Plenty of people have heard the song “I’ll Be Seeing You” by Billie Holiday without even realizing it. If you have seen the movie The Notebook, then you have heard this song. It was Ally and Noah’s song. Here are some fun facts about this tune.
Fun Facts:
- This song isn’t like all the other songs that were released in the 1940s. It’s not about hurt or a break-up. Rather, it’s about distance and the power of love over time—making it pretty perfect for Ally and Noah.
- Sammy Fain and Irving Kahle wrote the song. Kahle wrote the words while Fain wrote the melody.
- This song was first performed in 1937 for a Broadway Musical. Miss Tamara Drassin first sang it, but many artists have covered it over the years.
- Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his orchestra is the most known version of this song.
- Stevie Wonder performed this song on the Tonight Show for Johnny Carson to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the show.
- This song was well known during WW2. With loved ones overseas, everyone was missing someone during this era.
- “I’ll Be Seeing You” was such a big song that Hollywood decided to produce a movie with the same name.
- “I’ll Be Seeing You” became an anthem during the WW2 era. With its catchy melody and relatable words, people gravitated towards it. Even more so to those who understood what it meant to lose someone or are waiting for someone they love to come home.
Lyrics:
I’ll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through
In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children’s carousel
The chestnut tree
The wishing well
I’ll be seeing you
In every lovely summer’s day
In everything that’s right and gay
I’ll always think of you that way
I’ll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I’ll be looking at the moon
But I’ll be seeing you
I’ll be seeing you
In every lovely summer’s day
In everything that’s light and gay
I’ll always think of you that way
I’ll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I’ll be looking at the moon
But I’ll be seeing you
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