If I Could Tell You (song)
"If I Could Tell You" is a popular American song composed in 1940 by Idabelle Firestone to words by Madeleine Marshall.[1]
Background
Idabelle Firestone was the wife of the industrialist
Firestone Tires. An earlier song by Idabelle Firestone, "In My Garden", was used as the program's closing theme.[2]
"In My Garden" had been the program's opening theme until a composers' dispute in 1940 caused it to be temporarily banned from use by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). To replace it, Mrs. Firestone wrote "If I Could Tell You" which became even more popular.[3]
"If I Could Tell You" has received a number of commercial recordings. It is most identified with the singers
Delos Records.[4]
References
- ^ "If I Could Tell You". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ^ "The Voice of Firestone (music)". classicthemes.com. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ISBN 9780195076783. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
Voice of Firestone.
- ^ "Songs We Forgot to Remember - John Aler". Delos Music. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
External links
- The Voice of Firestone (1949) at IMDb
