This song was a tremendous hit in 1957. Four versions charted that
English Words by Dick Manning
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
IT WAS FASCINATION, I KNOW,
AND IT MIGHT HAVE ENDED RIGHT THERE AT THE START,
JUST A PASSING GLANCE, JUST A BRIEF ROMANCE,
AND I MIGHT HAVE GONE ON MY WAY EMPTY-HANDED,
IT WAS FASCINATION, I KNOW,
SEEING YOU ALONE WITH THE MOONLIGHT ABOVE,
THEN I TOUCHED YOUR HAND AND NEXT MOMENT I KISSED YOU,
FASCINATION TURNED TO LOVE.
(Repeat Refrain or use alternate lyrics below)
FASCINATION
(1963 Version)
Words by Bill Hansen
Music by F.D. Marchetti
FASCINATION CAPTURED MY HEART,
WHEN YOU SMILED AT ME AND I FIRST FELT THE THRILL
OF YOUR LOVELY EYES, BRINGING PARADISE,
PARADISE THAT I NEVER KNEW TILL I MET YOU,
FASCINATION STARTED TO GROW,
WHEN I FELT THE GLOW THAT I KNOW MUST BE LOVE,
AND THE MOMENT YOU GAVE YOUR LIPS IN SURRENDER,
FASCINATION FILLED MY HEART.
year: Jane Morgan (not to be confused with Jaye P. Morgan) at #7,
Dinah Shore at #15, Dick Jacobs at#17, and David Carroll at #56.
From the soundtrack of the film "Love In the Afternoon" starring
Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, and Maurice Chevalier. In 1963,
another version, with the same melody but different lyrics and a
different lyricist was introduced. Those lyrics appear below.
(It Was)
FASCINATION
Music by F.D. Marchetti
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