Today’s song of the day is “There! I’ve Said it Again” by Vaughn Monroe. Vaughn Monroe first sang the song in 1945. 

Red Evans and David Mann wrote the song “There! I’ve Said Again.” They relied on renowned musicians such as Bobby Vinton to popularize the song. Other versions of “There! I’ve Said Again” were just as successful as the original version by Monroe.

Like Vaughn Monroe, Bobby Vinton succeeded in peaking the song at Number 1 on the Billboard charts in the US and Number 34 and 13 in the UK and Australia, respectively.

Fun Facts about Vaughn Monroe:

• He studied with Clarence B. Shirley in 1935 at the New England Conservatory

• Monroe earned nicknames like “Ol’ Leather Tonsils”,  “Leather Lungs,” and “the Baritone with Muscles.”

• In 1940, he established The Meadows in west Boston. The facility was comprised of a nightclub and a restaurant

• He served as a radio host for several years.

• Vaughn Monroe went to Jeannette High School, located in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1929.

• Monroe formed his first orchestra in Boston in 1940.

• Monroe was born in 1911 in Akron, Ohio.

• On top of being an actor, a big band leader, and a trumpeter, Monroe was also a baritone singer.

Lyrics

I love you, there’s nothing to hide

It’s better than burning inside

I love you, no use to pretend

There! I’ve said it again

I’ve said it, what more can I say?

Believe me, there’s no other way

I love you, I will ’til the end

There! I’ve said it again

I try to drum up

A phrase that would sum up

All that I feel for you

But what good are phrases?

The thought that amazes

Is that you love me

And it’s heavenly

Forgive me for wanting you so

But one thing I want you to know

I’ve loved you since heaven knows when

There! I’ve said it again

Forgive me for wanting you so

But one thing I want you to know

I’ve loved you since heaven knows when

There! I’ve said it again