DEAN MARTIN - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE

On The Street Where You Love

DEAN MARTIN

SONGWRITER: LERNER, ALAN JAY & LOEWE, FREDERICK

COUNTRY: U S A

ALBUM: MAD LOVE/LP

LABEL: REPRISE

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1977

"On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, from the 1956 Broadway musical, My Fair Lady. It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production. In the 1964 film version, it was sung by Bill Shirley, dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett.

The most popular single of the song was recorded by Vic Damone in 1956 for Columbia Records. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart and #6 on Cashbox magazine's chart. It was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1958. Eddie Fisher also had a top 20Billboard hit with the song in 1956, reaching No. 18. Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra released a version that went to No. 96 in 1956. Andy Williams' recording appeared in the Billboard top 40 in 1964, reaching No. 3 on the adult contemporary chart and #28 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song has been recorded by a wide variety of other performers, including Ray Conniff, Andy Williams, Lawrence Welk (whose band also performed it on his weekly TV series numerous times), Doris Day, George Shearing, Frank Chacksfield, Alfie Boe, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Mario Lanza, Nat King Cole, Holly Cole, Marvin Gaye, Perry Como, Ray Reach, Harry Connick Jr., Gene Pitney, The Miracles (on their I'll Try Something New album), Earl Grant, Dennis DeYoung, Quincy Jones, David Whitfield, Nancy Wilson, Billy Porter, Ilse Huizinga, Matt Dusk, Richard Clayderman, Ricki Lee Jones, Mr Hudson & The Library, Peggy Lee, Vocal Spectrum, Steve Hogarth from Marillion and Bill Frisell, André Previn & Shelly Manne.

I have often walked

Down the street before,

But the pavement always

Stayed beneath my feet before.

All at once am i

Several stories high,

Knowing I’m on the street where you live.

Are there lilac trees

In the heart of town?

Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?

Does enchantment pour

Out of every door?

No, it’s just on the street where you live.

And oh, the towering feeling

Just to know somehow you are near

The overpowering feeling

That any second you may suddenly appear.

People stop and stare

They don’t bother me,

For there’s nowhere else on earth

That I would rather be.

Let the time go by,

I won’t care if i

Can be here on the street where you live.

People stop and stare

They don’t bother me,

For there’s nowhere else on earth

That I would rather be.

Let the time go by

I won’t care if i

Can be here on the street where you live,

Let me be on the street where you live.