Throughout the 1950s and early-1960s, Jackie Gleason enjoyed a secondary mu… Read Full Bio ↴Throughout the 1950s and early-1960s, Jackie Gleason enjoyed a secondary music career, lending his name to a series of best-selling mood music albums with jazz overtones for Capitol. Gleason felt there was a ready market for romantic instrumentals. He recalled seeing Clark Gable play love scenes in movies, and the romance was, in his words, "magnified a thousand percent" by background music. Gleason reasoned, "If Gable needs music, a guy in Brooklyn must be desperate!"

Gleason could not read or write music in a conventional sense; he was said to have conceived melodies in his head and described them vocally to staff help. He did likewise with the well-remembered themes of both The Jackie Gleason Show ("Melancholy Serenade") and The Honeymooners ("You're My Greatest Love"). There has been some controversy over the years as to how much credit Gleason should have received for the finished products; it has been written that beyond the possible conceptualizing of many of the songs, Gleason had no direct involvement such as conducting in the making of these recordings. However, his main musical companion, cornetist and trumpeter Bobby Hackett once said: "Jackie knows a lot more about music than people give him credit for. I have seen him conduct a sixty-piece orchestra and detect one discordant note in the brass section. He would immediately stop the music and locate the wrong note. It always amazed the professional musicians how a guy who technically did not know one note from another could do that. And he was never wrong."

Born February 26, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He died on June 24, 1987

Louise
Jackie Gleason Lyrics

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Wonderful! Oh, it's wonderful
To be in love with you.
Beautiful! You're so beautiful,
You haunt me all day through.

Every little breeze seems to whisper "Louise."
Birds in the trees seem to twitter "Louise."
Each little rose

Tells me it knows I love you, love you.

Every little beat that I feel in my heart,
Seems to repeat, What I felt from the start,
Each little sigh
Tells me that I adore you, Louise.

Just to see and hear you
Brings joy I never knew.
But to be so near you,
Thrills me through and through.

Anyone can see why I wanted your kiss,
It had to be But the wonder is this:
Can it be true,
Someone like you could love me, Louise?

Innocent! You're so innocent
And gentle as a dove.
Heaven sent! You were heaven sent,
An angel from above.

Every little breeze seems to whisper "Louise."
Birds in the trees seem to twitter "Louise."
Each little rose
Tells me it knows I love you, love you.

Every little beat that I feel in my heart,
Seems to repeat, What I felt from the start,
Each little sigh
Tells me that I adore you, Louise.

Often when I'm gloomy
And in my lonely room.
Thoughts of you come to me,
Like a sweet perfume.

Anyone can see why I wanted your kiss,
It had to be But the wonder is this:

Can it be true,
Someone like you could love me, Louise?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Jackie Gleason's song Louise are a romantic declaration of love towards Louise, the subject of the song. The singer describes the wonderful feeling of being in love with her and how her beauty haunts him throughout the day. The whisper of her name by the breeze and the twitter of birds seem to remind him of her, and every little rose seems to tell him that it knows he loves her. He feels every beat of his heart repeating what he felt from the start and every little sigh tells him that he adores her.

Line by Line Meaning

Wonderful! Oh, it's wonderful To be in love with you.
Being in love with you is the greatest thing I have ever encountered and I cherish it so much.

Beautiful! You're so beautiful, You haunt me all day through.
You are stunningly beautiful and I am constantly mesmerized by your beauty throughout the day.

Every little breeze seems to whisper "Louise." Birds in the trees seem to twitter "Louise." Each little rose Tells me it knows I love you, love you.
I see and hear traces of you everywhere I go - the gentle breeze, the sweet songs of birds and the beautiful roses all remind me of how much I love you.

Every little beat that I feel in my heart, Seems to repeat, What I felt from the start, Each little sigh Tells me that I adore you, Louise.
From the moment I fell in love with you, every heartbeat and every little breath I take is a reminder that I adore you so much, Louise.

Just to see and hear you Brings joy I never knew. But to be so near you, Thrills me through and through.
The mere thought of you brings joy to my life, but being close to you fills me up with a sense of excitement that I have never felt before.

Anyone can see why I wanted your kiss, It had to be But the wonder is this: Can it be true, Someone like you could love me, Louise?
It is obvious to everyone why I wanted your kiss, but what I am amazed about is whether it is true that someone so incredible, like you, could ever love someone like me, Louise.

Innocent! You're so innocent And gentle as a dove. Heaven sent! You were heaven sent, An angel from above.
Your innocence and gentleness are so pure and admirable, it is evident that you were sent from heaven as an angel.

Often when I'm gloomy And in my lonely room. Thoughts of you come to me, Like a sweet perfume.
In moments of loneliness and sadness, thoughts of you come to me and help uplift my spirits like a comforting fragrance of sweet perfume.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DAN OWE MICHAEL HYLANDER

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