WITH A SONG IN MY HEART (Rodgers/Hart arr. Morley) - John Wilson and his Orchestra - CDSA 6803

'Soft Lights-Sweet Music' is a 2002 Vocalion compact disc of 16 songs beautifully arranged by Angela Morley (1924-2009) and superbly played by John Wilson (b.1972) and his Orchestra.
The music for 'With A Song In My Heart' was written by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), with lyrics by Lorenz Hart (1895-1943) for the 1929 musical show 'Spring Is Here'.
In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz.
The following year, it was sung by Lawrence Gray in the Hollywood musical version of that show by Bernice Claire and Frank Albertson. The most popular recording of the song in 1929 was by Leo Reisman.
A Perry Como recording sung with choir and orchestra conducted by Henri René, was made in New York in 1948.
Numerous other recordings of the song have been made.
It was the title song in the 1952 Hollywood musical 'With a Song in My Heart'' a biographical movie about Jane Froman, in which it was sung by Froman on the soundtrack for Susan Hayward who was playing her.
This CD was released on April 9th, 2002 (Vocalion CDSA 6803).