NAT KING COLE - FASCINATION

FASCIANATION

NAT KING COLE

SONGWRITER: FERMO Dante marchetii & Dick manning

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: SINGS THE GREAT SONGS/THANK YOU, PRETTY BABY

LABEL: decca records

GENRE: waltz

YEAR: 1932

"Fascination" is a popular waltz song with music (1904) by Fermo Dante Marchetti and lyrics (1905) by Maurice de Féraudy (English lyrics by Dick Manning). It featured in the 1933 film The House on 56th Street, starring Kay Francis, was adapted for the soundtrack of the 1946 film, The Diary of a Chambermaid, starring Paulette Goddard, and then popularized in the 1955 movie The Grand Maneuver by René Clair. The theme was also used prominently in the b&w French film version of Gigi (1949) by Jacqueline Audry. Lastly, it also gained international renown when used in the 1957 movie Love in the Afternoon by Billy Wilder.

A recording by Jane Morgan was released by Kapp Records as catalog number 191, which proved to become her signature song. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 9, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #7; on the Best Seller chart, at #12; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #11.

It was fascination I know, and it might have ended

Right there at the start,

Just a passing glance,

Just a brief romance, and I might have gone on

my way,

Empty hearted

It was fascination I know,

Seeing you alone with the moonlight above,

Then I touched your hand and next moment

I kissed you,

Fascination turned to love...