Just Say I Love Her
{{Infobox song
| name = Just Say I Love Her
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| artist = Johnny Desmond
| B-side = If Anybody Does
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| released = {{Start date|1950}}
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| genre = Traditional pop
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=08}}
| label = MGM
| writer = Rodolfo Falvo, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale, Enzo Fusco, Martin Kalmanoff, Sam Ward
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"Just Say I Love Her" ("Just Say I Love Him" when recorded by a female singer) is a popular song, adapted from the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuje".:it:Dicitencello vuje{{Circular reference|date=March 2019}} The original music was written by Neapolitan composer Rodolfo Falvo in 1930;Wikipedia{{Circular reference|date=May 2022}} and was arranged in the United States by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale; the original Neapolitan lyrics by Enzo Fusco, and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward.{{cite web |title=ASCAP |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/title/Just%20Say%20I%20Love%20Her |website=ascap.com |accessdate=September 24, 2018}}
A recording by Johnny Desmond was made on January 20, 1950, and released by MGM (catalog number 10758). It reached No. 24 on the Billboard chart.
Vic Damone's 1950 recording of the song reached No. 13 on the Billboard chart.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/535 535]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/535}}
Recorded versions
- Johnny Desmond (1950)
- Frankie Avalon
- Tony Bennett (1950)
- Vic Damone (1950)
- Eddie Fisher
- Connie Francis - for her album More Italian Favorites (1960).{{cite web |title=Discogs.com |url=https://www.discogs.com/Connie-Francis-More-Italian-Favorites/master/499675 |website=Discogs.com |date=1960 |accessdate=September 24, 2018}}
- Timi Yuro - Hurt!!!!!!! (1961).{{cite web |title=Discogs.com |url=https://www.discogs.com/Timi-Yuro-Hurt/master/164654 |website=Discogs.com |date=1961 |accessdate=November 12, 2019}}
- Sumo
- Robert Goulet - My Love Forgive Me (1964).{{cite web |title=Discogs.com |url=https://www.discogs.com/Robert-Goulet-My-Love-Forgive-Me/master/264441 |website=Discogs.com |date=1964 |accessdate=September 24, 2018}}
- Dean Martin - for his album Dino: Italian Love Songs (1962)
- Al Martino - The Exciting Voice of Al Martino (1962).{{cite web |title=Discogs.com |url=https://www.discogs.com/Al-Martino-The-Exciting-Voice-Of-Al-Martino/release/9769602 |website=Discogs.com |date=1962 |accessdate=September 24, 2018}}
- Cliff Richard - When in Rome (1965)
- Artie Shaw
- Nina Simone on the 1961 album Forbidden Fruit and the 1993 album A Single Woman
- Jerry Vale - I Have But One Heart (1962).{{cite web |title=Discogs.com |url=https://www.discogs.com/Jerry-Vale-I-Have-But-One-Heart/master/268993 |website=Discogs.com |date=1962 |accessdate=September 24, 2018}}
- Lou Monte (1958)
- Steve Lawrence - Sings of Love and Sad Young Men (1967).{{cite web |title=Discogs.com |url=https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Lawrence-Sings-Of-Love-And-Sad-Young-Men/master/663981 |website=Discogs.com |date=1966 |accessdate=September 24, 2018}}
- Engelbert Humperdinck - We Made It Happen (1970).{{cite web |title=Discogs.com |url=https://www.discogs.com/Engelbert-Humperdinck-We-Made-It-Happen/master/110013 |website=Discogs.com |date=1970 |accessdate=September 24, 2018}}
- Jimmy Roselli
- Tito Schipa{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dicitencello-Vuje/dp/B000QOGB4Y|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2018-12-08|title=Dicitencello Vuje }}
- Giuseppe di Stefano{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dicitencello-vuje-Giuseppe-Stefano/dp/B01KO8TF5I|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2018-12-08|title=Dicitencello vuje }}
- Luciano Pavarotti{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Falvo-Dicitencello-Vuie/dp/B000VAFDX8|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2018-12-08|title=Falvo: Dicitencello Vuie }}
- Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Passione di Napoli (2001){{cite web |title=Discogs.com | url=https://www.discogs.com/Дмитрий-Хворостовский-Passione-Di-Napoli-/master/1441169 |website=Discogs.com | accessdate=23 May 2020}}
- Nicolae Herlea – Recital De Canțonete.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Nicolae-Herlea-Recital-De-Can%C8%9Bonete/release/8112391|title=Nicolae Herlea - Recital De Canțonete|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-12-08}}
- Xiu Xiu - Nina (2013).
- Christian Ketter – Beloved: Live in Recital (2014).{{Citation|title=Beloved: Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein Live in Recital by Christian Ketter, Cara Schlecker & Myron Silberstein|date=29 September 2014 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/beloved-christian-ketter-cara-schlecker-myron-silberstein/929350152|language=en-us|access-date=2018-12-08}}
- Franco Corelli{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dicitencello-vuie/dp/B06XSX4X2V|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2018-12-08|title=Dicitencello vuie }}
- Sergio Franchi covered this Neapolitan favorite on his 1963 Billboard Top 200 (at 66th place) album Our Man from Italy; also on his 1965 album Live From The Cocoanut Grove; and on his 1976 album 20 Magnificent Songs. He recorded it in Italian, and in Italian/English combination.
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