Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Infobox song "Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)"<ref name=1940playbill /> is a show tune and popular song from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey. It is part of the Great American Songbook. The song was introduced by Vivienne Segal on December 25, 1940, in the Broadway production during Act I, Scene 6, and again in Act II, Scene 4, as a reprise.<ref name=1940playbill>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Image ID 1801557. Archived from Playbill scan for Pal Joey. Image ID 1801552.</ref> Segal also sang the song on both the 1950 hit record and in the 1952 Broadway revival. It was performed by Carol Bruce in the 1954 London production.
Chart versionsEdit
- Doris Day with The Mellomen and orchestra conducted by John Rarig
- Columbia 38698<ref name=TopTunes/> (matrix: HCO 3765-1N)
- Recorded: May 13, 1949
- Peak Billboard chart position: No. 9<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- Bill Snyder
- Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1950 No. 24<ref name=YE/>
- Gordon Jenkins and orchestra with vocal chorus by Bonnie Lou Williams
- Decca 24983<ref name=DJ/>
- Peak Billboard chart position: No. 6
- Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1950 No. 26<ref name=YE>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Jan August orchestra and The Harmonicats
- Larry Green
- RCA Victor 20-3726<ref name=TopTunes>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Peak Billboard chart position: No. 15
- Mel Tormé & Dave Lambert Singers with orchestra directed by Pete Rugolo
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Rod Stewart and Cher versionEdit
Template:Infobox song In 2003 the song was released as a duet by Rod Stewart and Cher, as a single from his second pop standards album, As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2. It was released in 2003 by J Records. The song was called a 'delicious duet' in a review by Billboard Magazine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The cover also became a moderate hit on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States, peaking at number 17.
Weekly chartsEdit
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References in popular cultureEdit
It is mentioned several times in the TV series Dynasty as being the favorite song of Blake (John Forsythe) and Alexis (Joan Collins). They dance to it in Season 7 Episode 28, "Shadow Play", which originally aired on May 6, 1987.
A reference to the song is also made in the title of one episode of Bewitched (Season 8 Episode 5), "Bewitched, Bothered and Baldoni".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The song appeared twice on The Crown (episodes "Hyde Park Corner" and "Ritz", the latter played at the ending credits), it was sung in a duet by King George VI (Jared Harris) and Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby). <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The song was featured in both the 2004 play and the 2006 movie, The History Boys, as sung by Samuel Barnett’s character, Posner, a young, love-struck Jewish gay boy in reference to his unrequited crush on Dominic Cooper’s character, Dakin.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Walt Kelly created three recurring characters for his comic strip Pogo, named Bewitched, Bothered, and Bemildred, who were anthropomorphic bats wearing derby hats. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>