Love and Marriage: Difference between revisions

"Love and Marriage" was introduced by [[Frank Sinatra]] in the 1955 television production of [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[Our Town (Producers' Showcase)|Our Town]]'', which aired on ''[[Producers' Showcase]]''. Sinatra went on to record two versions of the song. The first was recorded for [[Capitol Records]] on August&nbsp;15, 1955,<ref>[[Pete Welding|Welding, Pete]]: ''Sinatra 80th: All the Best'' (CD) liner notes, copyright 1995 by Capitol Records, catalog number CDP 7234 8 35952 2 8</ref> was used as the "title track" to the big screen Hollywood success [[(Love Is) The Tender Trap]], and became a major chart hit. (A competing version by [[Dinah Shore]] also achieved popularity.) This first recording appeared on the 1956 album ''[[This Is Sinatra!]]''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits|date=2004|publisher=Billboard Books|location=New York|isbn=0-8230-7499-4|page=575|edition=8th}}</ref> The second version was recorded for the [[Reprise Records]] album ''[[A Man and His Music]]'' on October 11, 1965.<ref>[[William Kennedy (author)|Kennedy, William]]: ''Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years'' (CD) liner notes, copyright 1991 by Reprise Records, catalog number 26501-2</ref> The Capitol version was later used as the [[theme music|theme song]] for the 1987–1997 [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] TV sitcom ''[[Married... with Children]]''.<ref>{{IMDb title|0092400qid=Q208647|title="Married with Children"}}</ref>