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Helen Kane, who originally sang I Wanna Be Loved by You

I Wanna Be Loved by You lyrics

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I Wanna Be Loved by You song lyrics (1928) by  Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar

I Wanna Be Loved by You was one of Marilyn Monroe’s most famous musical performances is her singing it in Billy Wilder’s classic farce Some Like It Hot. The song was first performed in late 1928 by Helen Kane, who became known as the — €˜Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl’ because of her baby-talk, scat-singing tag line to that song. It was  written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical Good BoyRead More »I Wanna Be Loved by You lyrics

When You Were Sixteen lyrics

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When You Were Sixteen  lyrics, performed by Al Jolson in The Jolson Story, among many others —   written by James Thornton

You were sweet sixteen, you were sweet sixteen
I love you as I never loved before!
Since first I met you on the village green.
Come to me, or my dream of love is o’er!
I love you as I loved you,
When you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen.

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