A Fellow Needs a Girl

"A Fellow Needs a Girl"
Song from Allegro
Published	1947
Writer(s)	Oscar Hammerstein II
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers

"A Fellow Needs a Girl" is a show tune written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for their 1947 musical Allegro. It has since become a standard, with recordings by many vocalists including Perry Como, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra and Bryn Terfel.

Como's recordings were made in 1947 and 1961. The 1947 recording, made on July 28, with Russ Case and his orchestra, was released by RCA Victor Records as a 78rpm single, catalog number 20-2402-B, with the flip side "So Far," and reached #25 on the charts. It has also been included on several LP albums. The 1961 recording, made on May 17, with Mitchell Ayres and his orchestra, was recorded as part of a medley with "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and "You Were Meant for Me". It was never issued as a single but was included on some albums of Como's.

Doris Day recorded the song on December 11, 1959 for her Columbia album What Every Girl Should Know, with Harry Zimmerman's Orchestra.

Bryn Terfel's rendition of the song was included on his 1996 CD of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, Something Wonderful, named after the song of the same title in The King and I.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

Stage musicals	Oklahoma! Carousel Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Pipe Dream Flower Drum Song The Sound of Music A Grand Night for Singing State Fair Cinderella

Productions	I Remember Mama Annie Get Your Gun Happy Birthday John Loves Mary Show Boat The Happy Time Burning Bright

Films	State Fair Oklahoma! Carousel The King and I South Pacific Flower Drum Song State Fair The Sound of Music Cinderella

Television	Cinderella The Sound of Music Live!

Songs	"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" "Kansas City" "I Cain't Say No" "Many a New Day" "It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Lonely Room" "The Farmer and the Cowman" "All Er Nuthin'" "Oklahoma" "If I Loved You" "Soliloquy" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "It Might as Well Be Spring" "That's for Me" "A Fellow Needs a Girl" "So Far" "Some Enchanted Evening" "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" "Bali Ha'i" "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" "Younger Than Springtime" "Happy Talk" "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" "I Whistle a Happy Tune" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Getting to Know You" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "Something Wonderful" "I Have Dreamed" "Shall We Dance?" "No Other Love" "I Enjoy Being a Girl" "The Sound of Music" "Maria" "My Favorite Things" "Do-Re-Mi" "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" "The Lonely Goatherd" "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" "So Long, Farewell" "No Way to Stop It" "Edelweiss"

Related articles	"Something Good" The Sound of Music The Sound of Music: Music from the NBC Television Event

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