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Secret Love (1953)

Origin and Chart Information
Rank 311
Music

Sammy Fain

Lyrics Paul Francis Webster

Currently, 1000 jazz standards are ranked and have web pages (click on  Songs for the full list).

 The top 100 are fully documented:
 

Year Rank Title
1930 1 Body and Soul
1939 2 All the Things You Are
1935 3 Summertime
1944 4 'Round Midnight
1935 5 I Can't Get Started (with You)
1937 6 My Funny Valentine
1942 7 Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)
1930 8 What Is This Thing Called Love?
1933 9 Yesterdays
1946 10 Stella By Starlight

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Musician's Comments

I don't get hung up on the lyric. I play lyrically but I don't need to check the lyrics to figure how to play the song. I know the old shtick about how you need to know the lyrics to play a ballad like “Secret Love.” I think that's a crock really. Don't get me wrong: some beautiful songs have great and moving lyrics and some great songs really have bad lyrics. I think they’re separate.

Jay Thomas plays saxophones, trumpet, flugelhorn, and flute
www.jaythomasjazz.com


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Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster

YearRankTitle
1953311Secret Love
Reading and Research

Additional information on “Secret Love” may be found in:


1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary and performers.

6 paragraphs including the following types of information: history and performers.

1 page including the following types of information: history, performers, style discussion and song writer discussion.

Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.

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