Some Enchanted Evening - Selected Recorded Versions

Selected Recorded Versions

Many popular singers have recorded and performed "Some Enchanted Evening". Perry Como's version was a #1 hit in 1949, and Frank Sinatra recorded the song several times.

  • Ezio Pinza (recorded April 18, 1949, Original Broadway cast recording of South Pacific)
  • Perry Como (1949)
  • Frank Sinatra (1949), (1963), (1967)
  • Bing Crosby (1949)
  • Al Jolson (1949)
  • Jo Stafford - Autumn in New York (1950)
  • Eddie Calvert (1951)
  • Giorgio Tozzi (1958 for the film soundtrack, 1967 for the Lincoln Center revival cast recording with Florence Henderson)
  • Carl Mann (1960)
  • Jay and the Americans (1965)
  • Jane Olivor, on her debut album, First Night (1976)
  • José Carreras (1986) for a studio cast recording of South Pacific with Kiri Te Kanawa, Mandy Patinkin and Sarah Vaughan
  • Barbra Streisand (from her 1993 album Back to Broadway)
  • The Temptations (1995, For Lovers Only)
  • Bryn Terfel – Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein (1996)
  • Philip Quast for the 2002 London revival cast recording of South Pacific
  • Art Garfunkel (from his 2007 album Some Enchanted Evening)
  • Paulo Szot – South Pacific (The New Broadway Cast) (2008)
  • Harry Connick, Jr. (from his 2009 album Your Songs)
  • Alfie Boe, on his 2010 album, Bring Him Home
  • Jackie Evancho, on her 2012 album, Songs from the Silver Screen

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