Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine
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"Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine" is a popular
song
. The music was written by Karl Hoschna
, the lyrics by Otto Harbach
. The song was published in 1908
. From the Broadway musical The Three Twins. The song has now become a standard, performed by many artists, including Julie London
and Vic Damone
.
Ada Jones
and Billy Murray
performed it as a duet.
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
. The music was written by Karl Hoschna
Karl Hoschna
Karl Hoschna was a Tin Pan Alley-era composer most noted for his songs "Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine", "Every Little Movement" and "Yama Yama Man", and for a string of successful Broadway musicals....
, the lyrics by Otto Harbach
Otto Harbach
Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach was an American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies...
. The song was published in 1908
1908 in music
-Events:*January 26 - Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 receives its première.*March 15 - Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole receives its première in Paris.*April 11 - Spyridon Samaras's opera Rhea is premiered in Florence...
. From the Broadway musical The Three Twins. The song has now become a standard, performed by many artists, including Julie London
Julie London
Julie London was an American singer and actress. She was best known for her smoky, sensual voice. London was at her singing career's peak in the 1950s. Her acting career lasted more than 35 years...
and Vic Damone
Vic Damone
Vic Damone is an American singer and entertainer.- Early life :Damone was born Vito Rocco Farinola in Brooklyn, New York to French-Italian immigrants based in Bari, Italy—Rocco and Mamie Farinola. His father was an electrician; and his mother taught piano. His cousin was the actress and singer...
.
Ada Jones
Ada Jones
Ada Jones was a popular mezzo-soprano who recorded from 1905 to the early 1920s. She was born in Lancashire, England but moved with her family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of six in 1879...
and Billy Murray
Billy Murray (singer)
William Thomas "Billy" Murray was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century...
performed it as a duet.