The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - SECRET LOVE

SECRET LOVE

Created on 21/05/2005
Latest update on 13/03/2026

Artist: Doris Day
Author: Paul Francis Webster/Sammy Fain
Label: Philips
Year: 1953

N°1 US. Also in film Calamity Jane.

Covers:

1954:: Moonglows
1954:: Bing Crosby
1954:: Ink Spots
1954:: Slim Whitman
1955:: Spike Jones & His City Slickers
1959:: Johnny Mathis
1959:: Pat Boone
1962:: Andy Williams
1962:: Duane Eddy
1963:: Kathy Kirby
1964:: Hampton Hawes
1966:: Billy Stewart [top 20 US]
1966:: Patience & Prudence
1967:: Marvin Gaye
1967:: Euson & Stax
1968:: Righteous Brothers
1969:: Clark Terry
1971:: Jimmy McGriff
1975:: Freddy Fender [n°1 C&W, top 20 US]
1975:: Willy Alberti [as Het Geheim Van Ons Alleen]
1975:: Dave [as Amoureux]
1975:: Lee Towers
1976:: Ann Christy [also as Zoveel Mooier]
1978:: Marianne Noble [disco version]
1982:: José [hit NL & B]
1988:: John Scofield
1992:: Sinéad O'Connor
1993:: Anne Murray
1997:: Balham Alligators [who know this from Kathy Kirby]
1998:: Neil Diamond
1999:: George Michael
2001:: Brad Mehldau
2003:: Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
2005:: Roland Van Campenhout
2016:: Loretta Lynn

Song hi-jacked by the gay liberation movement as far back as Calamity Jane.

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