You Made Me Love You
Harry James His Orchestra Lyrics

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You made me love you
I didn't wanna do it
I didn't wanna do it
You made me want you
And all the time you knew it
I guess you always knew it

You made me happy sometimes

You made me glad
But there were times
You made me feel so bad

You made me cry for
I didn't wanna tell you
I didn't wanna tell you
I want some love that's true
Yes, I do, 'deed I do
You know I do

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie what I cry for
You know you've got the brand of kisses
That I'd die for
You know you made me love you

You made me cry for
I didn't wanna tell you
I didn't wanna tell you
I want some love that's true
Yes, I do, 'deed I do

You know I do

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie what I cry for
You know you've got the brand of kisses

That I'd die for
You know you made me love you

Overall Meaning

The song "You Made Me Love You" by Harry James And His Orch. is about loving someone and admitting that they made you feel love even if you didn't intend to fall in love with them. The lyrics express the vulnerability of the singer as they admit that the person they love has a power over them. The refrain "gimmie, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie what I cry for" illustrates that the singer is asking for the affection that they desire, but also acknowledges that the object of their affection has the power to either provide or withhold that affection.

The lyrics also show a range of emotions that come with love - happiness and joy, as well as sadness and heartbreak. The line "You made me happy sometimes, you made me glad, but there were times you made me feel so bad" illustrates the emotional complexity of the relationship. The singer sings to the person they love, admitting that they want a love that is true, and that they do indeed love them, even though they didn't intend to.

Overall, "You Made Me Love You" is a beautiful and honest song about falling in love with someone unexpected and realizing that they have a hold on your heart.

Line by Line Meaning

You made me love you
You caused me to fall in love with you.

I didn't wanna do it
I didn't intend to fall in love with you.

I didn't wanna do it
I didn't anticipate how strongly I would feel about you.

You made me want you
You caused me to desire you.

And all the time you knew it
You were aware of the effect you had on me.

I guess you always knew it
It seems as though you knew how I felt all along.

You made me happy sometimes
You brought me joy on occasion.

You made me glad
You made me feel happy and content.

But there were times
However, there were also moments.

You made me feel so bad
You caused me to feel upset and unhappy.

You made me cry for
You caused me to cry and feel emotional pain.

I didn't wanna tell you
I didn't want to admit how deeply you affected me.

I didn't wanna tell you
I didn't want to reveal my vulnerability to you.

I want some love that's true
I desire a genuine, authentic love.

Yes, I do, 'deed I do
Indeed, I truly do desire this kind of love.

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie what I cry for
Give me the thing that I am desperately longing for.

You know you've got the brand of kisses that I'd die for
You possess the type of kisses that I deeply yearn for and would sacrifice for.

You know you made me love you
You understand that you caused me to fall deeply in love with you.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JAMES MONACO, JOSEPH MCCARTHY

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@sunbeambee

7y↑102

You made me love you
I didn't want to do it
I didn't want to do it
You made me want you
And all the time you knew it
I guess you always knew it

You made me happy sometimes
You made me glad
But there were times
You made me feel so bad

You made me cry for
I didn't want to tell you
I didn't want to tell you
I want some love that's true
Yes, I do, 'deed I do
You know I do

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme what I cry for
You know you've got the brand of kisses
That I'd die for
You know you made me love you

You made me cry for
I didn't want to tell you
I didn't want to tell you
I want some love that's true
Yes, I do, 'deed I do
You know I do

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme what I cry for
You know you've got the brand of kisses
That I'd die for
You know you made me love you

All comments from YouTube:

@armyoldsweat

9y↑933

I'm singing this to my wife while listening and we've been married 59 years. Thank you whoever......?

@baberina1

5y↑9

Sweet!

@georgecaldwell1092

5y↑6

Congratulations for your romance men

@ralphgooding788

5y↑12

My dad grew up in the big band era I was taught to appreciate the music and I love doris day,Helen Forrest,the Andrew sister's,my favorite band was a cross between Glenn Miller,Harry James,les brown,benny goodman,the Dorsey brothers just to name a few

@DiscoAviator

5y↑10

Ralph Gooding don’t forget my girl kitty kallen!

@Hisoner

5y↑13

Me and my wife just 52. But how sweet they've been.

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@kayjones6147

2y↑136

This absolutely grabs my heart each time I hear it because I am immediately swept back to the days when I was in my late husband's arms dancing together. Those years are now over 70 plus ago and I still grieve over the loss of him. I fell in love with him when I was 16 years old, he was 23. He was forever my heart and forever will be. The moment lost him after almost 48 years of marriage was the moment my life changed completely never ever to be the same. I can only say to those who still have their loved ones with them don't let the time slip by without telling that person what they are to you at that moment.

@dennisrohatyn7782

1y↑9

Thank you for that, ma'am

@alanrandall49

49w↑4

God bless you Kay, what a wonderful love story you have had to fall in love with your perfect soul-mate, especially at such a tender age, but it must be emotionally devastating to lose your life partner after all those years together, maybe you can take some solace from the fact that many people search all their lives, and are never lucky enough to find the one they can love, but you and your husband found each other and shared a happy life together, and you will always have those treasured memories, we should all heed your advice though, and tell our partners how much they mean to us while still together because we all have a use by date, and unfortunately that will come around sooner or later, so we really should be kind to each other in the meantime. 💕

This song link below says it all for you Kay and your husband:
https://youtu.be/YsIL07eOqOU

@minneminsken4995

42w↑5

This was my moms song. She was very excited every time she heard it. What a pitty she had died in the mid of 2000; just on the threshold of the 21 century. She had missed internet and YouTube. She could enjoy not only the music of Harry James, but also a video with the whole band and Helen Forrest.

@trc3675

39w↑3

Although late but I just your post. I just want to say I'm very sorry for loss! I can definitely relate when I lost my dear mom! I can only hope our beloved are waiting for us!

@user-xx2hj7xb6b

21w

Memories like yours sustain us through our twilight years. I can relate to what you wrote. My wife and I are both in our 70s, too young to have grown up with this music but old enough to treasure what we have now, knowing that in a few short years, one or both of us will be gone. When you reach a certain age, embrace the moment becomes a type of rallying cry as you see the years rushing by, seemingly faster than they did when you were decades younger.

@moonjazz

37w↑35

Music back then was so wonderful and pure. Helen's voice is so beautiful, full of charm and purity 🥰

@SteffiReitsch

16w↑1

This performance was in 1942 and 41 years later in 1983 Hellen's final record album, "Now and Forever, " was released at age 66 and it's really good.

@geoffunwin196

14w

Makes me cry. I lost my wife after 64 years together - the 1940's and 1950's shaped our lives. My tribute to the love of my life can be seen on youtube - judyv4 - a wonderful world then, so relatively innocent .

@davidfletcher452

13w↑2

Real people playing instruments and people had to be able to sing, no autotune in those days

@pearl_grey

9y↑1.5K

I can't listen to all these songs without getting tears in my eyes... It just pulls at my heart strings. Granted I did not grow up during this era, not even close. But it kills me because in my opinion modern music will never be genuine again. Not in the sense that today's musicians aren't talented, because there is a lot of talent, but there's not much heart and soul in it. A lot of today's musicians/artists are either out there only for the dollar or just to outdo the last guy. But these songs...This music... This is REAL... You HAD to be good to make it big back then. Look at all the REAL instruments... Listen to their voices, no auto-tune. Makes me feel so many things at once. Mere words will never be enough to describe the ache I experience when their melodies caress my thoughts.

@SeptemberTeenMommy

8y↑54

I agree 100%! Wish I was born in this era, would of been wonderful hearing these amazing voices and watching them perform!

@jmrodas9

8y↑33

+Pearl Grey I agree with you. Its music from before my time which my late Father enjoyed but I used to hear it as a child as he had the records. But the fact real heart and soul is there and cannot be faked is true. This was real music not that thing I hate called rap. Regards.

@disc1513

8y↑12

+Pearl Grey - Well stated

@disc1513

8y↑11

+Kimberly Ann - So true

@66thru68veteran

8y↑8

+Pearl Grey Beautifully said, i was thinking and feeling the same. I always share this to my daughter's fb page.

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@jacquiswift3524

1y↑14

This reminds me of my wonderful mum. She knew all the songs from the 1940s. She was a WAFF during the 2nd World War and danced to Glen Miller orchestra when he visited U.K. So many memories.

@GlennMillerMusic

3y↑6

Any1 here in may 2021 listening to this ageless golden music?!

@chuckl6101

9y↑154

the drummer is my uncle micky Scrima from Pittsburgh.What a pleasure to see him after all these yearsHe was with harry james from the 30 to early 40s.

@jimthompson471

6y↑1

Chuck L has to take me to get some food

@hepkatjones392

6y↑6

That's so cool I am from Pittsburgh too and I love all this music all of it!

@davidalen9279

4y↑5

bravo sir. you should be very proud...

@dzyanist

4y↑2

FARRR OUT..!!!! 🍭😉🎸

@sandraseaton9782

3y↑2

Thank you so much for sharing! I hope someone recorded your family story.

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@stephanieroberts1157

2y↑45

Born in 1966, I used to think I was a soul from a bygone era as anything 1940s would give me goosebumps and burst into tears for no reason.. but the pureness, the challenges that decade went through, the music, style etc etc just touched me greatly. I used to be a member of the 1940s Society; I worked for an organisation that produced 1940s military aviation art and met some of the veteran pilots from that time; at 18 I was dressing and wearing 1940s style, Glen Miller was on my stereo, swing music playing night and day.. I was nostalgic for an era I had never been part of. Today at 56, I may dress differently but the effect is the same. Harry James was a legend; Helen Forrest one of the many singers of this infamous song.. love Al Jolson's and Judy Garland's versions too.

@Cosmo-Kramer

1y↑3

You were alive during the '40s in a previous life, possibly even as a woman, and died young by the mid-'60s. Then you were born into your current body in '66.

@jujube8067

1y↑4

Sometimes I think I was born at the wrong time. Have always loved Big Band music.

@Acadmb

6y↑60

Helen Forrest - my favourite female singer of the Big Band era. Yes, she pulls the heartstrings.

@pattiehernandez769

2y↑3

never get tired of hearing Helen singing

@maureen1938

42w↑2

@@pattiehernandez769 LOVE HER...!!!!

@AntonyHidalgo-vr4yn

37w

@@pattiehernandez769 she was the best one only an original form and

@drewskidrewski8945

2y↑8

I’m a young 62 years of age and was blessed with parents that loved music..I grew up listening to rock n roll. But thru all my years I loved the oldies more. Why does no one play beautiful music like this any more?

@ktkat1949

4y↑30

Doctors say that most patients with dementia absolutely respond to music especially those songs of their young childhood, adulthood. How wonderful for people to see the light shining in loved ones eyes when they hear these songs.

@fremlinmartel8223

3y↑1

Hello Kate, How are you doing?

@Zawmbbeh

3y↑4

Music is one of humanity's most special gifts. It's truly magical how much we all sparkle with music's grace...

@petershaw80

6y↑206

I am 74 years old and this stuff is before my time but I had good parents who taught me how to love this stuff. And I learned. Boy did I learn.

@tinabeckner1

5y↑3

Peter Shaw Ditto!!

@gadola100

5y↑4

Only 2 years before you were born - so not so much before your time! :-)

@blacksun5742

5y↑5

@gadola100 im 19 years old and i love this music

@elizabethlinsay9193

Esteban tr: I'm so happy for you! Never stop listening!!

@elizabethlinsay9193

5y↑2

Peter Shaw: I'm with you on this one. I grew up from an early age listening to this music from a toddler on up. Each rendition has its beauty and its charm. Judy Garland's version was a stunner and she was years younger than Helen Forrest. I'm sorry to bore you. You probably already know this.

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@GereDJ2

8y↑190

My Mom grew up in this era and would always sing these great old songs in the kitchen when I was a kid. That's how I got to know all of them. She was a really good singer, too! These era songs always remind me of a much saner, happier time.

@mikeengland7468

3y↑5

My Mother did exactly the same thing and this was one her ' greatest hits'...

@shirleybalinski4535

2y↑1

My Mom sang too..dishes, cooking, kniting, what ever. That's where I also learned alot of songs & the words. Dad played a variety of different horns( sax,trombone,trumpet) that helped too!! Of course they were WW2.

@GereDJ2

2y↑2

@Shirley Balinski My mom sounded much like Jo Stafford, looked a bit like her too. "You Belong To Me" was another one I learned from her "Kitchen" renditions.

@donnalayton6876

46w↑2

I grew up then too. Love the music of 20s, 30s, 40s & most of 50s

@SteffiReitsch

16w↑2

Helen Forrest and the HJ orchestra were wonderful. RIP Hellen Forrest 1917- 1999. RIP Harry James 1916- 1983.

@portes123321

9y↑172

I wasn´t even born during this video. I don´t care what people say, nobody will ever be able to make music like they used to. Romance, finesse and beauty and gentleness was everything. What happened to mankind, please do tell.

@cordeg6724

8y↑4

+Roenie that would be a brilliant hypotheses if it weren't for the fact that Capitalism in America was by the time of this recording already pretty long in the tooth. so, PORTES PORTES' question really boils down to this: why is it that mankind -- not merely here and there, but across a broad spectrum -- cannot seem to avoid being corrupted today when they seemed to be able to manage pretty well and maintain a life-affirming culture in which talent was respected more than gimmicks and "edge" (a nice word for crassness) when this recording was new? Capitalism hasn't changed. Clearly, people have. in fact, to make reference to the "humanity" of the population, it was always true that the "rich" tended to lord it over the poor, but today even the middle-class does so -- the great masses seem to have decided they don't want to be associated with the poor, but rather with the well-off, with the unavoidable result that the wide breadth of middle-class spend so much of their money at big-box stores and other outlets, buying stuff that's made like crap but LOOKS high-end: so they can pretend to be "better" (at least what is now in their minds better) than they are. in fact, what seems so obvious today is that the greatest block of the demographic now professes to love "humanity" just as much as we used to, but now in practice actually hates (or at least disdains) actual individual humans. it wasn't Capitalism that spoiled the party, but the party-goers. the fault, my friend, lies not in our wallets, but in our selves.

@portes123321

Gerard Cordelli Forgive me for being helpless romantic. Yes, I am quite aware how capitalism has destroyed everything. In terms of music and culture the destruction started back at the beginning of the 19 century. Sad isn´t it. I agree with you 100 percent; my question is what are we going to do to change this. I am trying to do my part; how about you.

@cordeg6724

8y↑3

+PORTES PORTES alas, you may be "quite aware" of this, but i can't join you in any sob story regarding Capitalism as the destroyer of anything. i'm not a "helpless romantic", but rather driven to assess things logically whether i like where the logic leads or not. people used to be able to handle the responsibilities of Capitalism -- and thrive within it -- but today people seem to have lost sight of their place in the world, don't seem inclined to handle responsibility, and the other side of that coin i believe is they no longer demand much from anyone else either -- including (but not limited to) what they look to for entertainment. cute kitten videos, crappy music that sounds "edgy" but is actually vacuous and banal, cable tv that boasts titillation as its draw but is actually merely boorish, and a blogosphere that claims to expose ideas and ideals across the planet but which mostly airs childish nonsense. and all the while people are applauding -- because they've lost the ability to tell worthwhile from worthless, art from trash, eloquence from profanity. meanwhile, they are following the same trend as their entertainment, lowering their expectations of themselves as they do of their entertainers, and increasingly giving crap in exchange for the crap they are increasingly willing to accept. in the face of it all, they look for someone or something else to blame: Politicians, The Top 1%, Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Corporations in general, or the catch-all of Capitalism as an economic system -- but the simple fact is that everyone of these things is simply a collection or people or a system of interaction between people. people are different now. they weren't ruined by any of the things they want to blame; they ruined themselves. and they don't want to be LIKE the people who listened to Harry James or watched Fred Astaire, so they don't GET a Harry James or Fred Astaire; they get Miley Cyrus and Lady GaGa gyrating in a "meat dress" -- entertainment that's a good as its consumers.

@bobwojnarowski6997

8y↑6

+PORTES PORTES It's not capitalism, it's greed there is a difference.

@nakedmambo

7y↑1

greed and capitalism are natural bedfellows. Always have been and always will be. There's no trying to rescue the one from the other.

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@hachinohehorse

9y↑507

Don't you wish you could take your best gal to a place and hear this type of music and do some serious dancing/romancing. Yeah brother!!!!!!

@michellepepper8520

9y↑31

Hachinohehorse I know bring back the romance not the skanky music

@kscape100

9y↑13

Hachinohehorse YES YES YES I do.

@elizabethsheridan3237

black iiuuugumichelle pepper 🌶 and the new queen I love you so cute I can't

@jobob47

5y↑5

endgame. nuff said.

@NeonDefense385

5y↑7

Only works back then lol nobody likes this type of music nowadays but I do

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@thebuzzard577

7y↑3

I am. 95 grew up on these bands. WWII flew B25's. Kept up morale.

@roberthelms1737

Thanks for your service Jack.

@neilaltschuler6064

2y↑5

I remember seeing my parents dancing like that at weddings. I was memorized. Never forget it. I'm 66 now still miss them. When I saw them dance, I knew they lived each other more than I knew

@neilaltschuler6064

Same here

@MrMenelaos77

2y↑19

This is just hypnotic. What an era that was.

@FTWLiveMusicScene

4y↑16

My Grandmother used to listen to Helen Forest, I had allot of my musical influence from Her - Such beautiful music, such beautiful times - So much more innocent & pure back then, the songs wreak of such beauty & warmth of the heart..almost brings tears to the eyes, What an amazing time to be alive..People actually talked to each other back then & families spent time together.

@maureen1938

42w↑1

SO TRUE...THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH AND NOT FOR THE BETTER !!

@keithschultz7736

3y↑3

Emmy I just read your comment and was blown away, I couldn't agree more. My uncle was a veteran of ww2 and saw much combat in the P.I and New Guinea . He met my aunt Polly during this time and this music reminds me of them so much. They would still listen to this music later in their life (records) and when I hear it it takes me back to the time spent with him and all the stories. America was diff then and im afraid for our future, but I know that Warren and Polly are in that ballroom in the sky and this music plays forever.

@Wolfsky9

3y↑2

I was born 20 years too late --------------I never, ever tire of this music.--------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o

@28drago

6y↑10

Wonderful song--trumpet and voice. I am honored to have met and chatted with Ms. Forrest in the 1990's.

@BluebirdFrank

4y↑3

Sitting on the sofa chilling and browsing you tube for these wonderful old tunes and the hours have just flown by.

Brought up in the sixties on three tv channels and always loved the old movies with real stars who could act sing and dance.

Still lucky enough to have my dear 94 year old dad with me and though he had many hardships in his life I envy him going to the movies and dances and living in such innocent and simple times

@leelarson107

3y↑17

This is it, folks. It doesn't get any better than this. Nothing and no one will ever surpass The Maestro, Harry James.

@HRedner

7y↑58

Happy 91st Birthday to my beloved Dad, who died last year. His favorite artist ever was Harry James and in the latter day, Herb Alpert. Thanks to Dad, I gained my lifelong love of horns from him.

@hythmeo_o1181

5y↑1

Condolences m8

@bennyjazzful

12y↑10

IT CERTAINLY WAS THE GOLDEN ERA OF BIG BANDS. MUST HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO HAVE SEEN THESE BANDS LIVE. NEVER BE THIS AMOUNT OF TALENT & SWEET MUSIC AROUND AGAIN,I THINK WELL DONE

@richardrussette2635

10y↑137

I remember taking a date in 1949, We were in high school t see Harry James at
the Walled Lake Casino. I love the Big Bands.

@nevillefilar6931

3y↑27

My grandma’s favourite song. She used to sing it to me when I was a kid. What a character she was. And this is a sublime version of it. From James’s beautiful tone and phrasing to the incomparable Miss Forrest. Perfection.

@alanrandall49

5y↑12

The voice of Helen Forrest and trumpet of Harry James, it doesn't get much better than that!

@TrilloSuede

4y↑1

Yes, a magical combination. Such a sweet song, performed by the sweetest voice and the sweetest trumpet playing. They don't write 'em like that anymore, nor perform 'em like that anymore. (sigh)

@jamesmc1016

6y↑10

My Mother and Father who were Both WWII vets introduced me to "their" music some time ago, and I have always loved it. Wonderful to hear this and so much more from the "Greatest Generation" that ever was. As my Mom lay dying 5 and half years ago, our family played tunes such as this for her in her room when she was in a coma. We know she could hear the music she loved. I miss you Mom and Dad R.I.P.

@barbaraalauro

3y↑8

Wonderful 3:21 minutes that felt like 30 seconds, i could spend all day enjoying this beautiful music! I really feel every note as if I was born to listen to these artists, even though I was born in 1999.

@sandraseaton9782

3y↑5

Helen Forrest really made this song. Her delivery, her phrasing, she is just one extraordinary vocalist. I am so lucky that I was able to hear this amazing talent. Happy International Women's Day! Hats off to Helen!

@callumnye2562

Hello Sandra, how are you doing?

@joanbeach462

5y↑4

My mom was born in 1915. She had a little radio in the kitchen and she played this music and sang along. She died in 2015 when she was 100 years old.

@karlhungus5554

Your Mom was part of "The Greatest Generation." May she rest in peace. That would likely mean you're part of "The Silent Generation." I admire both groups.

@JoeHarkinsHimself

4y↑1

Look at what you had. Couples in gentle union, moving in harmony and grace to the music. Somewhere around 1960 you lost it. Now there's only these clips to show what was lost and will never return. As someone in his twenties at that time, let me tell you, it was awesome.

@FTWLiveMusicScene

3y↑10

Helen Forrest has the voice of an Angel, just melts me every time..RIP Grandma thank you for sharing & getting me into this kind of music..This is real music, not the garbage you hear today. BTW who are the creeps that gave this video a thumbs down, WHAT ??

@iggypalooka2940

6y↑7

Helen Forrest was considered the "Queen" of the big bands." She was an excellent singer with perfect pitch and control. Her voice got more powerful with each passing decades. One of my favorites!

@bobbywimsy6741

corey ingison Fortunately that powerful quality was not that of a large Wagnerian soprano with a glass shattering can belto.

@Niiiko895

2y↑2

How about people like Annette Hanshaw or Al Bowlly or many others?

@MOGGS1942

@Chemist Zombie Two fantastic singers. I have CD's of both.

@MOGGS1942

1y↑1

She fronted for Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James. Some CV eh ?
Goodman was mean to her, but the other two adored her.

@Niiiko895

@moggs if only we could have gotten Russ Morgan and Helen Forrest to make a song together, it could have been perfect

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@deedeescrystalblueclassics3973

29w↑2

Absolutely fabulous..this was the music of my parents era..they were so fortunate to be able to enjoy such talented artists. 🎤🎺🎭

@kat-den

3y↑2

In a way, I did grow up with it...parents did, Dad was in the War and Dear Mama was waiting with heart in hand...he made it home from Iwo. So thankful. My Brother and I had wonderful life, not in the way of greenbacks, but LOVE! Now my daughter knows this music, thank You So Much!!! I guess that's part of where we get our Morals and Patriotism from...GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THOSE THAT SACRIFICED FOR OUR FREEDOM!!! PLEADING - DONT CHANGE IT🙏🇺🇲

@druidmerlyn

3y↑1

I listen to Pandora a lot in my truck. I primarily use the shuffle option and among my various channels I have a Helen Forrest channel.
One night I was bringing my wife home from her job and a Helen Forrest number came up.
About a quarter way into the song right when Helen begins singing, my wife starts talking.
"How dare you interrupt the great Helen Forrest," I exclaimed.
My wife gave me that 'excuse me look and replied, "Oh she sounds like every other female singer of the 40s."
"Not so," came my retort.
"Every other female singer of the 40's TRIED to sound like Helen Forrest!"

@THEONLYETP

22w

My uncle from WWII found out I liked Harry James and became a life long friend. Great music transcends time.

@isabelsalinas6748

8y↑11

This comment cannot even begin to describe the beauty and gentleness of this song and other songs within this era... Who sings like this anymore? Enjoy this music and just hear the emotion and passion in it and that's the amazing part

@williamlrobinson6293

8y↑52

To Pearl Grey: I played during the big band area, so I can agree with your comments. It is refreshing for me when a young person can enjoy this music. People who wrote the words to these songs were lyricists. That is not true with today's songs. I hope you continue to enjoy this music.

@hepkatjones392

6y↑5

This is the only music I love the 20s 30s 40s

@rustycalvera977

6y↑32

you don't need to be born at the time these great songs came about to feel em....it's as if they blew in on the breeze...and everyone can feel the breeze.

@robertovens9372

29w↑1

A beautiful song sang by the very talented Helen Forest,modern music has lost the Passion that these singers used to put into their songs.Outstanding!

@teresadilts7331

6y↑25

Those were the days of music and dancing. Real music and dancing. None of this baring of the body, women left their clothes on. And music that you could dance to with a partner. My Grams used to tell me about it. She had her 78s. She taught her children to dance, my daddy taught me. Those were the days I tell you.

@estellabernard3441

4y↑3

They don't make it like that anymore

@TheRAFfc

7y↑1

I WAS BORN BEFORE AND LOVED ALL OF THEM, MISS THEM AND SO LONG TO GO BACK AND LIVE AGAIN WITYH THEM ALL. GOD BLESS THEM. :) THANK YOU FOR RECORDING ALL OF THIS SO WE MAY LIVE AGAIN.

@jonathanleslie7646

5y↑15

Although I was born several years after this era, to me it's the greatest music of all and I envy my siblings and parents who were able to listen to this music when it was live. I would have loved to have met Helen, she's just the best.

@sunbeambee

7y↑102

@Christine-wi1dl

5y↑3

@Darla H Thank you for sharing the Lyrics. Muchly appreciated.

@Wolfsky9

5y↑1

I'm a child of the 50's & 60's, but I'd gladly trade it to have been raised on this music------it's m y kind , & I'm just grateful we can keep it here on YT. ----------------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o

@mjlejer3241

4y↑8

My goodness, seeing and hearing Harry James play again always touches my heart! He came to our school many years ago, and I was chosen to accompany him on a number he played for an occasion in our auditorium. I don't remember the details anymore, but I sure do remember his playing, he's been a favorite horn player of mine every since. He was a true treasure!

@ddkoda

10y↑4

Another hit from the Harry James organization. Helen had such a warm, sweet voice. She really helped to round out Harry's orchestra. Helen really enhanced any band she appeared with. For a brief period of time in the early 40's she was considered the most popular singer in the US.

@juneahernauthor

9y↑62

my Mom used to sing this (she'll be 95 in 2015) and many other oldies while playing the piano....these are my thoughts of her forever.

@paulpitt52

9y↑22

God Bless her!

@gabespetit1006

6y↑3

June Ahern - Guess we had the same kind of beautiful Mom. Cheers!

@noelmaldonado5117

6y↑1

June Ahern is this her favorite song? And also I know this an old comment

@harryburke1457

5y↑5

I was probably still in my father's loins when this was popular I'm certain my mom and dad danced to this when they were young. What a treasure thanks for sharing.

@bobbywimsy6741

Harry Burke Remember the eggs that made us all possible; thus we tip our non existent hats to the age of woman.

@Jade-uy5vv

4y↑5

Harry James and Glen Miller are one of my favorites to listen to on my lazy Sunday. Pure gold 💛💛

@ildeuraimundodasilva8230

7y↑67

Harry James and Helen Forrest. Voice of angel,just beautiful ! Tank you for the good memories.
greetings from Brazil.

@richardmann9772

Ildeu Silva was it a :dream

@richardmann9772

Was it a dream

@jeffcraven7376

lldeu Silva, Sorry for the late reply, Helen Forrest did it for me with her voice even in the early 1970's. Elis Regina always & everyday! Greetings from the U.S.

@colinbryan8903

I can remember dancing like that . Why was it always anti-clockwise

@GabrielRodrigues-nw3ie

Greetings from Brazil 2018 !? 😍❤

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@ernestcurtis6209

8y↑27

Really enjoyed Harry James at our ship dance in 1944. Also was able to see Kitty Kallen while my ship was anchored in Long Beach after a long service in the Pacific.

@MrTrackman100

8y↑4

+Ernest Curtis I'm reading about the Pacific campaign now (Ian Toll). All honor to all who served there. Brutal time but you did have the best music in those days!!

@royphil4311

@MOGGS1942

8y↑41

Oh what bliss. The wonderful Harry James, plus his orchestra, and the delectable Helen Forrest.

@balerick48

10y↑1

Oh Helen......you made ME love YOU, Dear.............thanks for all the beautiful music...

@jackierave

7y↑2

Thank you so much.. I love coming to find these songs from that great era and great generation.. so lovely...

@fremlinmartel8223

Hello Jackie, How are you doing?

@Wolfsky9

6y↑3

I just know it : I was born ten years too late. I love this music, & never, ever, tire of it. ------------Harry james was a good guy--a class act. & Helen Forrest has a gorgeous voice. ------------------------WolfSky9, 71 y/o

@rustycalvera977

5y↑3

I just love this.....the mics they had back then, while not picking up much high range had that warm and dreamy quality that is so good...beautiful....just beautiful

@thomassicard3733

2y↑5

Goodness!!!! Helen Forrest was/is such a perfect vocalist!!!!

@monicabella7894

Check out Jo Stafford

@philiponcale1820

36w↑2

No auto-tune, no overdubbing, no digital manipulation. Just great musianship.

@raymondlepere2254

My dad was staff organist at cbs and nbc in the 1940’s in Hollywood, He introduced me to most band leaders and movie stars of the era. Quite a thrill for a youngster. Remember Queen for a day? He played that show for several years? He also played Suspense, and several other mystery shows. He was Dale Evans pianist for several years. As a result we were a Republic studios a lot.Thats where i metJohn Wayne. We would have parties at our home where our guest list would include Roy and Dale, and lots musicians . Great times for an impressionable 9 year old. Where did the time go? I am 83 years old and cherish those wonderful memories.

@tapialuisenriquetapia2201

5y↑7

Caramba que magníficas personas que comparten esta bella música con todo el mundo merecen el cielo. Felicidades

@cbmasterchief

2y↑5

A true class performance by Harry James the trumpet player and Helen Forrest.

@petershaw80

6y↑5

Harry James could play anything . Helen was the best big band singer ever. This is a bit schmaltzy but marvellous at the time. Great to hear and see it as it was.

@xiolaamapola3180

8y↑8

Better music was never made, you can see she really did love Harry James. This is musical perfection ❤ oh to have lived then..........

@osocool1too

3y↑1

I wonder why 274 poor demented souls gave this lovely old clip a thumbs down...well thumbs down to them. 👎

@adriennekraft2381

5y↑3

My mom taught me this song when I was a kid. Good to hear it, thanks for posting.

@Kelly-nm4kw

Hello Adrienne, How are you doing?

@davecrowder7312

5y↑11

I so love this era of music and even the life-style. More difficult? YES. But so much simpler.

@thais.salesvieira

2y↑25

Aquele tipo de canção que te transporta pra uma época que você não viveu, mas que parece que fez parte da sua vida mesmo assim.

@drewsagar2634

Indeed they do

@judithfielding980

2y↑1

Judy Fielding
I’m 83 and simply love this music it brings back so many happy memories, it touches the heart. How marvellous to hear lyrics that tell a story and say what people cannot sometimes convey to those they are falling in love with.

@paacer

7y↑23

Everything about this clip is class . I love that Helen walks on 1.30 min into the song .

@ruthshapiro4613

3y↑1

JUST LOVED HIS MUSIC….sorry he is GONE NOW!!!!!

@generationll

8y↑19

Discovered this great song on December 7,1991.Will never forget it

@bobbywimsy6741

5y↑1

generationll December 7th, 1991, a date that will swing in blissful harmony

@carolynhughes8364

7y↑41

Oh for the romance of that era to return to this crazy world

@fremlinmartel8223

Hello Carolyn, How are you doing?

@adabsiz2000

8y↑279

This was the time when "romance" was not a dirty word !!

@jonawolfram8289

5y↑14

Sometimes I wish, I could travel back in time...

@marglam6123

5y↑11

You betcha. It wasn't my era but I sure love the romance back then. Rare today. Very hard to find.

@itsmissmia

5y↑15

Romance has never been a dirty word and I disagree that it's hard to find nowadays. We all see what we want to see. If you're only focusing on the negative, the uninspiring and the selfish greed then that's all you're going to see.

@jackdonohue7893

5y↑10

It’s never been a dirty word.

@whitebear224

3y↑2

When has it ever been a dirty word

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@bethfgomes1313

39w↑5

Absolutamente lindas canção, interpretação ❤

@jamesodonnell6399

1y↑1

Trumpet playing Harry James then the voice just so easy listening ❤remembered still ber

@caseyjonessnr1200

4y↑6

What a superb singer Helen Forrest was

@JoeHarkinsHimself

7y↑40

amidst all the excellent instrumental work and gorgeous arrangement and great singing and solid camera work, please notice what the people were doing. It's what all of us born before 1950 grew up knowing how to do.

We put our arms around each other, pressed our bodies together and melted into the beat as a couple. Dancing.

Let me tell those who have never experienced hours of it at a time in a ballroom or night club, while dressed and groomed and mentally eager for the occasion . . . but I really can't. Words cannot describe the feelings.

But watch these dancers, even if they are just hired extras, and try to imagine what it was like.

@ashleygalura4248

7y↑7

Thank you so much for this. I have always dreamed of real dancing, known that somewhere out there, at some point in human history it existed.... Then I read this. I compliment you, for your description is spellbinding. If I could only experience this feeling once, I would be complete. I hope you are truly grateful for the gift you've been given, for having what me and my fellow teenagers of this generation will go a lifetime without.

@CanOfBacon

7y↑4

Man do I wish I lived back in the 40's

@JoeHarkinsHimself

7y↑2

Bacon OK, back to the forties, but you do know you will be giving up TV, internet, cable, GPS, antibiotics, civil rights, strawberries in winter, smartphones, birth control, and Lady GaGa?

@CanOfBacon

7y↑7

Even tough you'll lose that, you'll get back a much simpler time. I would want to give up all my modern luxeriers to live back in that era

@JoeHarkinsHimself

7y↑5

Ashley Galura yes I do. I am constantly bemused that I have lived this long in surprisingly good health aside from a few close calls along the way, with my memory mostly intact. I claim no spiritual or moral basis for any of that. I just think I won the genetic Lottery. many times, when I see and experience new things, new events, new ideas, I wish my father was alive to enjoy them.

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@Videographic69

12y↑6

Brings me back, even though I'm 24..

@toddavis7312

7y↑2

Helen Forest---beautiful as her vocalizing, alleluia! And Harry James-simply incredible-amen.

@mysticakhenaton1701

36w↑2

a LONG but GREAT, bygone era.

@kennethpogwizd4713

5y↑2

I am 75 years old, and I grew up listening to this music on my dad's Webcore phonograph.

@FallNorth

4y↑11

Her voice is like the finest velvet, you can't imagine how it could be purer.

@hipocampelofantocame

5y↑4

I was 8 years old when this film came out during the war, and there weren't
many, as today, so I can still remember remember this song. Life was better
and had more meaning in those days. I'd hate to be growing up now.

@johnwarner4849

5y↑1

As a Big band trumpet player, I have always idolised Harry James!

@fernmann7

none better

@DetTigerFan

7y↑1

This was my Mom & Dad's song. They used to love to dance to this tune. I'm sure they are dancing to this very tune in heaven now.

@robie1482

I Love this music 😍❤️ Adorable ❤️💙 Greetings from New York 🗽🌹😘💕🎶

@kayjones6147

31w

Even though swing music was a few years after my teen years of the late 40s, it was still very much around. And more than one weekend night, my then sweetheart but later husband would be at a nearby recreation place that had a huge lake with swimming and bowling and an open air pavilion built out over the lake with a juke box and dance floor dancing closely to the music such as "You Made Me Love You".
It was the sweetest of memories and times of my now 88 years old life. And I can recall that as though it were only yesterday.
I lost that sweetheart of mine 23 years ago after 48 years of marriage.
But he's still in my heart, still is my heart and songs like this, those days come flooding back, bringing tears of love, joy and happiness.

@valterraz35

An era gone--These Golden hits and magnificent orchestras will survive the test of time. Although I was only a very young boy during this period I came away with an enduring love of truly great music No t v. no internet only imagination to fuel inspiration brought by RADIO broadcast. The very significant shortcoming of this time was the tragedy of WW-2 and the shroud of calamity and death, that it cast upon everyone. Bittersweet but also a momentous era which brought about World change and we lost loved ones, friends.

@medmond6

10y↑32

Queen of the band singers.. luv ya Helen.

@bdavis7981

8y↑3

+Ed McDowell Best of the field. That phrasing she puts on "I've never made love by lantern shine" from I'm Beginning to See the Light gets me every time.

@antoniodethomaztoni2246

Ed McDowell no

@edmondmcdowell9690

4y↑2

Helena Forest had that wonderful "girl next door (who could really sing) voice" and sang with Goodman, Shaw and James. I was born in '42 but love the bands to this day. Pop music was never better.

@hollydrucker1985

5y↑2

Sadly, I was born to late. I love this music and the era it come from.

@ruthevelynshapiro2002

6y↑7

JUST LOVE HARRY JAMES’s “YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU”.....(SAW HIM ON STAGE IN PITTSBURGH..PA ...(sometime during 1945-46)

@Kelly-nm4kw

Hello Ruth, How are you doing?

@BellaPeninah

12y↑4

I'm living in this period of time now and I am grateful, but I could so appreciate this past era of elegance. Where people actually dressed up nicely to go out socializing, dining and dancing looking like a million bucks. Whereas now...going out to a club or dance hall, now seems to entail no etiquette, minimal clothing, watching x-rated behavior right before your eyes and any assemblance of dignity flies right out the window!

@ronnieyeary230

3y↑4

This beautiful young lady was only 25 when she and James made the movie "Private Buckaroo" from which this is a clip from.
She could certainly melt my heart strings with this tune.

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