On the Street Where You Live - Vic Damone
2:39
single, 1956
Written by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
Listen for the silent E!
Although this song appeared on a 1964 album of the same name, it was actually released as a single eight years earlier, the same year it was written for the musical "My Fair Lady." Songwriting legends Loewe and Lerner pepper this song with all the show tune hallmarks and sly multi-word rhymes that Cole Porter was probably the best at: "Are there lilac trees in the heart of town? / Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?" I love that line. Pretty much every big band or traditional popular singer took a turn recording this song, but Damone's sweeping, note-bending baritone gives his version some gravitas.
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