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Frank Sinatra

If I Loved You

1945 · via Jeff Lynne

Frank Sinatra’s 1945 recording of “If I Loved You” is the earliest release on file. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Dinah Washington (released 1951), Elvis Presley (released 1997) and Shirley Jones & Gordon MacRae (released 1956), among 222 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Frank Sinatra – If I Loved You
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The guy who built all those layered ELO records went digging in the Rodgers and Hammerstein songbook, and Sinatra had this one on record back in 1945. Play them back to back and hear how far a good melody travels.

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Credited writers: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1945.

Other recordings on file · first release year

222 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-2767 · No. 0033, Oct 16, 2026.

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Jeff Lynne, the ELO and Traveling Wilburys man, recorded "If I Loved You." Who wrote it alongside Oscar Hammerstein II?Richard Rodgers
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