You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)
Harry James performed a well-known instrumental version of the song as a trumpet solo, issued in 1941 as the reverse side of ‘A Sinner Kissed An Angel’. It topped the charts in 1941
“You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)” is a popular song. The music was written by James V. Monaco, the lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. The song was published in 1913. It was introduced in the Broadway revue The Honeymoon Express and used in the 1973 revival of the musical Irene.
One of the earliest recordings of the song was by Al Jolson. Jolson recorded the song on June 4, 1913. It was released on Columbia A-1374. He performed it on the soundtrack of the 1946 film The Jolson Story and recorded it on March 20, 1946. The record was released on Decca 23613.
Roger Edens wrote additional lyrics to the song for Judy Garland. The new lyrics cast Garland in the role of a teenage fan of Clark Gable. Garland sang the song to Gable at a birthday party thrown for him by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM executives were so charmed by her rendition that she and the song were added to the film Broadway Melody of 1938. Garland recorded the “Gable” version on September 24, 1937. It was released on Decca 1463. MGM released the song as a b-side in 1939, opposite Garland’s recording of “Over the Rainbow” for The Wizard of Oz.