escuché está obra, cuando tenía 6 años. Me gustó mucho, fue filmada, 13 años antes que yo naciera.

[@violinguitarduo2294]

When the mellow moon begins to beam, Every night I dream a little dream, And of course Prince Charming is the theme, The he for me. Although I realize as well as you It is seldom that a dream comes true, To me it's clear That he'll appear. Some day he'll come along, The man I love And he'll be big and strong, The man I love And when he comes my way I'll do my best to make him stay. He'll look at me and smile I'll understand, And in a little while, He'll take my hand, And though it seems absurd, I know we both won't say a word Maybe I shall meet him Sunday Maybe Monday, maybe not, Still I'm sure to meet him one day Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day He'll build a little home Just meant for two, From which I'll never roam, Who would, would you? And so all else above I'm waiting for the man I love.

[@pbamse]

REBECCA LUKER (1961 - 2020)

[@dianavictoriaaljadeff8949]

This was the 1927 Original orchestrations made for Helen Morgan slower then the 1924 Original orchestration recorded by Kirti T e Kanawa andJ ohn Mc Glinn in the nineties

[@jesusjrbautista9269]

love it

[@repetitivereality2829]

I honestly found this Gem from Two&half man. Stunning voice.

[@varadero1839]

This is from the wonderful Gershwin brothers! From my understanding, it was deleted from everything, and eventually ended up in the the '47 version of the film "The Man I Love" starring lovely Ida Lupino and Bruce Bennett. Naturally, Ida was amazing! Delightfully sleazy, handsome young Robert Alda played the villain! Some sad scenes, but one of the loveliest ladies I've ever seen was here also: Dolores Moran! Look for her! varadero

[@demaios]

The man I live also includes the marvelous Bill. Another heartbreaking Helen Morgan performance. We’re so lucky James Whale captured her singing this amazing song. My father in law was Bill and it was a favorite of my mil’s ❤️

[@user-ob4le8sm9f]

Super!!!!

[@lilmike55912]

sorry you all do better.. wow! fantastic for these years I,m lovin this!

[@moshn2002]

Wocerfull thanks so much

[@nobleza1959]

R. I. P. DAME REBECCA LUKER.

[@cripplehawk]

I first heard this song in Hot Shots! of all places It was sung by Valeria Golino and Rachel Sweet (Who provided the "Singing" voice in some places). However their was no Orchestration, only a piano.

[@flormandeb]

¿Por qué en la mayoría de las interpretaciones posteriores quitan los primeros versos? Son hermosos...

[@callastoujours]

Florencia Arangui I think it’s because they go straight to the “jazzy” part of the song, but you are right, they are beautiful.

[@jacobmandelblum6644]

Por eso es que destrozar una mosicion musical de esta categoria es lo que llaman hoy dia INTERPRETACION.... No ha oido Ud. el vomitivo de cantantes negras cantando el himno nacional "interpretandolo" como JAZZ..?????

[@TheKatchour]

❤️❤️❤️🌷🌷🌷

[@tonybates2964]

Nice

[@timmullens9479]

when I was younger ,I hated this stuff-I was an idiot.

[@lengiuliani5088]

How wonderful that the passage of time has brought you around. Welcome aboard!

[@teresaestrade2371]

No, you just were young.

[@pamelajohnson834]

She had a silver thread running through her voice.

[@gossamerwings3632]

what musical is this from?

[@wmg93]

Any idea as to who did this orchestration? Robert Russell Bennett, perhaps?

[@LindenwoodMusic]

William Graff - It does sound like a Bennett orchestration, doesn’t it? I wish the tempo were several clicks slower.

[@steveomusicman6645]

who was the orchestrator? Maruice Depackh? He did some things for Gershwin, and later for the movies

[@steveomusicman6645]

yup, he was one of the orchestrators for the show..

[@patmaughan37]

She is or rather was lovely.

[@carlosgustavo1304]

VISÃO GERAL LETRAS OUTRAS GRAVAÇÕES OUVIR OUTRAS PESSOAS TAMBÉM PESQUISARAM Letras Someday he'll come along The man I love And he'll be big and strong The man I love And when he comes my way I'll do my best to make him stay He'll look at me and smile I'll understand And in a little while He'll take my hand And though it seems absurd I know we both won't say a word Maybe I shall meet him Sunday Maybe Monday, maybe not Still I'm sure to meet him one day Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day He'll build a little home Just meant for two From which I'll never roam Who would, would you And so, all else above I'm waiting for the man I love He'll build a little home Just meant for two From which I'll never roam Who would, would you And so, all else above I'm waiting for the man I love

[@abdulazizshalu2620]

They had video cameras in 1926? Wow

[@markim1994]

This is a 90’s performance with the 1927 orchestration, not the actual 20’s performance

[@jacobmandelblum6644]

Compare this music and these words to the absolute garbage with which they corrupt the musical taste of our young people

[@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona]

Ehh, it’s pretty but a bit lifeless for me

[@josequintana9615]

Que belleza