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I Could Write A Book |
If they asked me, I could write a book
About the way you walk and whisper and look
I could write a preface on how we met
So the world would never forget
Rodgers and Hart's song might make us think of Sinatra's recording and of the film Pal Joey, but the story doesn't actually start there. Yes, the song was written for Pal Joey, but it was a stage show before the film, and a series of stories before the stage show. We all see Sinatra as Joey, hat pushed back, jacket over shoulder ... and here is the clip from the film where Joey Evans sings the song to Kim Novak's Linda English. Frank Sinatra in his prime and seen as charismatic, handsome and a bit of a rascal. Hollywood. Hollywould.
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