The Touch of Your Lips
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"The Touch of Your Lips" is a popular romantic standard composed by British bandleader and songwriter Ray Noble, widely performed and recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Touch of Your Lips canonical | 1 |
| The Touch of Your Lips (song) | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ray Noble and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ray Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later jazz ballad interpretations ⓘ |
| hasLyricalStyle | romantic ⓘ |
| hasMelodicStyle | lyrical ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
The Touch of Your Lips (Bill Evans recording)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Touch of Your Lips (Chet Baker recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Touch of Your Lips (Nat King Cole recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Touch of Your Lips (Tony Bennett recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType |
love song
ⓘ
romantic ballad ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ray Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being widely recorded by jazz vocalists
ⓘ
being widely recorded by pop vocalists ⓘ status as a standard in the Great American Songbook repertoire ⓘ |
| partOf |
standard jazz repertoire
ⓘ
traditional pop repertoire ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
commonly interpreted with rubato introductions
ⓘ
frequently arranged for big band with vocal feature ⓘ frequently arranged for small jazz combos ⓘ often performed at slow to medium-slow tempo ⓘ |
| performer |
Andy Williams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Art Tatum NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Chet Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Mathis NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Tormé NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ Nina Simone NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Peterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
intimacy
ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ tenderness ⓘ |
| usedAs |
jazz ballad feature for instrumentalists
ⓘ
jazz ballad feature for vocalists ⓘ |
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The Touch of Your Lips (song)