Be My Love
| "Be My Love" | ||||
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| Single by Mario Lanza | ||||
| B-side | "I'll Never Love You" | |||
| Released | 1950 | |||
| Recorded | 1950 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor Red Seal | |||
| Composer(s) | Nicholas Brodszky | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Sammy Cahn | |||
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"Be My Love" is a song written by Sammy Cahn and music by Nicholas Brodszky. Published in 1950, it was written for Mario Lanza, who sang it with Kathryn Grayson in the 1950 movie The Toast of New Orleans. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950 but lost to "Mona Lisa". Lanza recorded it on June 27, 1950, with Ray Sinatra's orchestra.
Lanza's 1950 RCA Victor recording of the song was his first gold record, eventually selling over two million copies. The song reached number one on the Billboard chart, where it spent a total of 34 weeks. "Be My Love" was the theme song for Lanza's NBC radio program, The Mario Lanza Show (1951–52). "Be My Love" became so closely associated with Lanza that he grew tired of the song and resorted to spoofing it in private.