Peak
8
Weeks
24
Score
3,620
Chart Year
1956
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe wrote this for the Broadway musical My Fair Lady. The song was almost cut after a preview in New Haven, Connecticut where it did nor register with the audiences as the singer was a minor character who had not been properly introduced. Lerner added some dialogue to introduce Freddie Eynsford-Hill as a possible threat to Professor Higgins, thus reminding who the character singing the song was and the song became a show-stopper. Vic Damone recorded the most successful version of this around the time the show opened. In 1964, anticipating the film release of My Fair Lady, Andy Williams released his version, which reached #28 in the US. >>
Oh, the towering feeling just to know somehow you are near I have often walked down this 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
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 21, 1956 | 62 | 64 |
| 2 | Apr 28, 1956 | 74 | 52 |
| 3 | May 5, 1956 | 64 | 62 |
| 4 | May 12, 1956 | 52 | 74 |
| 5 | May 19, 1956 | 46 | 80 |
| 6 | May 26, 1956 | 50 | 76 |
| 8 | Jun 9, 1956 | 25 | 101 |
| 9 | Jun 16, 1956 | 17 | 109 |
| 10 | Jun 23, 1956 | 16 | 110 |
| 11 | Jun 30, 1956 | 12 | 114 |
| 12 | Jul 7, 1956 | 10 | 116 |
| 13 | Jul 14, 1956 | 8 | 118 |
| 14 | Jul 21, 1956 | 9 | 117 |
| 15 | Jul 28, 1956 | 12 | 114 |
| 16 | Aug 4, 1956 | 11 | 115 |
| 17 | Aug 11, 1956 | 8 | 118 |
| 18 | Aug 18, 1956 | 11 | 115 |
| 19 | Aug 25, 1956 | 16 | 110 |
| 20 | Sep 1, 1956 | 19 | 107 |
| 21 | Sep 8, 1956 | 25 | 101 |