You Were Meant for Me (1929 song)

You Were Meant for Me (1929 song)

"You Were Meant for Me" is a popular song with music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed, published in 1929.

It was first introduced in the 1929 musical film "The Broadway Melody." It was later sung by Charles King for the feature film The Hollywood Revue of 1929. Much later, the song was included in "Penny Serenade" (1942, with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant) and in the 1952 musical film "Singin' in the Rain."

Recorded versions

*Ray Anthony
*Carlyle Hall Orchestra
*Perry Como
*Shocky
*Billy Daniels
*Michael Dees
*Tim Draxl
*Helen Forrest
*The Four Lads
*Jackie Gleason
*Coleman Hawkins
*Dick Jurgens
*Gene Kelly
*Charles King
*Ann Leaf
*Meade "Lux" Lewis
*Gordon MacRae
*Audra McDonald
*Nat Pierce
*Hanna Richardson
*Eileen Rodgers
*Nat Shilkret and his Victor Orchestra
*Sting; Maxine Sullivan
*Claude Thornhill and his orchestra
*Art Van Damme
*Paul Weston and his orchestra
*Alan Zachary


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