I'll Be Seeing You (song)

"I'll Be Seeing You" is a popular song about nostalgia, with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal.[1] Published in 1938, it was inserted into the Broadway musical Right This Way, which closed after fifteen performances.[2] The title of the 1944 film I'll Be Seeing You was taken from this song at the suggestion of the film's producer, Dore Schary. The song is included in the film's soundtrack. The earliest recording of the song was by Dick Todd in 1940 on the Bluebird label.[3]

"I'll Be Seeing You"
Song
Published1938 by Marlo Music Corporation
Composer(s)Sammy Fain
Lyricist(s)Irving Kahal

A resemblance between the main tune's first four lines and a passage within the theme of the last movement of Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony (1896) was pointed out by Deryck Cooke in 1970.[4] Mahler himself may have derived this passage from the overture to Daniel Auber's comic opera (Marco Spada (1852).

Billie Holiday's 1944 recording of the song was the final transmission sent by NASA to the Opportunity rover on Mars when its mission ended in February 2019.[5]

Discography

Notes
  1. Leonard, Hal (January 1, 1995). I'll Be Seeing You: 51 Songs of World War II. Hal Leonard Corp. p. 47. ISBN 978-0793537617.
  2. Leonard, Hal (January 1, 1995). I'll Be Seeing You: 51 Songs of World War II. Hal Leonard Corp. p. 12. ISBN 978-0793537617.
  3. "I'll Be Seeing You by Dick Todd". Internet Archive. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2020-04-21. Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Four stylii were used to transfer this record.
  4. Cooke's radio broadcast is described in Hans Keller, 'Truth & Music', Music and Musicians Magazine, November 1970
  5. Berger, Eric (February 13, 2019). "Opportunity did not answer NASA's final call, and it's now lost to us". Ars Technica.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 109. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  7. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 138. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  8. Gilliland, John (January 15, 1972). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #10". UNT Digital Library.
  9. "Poni-Tails I'll Be Seeing You Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
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