If This Isn't Love

For the song by Jennifer Hudson, see If This Isn't Love (Jennifer Hudson song).

"If This Isn't Love" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane with lyrics written by E. Y. Harburg. It was published in 1946 and introduced by Ella Logan and Donald Richards the following year in the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow.^[1]

Recorded versions

• Buddy Clark (recorded on November 12, 1946, released on Columbia 37223)^[2]
• Ella Logan, Donald Richards and the Lynn Murray Singers (recorded on April 7, 1947)^[3]
• Gracie Fields (recorded on September 1, 1947)^[4]
• Geraldo & his Orchestra (vocal: Denny Vaughan) (1948)^[5]
• Frank Sinatra (1955) recorded for the abandoned animated film version of Finian's Rainbow, released on Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964 (2002)
• Alma Cogan - a single released in 1958^[6]
• Sarah Vaughan - for her album Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)^[7]
• Cannonball Adderley - included on his album Cannonball Takes Charge (1959)^[8]
• Biff McGuire, Jeannie Carson, Bobby Howes (1960 Broadway Revival)^[9]
• Dean Martin - for the album Finian's Rainbow (1963)
• Don Francks, Petula Clark, Fred Astaire (1968 Film Soundtrack)
• Stan Kenton - for his album Finian's Rainbow (1968)^[10]
• Karen Mason - for her album Not So Simply Broadway (1995)^[11]
• The Clayton Brothers - included in their album Siblingity (2000)^[12]
• Michael Feinstein - included in his album Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway (2000)^[13]
• Melissa Errico, Max von Essen and Jonathan Freeman in the Footlights recording of the Irish Repertory Theatre production of the show (2004)

References

1. "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
2. "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
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