1957 Nelson Riddle - Till There Was You (Sue Raney, vocal) (45)

Written and first recorded in 1950 with the title “Till I Met You” (listen here:    • 1st RECORDING OF: Till There Was You (as ‘...   ), Meredith Willson’s minor lyric alterations resulted in this familiar ballad being included in the score of his award-winning 1957 Broadway smash “The Music Man.” Per the Second Hand Songs website, this lovely Riddle/Raney release was the first commercial recording of the song, though it wouldn’t be until 1959 that Anita Bryant turned it into a national record hit:    • 1959 HITS ARCHIVE: Till There Was You - An...   Transferred from 45 single Capitol 3847 - Till There Was You (Meredith Willson) by Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra, vocal by Sue Raney ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1980. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here:    / @the45prof98   ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! The45Prof The78Prof AnotherProf