Dick Haymes "The More I See You"

[TheBiscocho2]

Oh! I just love this song.

[cw605]

Hey young people this is what they call a singer,

to bad a lot of you missed this.

The world would be different today if this music would have lasted.

Thanks for sharing this great music.

[kingusmcgee]

@cw605 Am proud to be part of the 1940's culture, my growing up years. And the music a reflection of it.

[LDis1]

What a fine voice... and a man he was, the late Dick Haymes. 

[MrWatanabehi]

There is no singer like Dick Haymes. His voice is like a God given.

[lawrie31]

@MrWatanabehi Dick Haymes OWNED this song...nobody could touch him on it, not even Frankie, for whom Haymes took over as the band singer for Tommy Dorsey when Sinatra decided to go out on his own. Dick had a few good years but never reached anywhere near the lucrative heights of Sinatra as a singer, actor and businessman. Too bad.

[rogharm]

found another favorite sung perfectly by dick haymes. he was great!!!!! thank you poster. rated highest 11+. love it. great orchestration arrangement!!!!! ROGHARM

[kingusmcgee]

Lest we forget, the great Hollywood composers of the 1930's & 40's who wrote all this great stuff for the bands and singers, Harry Warren (Salvatore Guaragna) 1893-1981 for this movie. And Dick Haymes was great.

[MustangVixen00]

music these days has no soul. bring back the crooners.

[foodafokkarez]

Very nice indeed except for the end bit.I wouldn't go for a girl who's got a habit of throwing things into the river etc.Use the bin, please.

[timwahl1]

Love this. Wholesome. Not the inane, acid stuff of today.

[jbrut]

Harry Warren was a genius as a tunesmith. Beginning in 1933 with "42nd Street", he was in demand at all the studios. Great songs or not, Darryl Zanuck couldn't make a star of Dick Haymes. Oh yeah, Diamond Horseshoe came out in 1945.

[pmccordsr1]

Does anyone know what year this film came out?

[kingusmcgee]

@pmccordsr1 : The More I see you and I Wish I knew both from the 1945 movie, "Diamond Horseshoe"

AKA "Billy Rose's Diamond Horsehoe"  20th Century Fox. Music by Harry Warren

[kingusmcgee]

Harry Warren wrote some beauties of that same 44-45 era. Another by Warren was

"I Wish I Knew." Also great Hollywood background orchestra.

[jazzfusionary]

I must have seen this movie a thousand times, I could see it a thousand more.

[countessyasmin]

Great singer - not like today rap -hate music no class.  Those were the days!!!

[kingusmcgee]

The More I See You is Dick Haymes' song yet to be matched.

[jazzfusionary]

@kingusmcgee there were many remakes. One got to be a hit I think in the late 60's, but Haymes' is the best.

[JubalCalif]

@kingusmcgee

I second that emotion! He was a gifted vocalist...and this is one of the most beautiful romantic ballads ever written! :-)

[kingusmcgee]

@JubalCalif : My favorite from the same '45 movie Diamond Horseshoe is "I Wish I Knew." But The More I See You from the same '45 movie also great.

[paulostroff99]

@kingusmcgee -Unmatchable.

[joeasmythe]

Brings back memories of the GREAT ERA, wish we could go back there now.

[aubmabuttip]

What a voice! Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!

[Astoriaguy23]

"John Dall?" LOL!! Dick Haymes, Harry Warren (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics). BRAVI TUTTI!! What a spectacular tune!

[roberich8]

curious hat

[predlycon]

i didn't know john dall could sing!

[FuelledByForties]

The more I hear you... The more I wish you were singing that song to me.

[FuelledByForties]

Mmmmm, don't you just dream to hear a voice like that singing to you.

[Jennings03]

Great stuff from yesteryear; I remember seeing the film.

[Etnecserc]

Never saw Betty Grable this young. And that dress - so chic!.

[songplugger]

THANK YOU for posting this classic clip! Such a beautiful song  - and WHY isn't this movie out on DVD?!

[Juliaflo]

@songplugger Props to Harry Warren for composing the delightful music.