The More I See You

For the Oscar Peterson album, see The More I See You (album).

"The More I See You"
Song
Published	1945
Writer(s)	Mack Gordon
Composer(s)	Harry Warren

"The More I See You" is a popular song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics by Mack Gordon, and was originally sung by Dick Haymes in the 1945 film Diamond Horseshoe.

In 1966, Chris Montez released the most commercially successful and well-known recording of the song, and his version has been used many times in films, notably at the beginning of the famous club scene in Roman Polanski's Frantic, starring Harrison Ford. Chris Montez's version went to number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four weeks at number two on the Easy Listening chart.^[1]

History

"The More I See You" was first published in 1945 and has been subsequently recorded by many artists,^[2] most notably:

Peter Allen — Taught By Experts (1976)
Chet Baker — (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
Count Basie — Montreux '77 (1977)
Michael Bublé — It's Time (2005)
Michael Bublé — Caught in the Act (2005)
Alma Cogan — I Love to Sing/With You in Mind (2003)
Nat King Cole — The Very Thought of You (1958)
Doris Day — Doris Day's Sentimental Journey (1965)
Bobby Darin — Love Swings (1961)
Eliane Elias — Bossa Nova Stories (2008)
Sergio Franchi — From Sergio - With Love (1967)
Four Freshmen — The Four Freshmen and Five Guitars (1959)
Johnny Hartman — This One's for Tedi (1985)
Dick Haymes — Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra — Golden Memories (1975)
Carol Kidd — Carol Kidd (1984)

Sondre Lerche — Duper Sessions (2006)
Julie London — Your Number Please (1959)
Brad Mehldau — Progression, Art of the Trio, Vol. 5 (2001)
Hank Mobley — Roll Call (1961)
Chris Montez — The More I See You (1966)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Organisation (1980)
Mark Murphy — Another Vision (1992)
Johnny O'Neal — Live at Smalls (2013)
Anthony Perkins — From My Heart (1958)
Nina Simone — A Single Woman (1993)
Carly Simon — Moonlight Serenade (2005)
Nancy Sinatra — Nancy in London (1966)
Valli — single release, lyrics half in French, half in English (1986)
Sarah Vaughan — Live in '58 and '64 (2007 DVD)
Andy Williams — Love, Andy (1967)
Viola Wills — single release (1982)
Nancy Wilson — Like in Love (1960)

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 173.
↑ "Cover Versions of The More I See You". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2016-05-31.

External links

Review of the Chris Montez version by Joe Viglione at Allmusic

Peter Allen

Studio albums	Peter Allen (1971) Tenterfield Saddler (1972) Continental American (1974) Taught by Experts (1976) I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979) Bi-Coastal (1980) Not the Boy Next Door (1983) Making Every Moment Count (1990)

Compilation albums	It Is Time for Peter Allen (1977) The Very Best of Peter Allen (1982) Captured Live at Carnegie Hall (1985) The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under (1992) The Ultimate Peter Allen (2006)

Notable singles	"Tenterfield Saddler" (1972) "I Honestly Love You" (1975) "The More I See You" (1976) "I Go to Rio" (1976) "Don't Cry Out Loud" (1978) "I Still Call Australia Home" (1980)

Productions	Soon (1971) Legs Diamond (1988) The Boy from Oz (1998) Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (2015)

Related articles	The Allen Brothers Liza Minnelli Bernadette Peters "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" (1979) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (1980) "I Don't Go Shopping" (1981) ARIA Hall of Fame

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