Till There Was You

"Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Willson for his 1957 musical play The Music Man, and which also appeared in the 1962 movie version. The song is sung by librarian Marian Paroo (Barbara Cook on Broadway, Shirley Jones in the film) to Professor Harold Hill (portrayed by Robert Preston) toward the end of Act Two.
The first recording of this song to be released came even before the original cast album version of January 1958. Promotional copies of the 45 rpm single, Capitol P3847, were released on November 26, 1957, even before the Broadway production had premiered on December 19. Produced by Nelson Riddle, it featured his orchestra and 17-year-old vocalist Sue Raney.
An earlier version of this song, Till I Met You, appeared on the January 14, 1951 edition of The Big Show, performed by Fran Warren.
In 1959, Anita Bryant recorded a single which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on the Cashbox Top 100; a 1962 instrumental version by Valjean was also popular.

The Beatles version"Till There Was You"
Song by The Beatles from the album With The Beatles
Released 22 November 1963
Recorded Abbey Road Studios:
18 and 30 July 1963
Genre Acoustic music
Length 2:16
Label Parlophone
Writer Meredith Willson
Producer George Martin

"Till There Was You"
The Beatles' version was included on their albums With The Beatles (UK release, 1963) and Meet The Beatles! (US release, 1964). The song was the only Broadway tune that the Beatles ever recorded.

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[6stringwood]

Hey Nick, As always beautiful work. There are so many outstanding jazz songs that have gone by with time and yet there are musicians like you that simply will not let them sit on a shelf. Thanks for sharing your collection of beautiful songs. Keep up the great work and enjoy your retirement as we enjoy your guitar playing. Take Care

Jim

[1moreguitarplayer]

@6stringwood Jim Thank you for listening. Truth is I only know these old songs.

Thank you for the goood wishes also.

Regards,

Nick

[Keesfarida]

Hoi Nick ,this is one of my favorite tunes you play, I play this also in a medley with Somewhere over the Rainbow ,check it out on Willdvd ,Isaid it before we have the same Taste ,only you play with Backingtracks. thats the different between us keep on playing Nick you are very good ,kind regards ,Kees.

[1moreguitarplayer]

@Keesfarida Kees I checked it out and added to the playlist I have of your tunes. Thank you for you kind words I appreciate it. I have and idea why don't we just exchange a list of our favorites. They probably would be a perfect match

Regards, Nick

[stabil71]

Hi Nick:

One of the very few presentations that slow the song down enough to allow the listener to have time to feel the love and warmth that the words and music were meant to convey by the writer. Suggestion....put a little more pause in the segments "But I never xxxx them at all" and "Till there was ypu". I thin this adds feeling drama to the "you".part.

Great job!

Always.

Phil

[1moreguitarplayer]

@stabil71 Phil thank you.

Nick

[1moreguitarplayer]

@FrankRMusic Hi Frank Thanks for the compliments. I am glad you enjoyed it.

Nick

[FrankRMusic]

Hi Nick, I love this tune, esp. as I´m a Beatlemaniac;-)))

I love to sing this one to the guitar.

Your Jazz way is great, the nice chords, the soloing...very good.

Thank you, Frank

[1moreguitarplayer]

@shalimarsgirl Evy Thank you for listening and your kind words.

Regards, Nick

[shalimarsgirl]

So nice and easy listening. Thanks Nick!