Riviera (song)
{{Short description|Song composed by Cy Coleman}}
"The Riviera" is a song written and composed by Cy Coleman and Joseph Allen McCarthy in 1953. The song was intended for the John Murray Anderson's Almanac revue, but was instead picked up by cabaret singer Mabel Mercer{{cite book |last1=Propst |first1=Andy |title=You Fascinate Me So: The Life and Times of Cy Coleman |date=2015 |publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers |location=New York |isbn=978-1480355903}} and included in her album Songs by Mabel Mercer, Vol. 3 (1953).{{cite web |title=Mabel Mercer, Vol. 3 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-by-mabel-mercer-vol-3-mw0001423434 |website=AllMusic|access-date=January 14, 2019}} The version probably best known is that performed by Blossom Dearie on her album Give Him the Ooh-La-La (1958).{{cite web |title=Give Him the Ooh-La-La |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/give-him-the-ooh-la-la-mw0000038515 |website=AllMusic|access-date=January 14, 2019}}
==Other versions==
- Dick Haymes for his 1957 album Look at Me Now!{{cite web |title=Look at Me Now! |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/look-at-me-now%21-mw0000845714 |website=AllMusic|access-date=January 14, 2019}}
- Johnny Mathis for his album Live It Up! (1961){{cite web |title=Live It Up! |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-it-up%21-mw0000849353 |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 14, 2019}}
- Tony Bennett – for his album With Love (1972){{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/27219039-Tony-Bennett-With-Love|website=www.discogs.com|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}