"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" is a popular song, with music by Leo Friedman and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson. The song was published in 1910 and was a huge hit for the Peerless Quartet in 1911. A recording by Arthur Clough was very popular the same year too. A 1924 recording identifies a Spanish title, "Déjame llamarte mía".
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Lyrics
The complete lyrics:
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Other notable recordings
- Bing Crosby - recorded August 8, 1934 and on July 17, 1944.
- Denny Dennis (1941) - later included in the compilation LP Yours for a Song issued in 1969.
- Joni James - for her album Among My Souvenirs (1958).
- The Mills Brothers - included in their album Greatest Barbershop Hits (1959).
- Pat Boone and Shirley Boone - included in the album Side by Side (1959).
- Patti Page - for her album I've Heard That Song Before (1958).
- Slim Whitman - included in his album Red River Valley (1977).
Film appearances
- 1937 Make Way for Tomorrow - Victor Moore sings the song to Beulah Bondi.
- 1938 Swiss Miss - sung by Oliver Hardy.
- 1943 Thousands Cheer - sung by Gene Kelly whilst dancing with a mop.
- 1945 Diamond Horseshoe - performed by Beatrice Kay'
- 1948 For the Love of Mary
- 1966 Follow Me, Boys! - sung by a group of Boy Scouts
- 1979 The Rose - sung by Bette Midler.
- 1998 Barney's Great Adventure - performed by George Hearn
- 2005 The Greatest Game Ever Played - an instrumental version by a band is heard on the soundtrack.
- 2014 52 Tuesdays - used over the end credits in this Australian film about a transgender father and his daughter Billie.
Trivia
The girl who modeled for the original sheet music is alleged to have been Virginia Rappe, the subject of the 1921 Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle scandal.
- The song was sung by Megan Follows in Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.
- It was also performed by Dorothy Custer (born May 30, 1911) an American comedian, harmonicist, and centenarian, who sang the song on Valentine's Day 2012 to Jay Leno on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
- The song was sung in an episode of Downton Abbey.
- In the Arrow episode "Broken Hearts", Cupid sings the song while holding a couple hostage.
- In the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend episode "Who Is The Cool Girl Josh Is Dating?", The West Brovinas sang this song.
- The song features prominently in the 2016 two-part television adaptation of Agatha Christie's short story "The Witness for the Prosecution" written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Julian Jarrold for Mammoth Screen. It was sung by Andrea Riseborough in character as Romaine Heilger, the eponymous witness for the prosecution.
- The song was used in the 2017 Adventure Time mini-series Elements.
In 2016, the Peerless Quartet recording was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry due to its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance."
Among the thousands of mainstream appearances of this pop standard are a British advert for mobile phone operator and internet service provider Orange SA, involving a wind-up toy of two figures hugging. The version used in this advert was sung by Oliver Hardy from the 1938 film Swiss Miss. This song was also sung in an episode of Our Gang (the Little Rascals) by Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.
New York Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard sang the song at every Mother's Day home game until his passing in 2010. During Old Timers' Day that year, a clip of him singing this song was replayed as a tribute.
References
External links
- Heritage of Harmony barbershop version
- Sheet Music for "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", Harold Rossiter Music Co., 1910.
- 1924 recording by tenor Lewis James and the International Novelty Orchestra, in the National Jukebox (uses Flash)
- 1930 cartoon Ethel Merman sings in a Betty Boop cartoon
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