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Richard Rodgers

If I Loved You

1994 · via Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers’ earliest release of “If I Loved You” on file came out in 1994. Richard Rodgers shares the writing credit with Oscar Hammerstein II. The earliest release on file is Frank Sinatra’s, from 1945. 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.

Richard Rodgers – If I Loved You
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's "If I Loved You" made it all the way to Elvis Presley, which tells you how far a well-built song can travel. Play Elvis's version, then flip to Rodgers's own and hear the bones he gave everybody to work with.

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Credited writers: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

Earliest release on file: Frank Sinatra, 1945.

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222 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Richard Rodgers wrote "If I Loved You" with Oscar Hammerstein II, and Frank Sinatra had it on record early. Which unexpected singer also recorded it?Elvis Presley
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