(The Same Thing Happens With) The Birds and the Bees
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" The Birds and the Bees" is a popular
song
, written by Harry Warren
(music
) and Mack David
(lyrics
) and published in 1956
. It was written for the musical film
, The Birds and the Bees
(where it was performed by George Gobel
and Mitzi Gaynor
) and has been recorded by a number of singers, including Barbara Lyon
.
Alma Cogan
had a #25 hit with this song in the UK: as her version credited the song as "The Birds and the Bees" & was the flip side of a cover of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love
" (#22) it's often misreported that Alma's hit was a cover of Jewel Akens
' #3 US hit "The Birds and the Bees
". Akens' hit song in fact only dates from 1965: at that time Cogan did indeed cover it but without a UK release.
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
, written by Harry Warren
Harry Warren
Harry Warren was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison,...
(music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
) and Mack David
Mack David
Mack David was an American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning from the early 1940s through the early 1970s. Mack was credited with writing lyrics and/or music for over one thousand songs...
(lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
) and published in 1956
1956 in music
-Events:*January 26 – Buddy Holly's first recording sessions for Decca Records take place in Nashville, Tennessee*Roy Orbison signs with Sun Records*January 27 – Elvis Presley's single "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" is released...
. It was written for the musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
, The Birds and the Bees
The Birds and the Bees (film)
The Birds and the Bees is a 1956 screwball comedy film with songs, starring George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor and David Niven. A remake of Preston Sturges' 1941 film The Lady Eve, which was based on a story by Monckton Hoffe, the film was directed by Norman Taurog and written by Sidney...
(where it was performed by George Gobel
George Gobel
George Leslie Gobel was an American comedian and actor. He was best known as the star of his own weekly NBC television show, The George Gobel Show, which ran from 1954 to 1960 .-Early years:He was born George Leslie Goebel in Chicago, Illinois, His father, Hermann Goebel, was a...
and Mitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor
-Life and career:Gaynor was born as Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber in Chicago, Illinois to Pauline Fisher, a dancer, and Henry von Gerber, a violinist, cellist, and music director. The family first moved to Detroit and when she was eleven to Hollywood, California.She trained as a ballerina...
) and has been recorded by a number of singers, including Barbara Lyon
Barbara Lyon
Barbara Bebe Lyon was a singer of popular songs and actress, born in the United States but primarily active in the United Kingdom....
.
Alma Cogan
Alma Cogan
Alma Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed "The Girl With the Laugh/Giggle/Chuckle In Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era...
had a #25 hit with this song in the UK: as her version credited the song as "The Birds and the Bees" & was the flip side of a cover of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Why Do Fools Fall in Love may refer to:*"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" , a 1956 song by doo-wop group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers*Why Do Fools Fall in Love , a 1981 album by American singer Diana Ross...
" (#22) it's often misreported that Alma's hit was a cover of Jewel Akens
Jewel Akens
Jewel Akens is an American singer and record producer.-Biography:He first recorded with Eddie Daniels as Jewel and Eddie on the Silver Records label in 1960. A number of his recordings featured Eddie Cochran on guitar.He later went solo and recorded "The Birds And The Bees" in 1965, on the Era...
' #3 US hit "The Birds and the Bees
The Birds and the Bees (Jewel Akens song)
"The Birds And The Bees" was a hit by Jewel Akens in the spring of 1965, reaching #2 on the Cash Box singles chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: the single also reached #21 on the Billboard Black Singles chart....
". Akens' hit song in fact only dates from 1965: at that time Cogan did indeed cover it but without a UK release.