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<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/The_Nearness_of_You_Glenn_Miller_78.jpg" alt="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/The_Nearness_of_You_Glenn_Miller_78.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>The Nearness of You</strong>" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">popular song</a> written in 1937 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoagy_Carmichael" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hoagy Carmichael</a> (1899–1981), with lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Washington" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ned Washington</a> (1901–1976). Intended for an unproduced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paramount Pictures</a> film titled <em>Romance In The Rough</em>, the studio's publishing division <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Famous Music</a> reregistered and published the song three years later in 1940. It was first recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Bullock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chick Bullock</a> (1898–1981) and his Orchestra on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocalion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vocalion</a>. Despite numerous accounts to the contrary, the song was never scheduled for and does not appear in the production of the 1938 Paramount film <em>Romance in the Dark</em>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></p><p>It is also heard in the later 1940 recording "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In the Mood</a>" by the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glenn Miller</a> (1904–1944) and His Orchestra, with vocals by singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Eberle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Eberle</a> (1919–1979),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Maycock-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> and by many others.</p><p>The song is also on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy</a>-Award-winning album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Away_with_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Come Away with Me</em></a>, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norah_Jones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Norah Jones</a>.</p><h2>Covers</h2><p>The first big-selling version was recorded on April 28, 1940, by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller_Orchestra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glenn Miller Orchestra</a> (1938–1942), with a vocal by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Eberle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Eberle</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebird_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluebird</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Gardner-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Blue10500-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> This recording first reached the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> magazine's "Best Seller" chart on July 20, 1940, and lasted eight weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 5.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Whitburn-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a></p><p>Other popular versions around that time were recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Kyser" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kay Kyser</a> (1905–1985)'s orchestra (vocal: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Babbitt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Harry Babbitt</a> (1913–2004), on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbia</a> catalog number 35488),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Gardner-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Col35200-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Shore" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dinah Shore</a> (1916–1994), with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Weston</a> (1912–1996)'s orchestra (Bluebird),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Gardner-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Blue10500-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> and by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Howard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eddy Howard</a> (1914–1963), with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lou_Adrian&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lou Adrian</a>'s orchestra (Columbia).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Gardner-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-Col35500-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a></p><p>In 1953, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Manning_(pop_singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Manning</a> (1926–1997), reached No. 16 on the pop charts with this song<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-pm-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[9]</a></p><p>The 1956 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ella Fitzgerald</a> (1917–1996), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Louis Armstrong</a> (1901–1971), record album of duets, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_%26_Louis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ella &amp; Louis</em></a>, included a version of this song with Fitzgerald soloing vocally while Armstrong soloed both vocally and on trumpet. Accompaniment was provided by the small combo of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Trio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oscar Peterson Trio</a> featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oscar Peterson</a> (1925–2007), on piano, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Brown_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Brown</a> (1926–2002), on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bass</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ellis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Herb Ellis</a> (1921–2010), on guitar, joined by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rich" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buddy Rich</a> (1917–1987), on drums. The album reached No. 1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> magazine jazz chart and the top 10 of its pop chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[10]</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">German</a> musician <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Secara" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marc Secara</a> (born 1976), recorded the song with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Jazz_Orchestra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Berlin Jazz Orchestra</a> for the recent album <em>You're Everything</em> (2008). This was composed and arranged for the older <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">big band</a> style of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">orchestras</a> music from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1930s</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1940s</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1950s</a> eras by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">British</a> composer / arranger and musician-pianist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gray_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steve Gray</a> (1944–2008).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nearness_of_You#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[11]</a></p>