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Loveliest Night Of The Year

(aka Over The Waves)

Music by Juventino Rosas and Irving Aaronson, Words by Paul Francis Webster - 1950

Number 2 on the Hit Parade in 1951, played for 23 weeks.

Chorus:
C	-	-	-
-	-	G7	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	C	-
-	-	-	-
-	C7	F	-
-	F#dim	C	A7
D7	G7	C	C7
Bridge:
F	-	-	-
-	-	C7	-
-	-	Gm7	C
-	-	F	G7
Ending:
C	-	-	-
-	C7	F	-
-	F#dim	C	A7
D7	G7	C	-   (repeat all)

12-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

This melody is the same as "Over The Waves" (click here)

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Chorus:
When you are in love,

It's the loveliest night of the year,
Stars twinkle above,

And you almost can touch them from here.
Words fall into rhyme,

Any time you are holding me near.
When you are in love,
It's the loveliest night of the year.

 

Bridge:

Waltzing along in the blue,

Like a breeze drifting over the sand,
Thrilled by the wonder of you,

And the wonderful touch of your hand,

 

Ending:

And my heart starts to beat,

Like a child when a birthday is near,
So, kiss me my sweet,

It's the loveliest night of the year.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Joe Maphis perform "Loveliest Night Of The Year" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com