'I Wish You Love' Performed by Mark Demmin II, the Vintage Voice Of Chicago

The melody for "I Wish You Love" originally came from the French romantic song "What Remains of Our Loves?" with music by Léo Chauliac and lyrics by Charles Trenet.

The song (in it's original form) was first recorded by the French female singer Lucienne Boyer in 1942 on Columbia Records. Second recording was by the French crooner Roland Gerbeau in February 1943 with Charles Trenet recording his own version in July 1943.

The song is best known to English-speaking audiences as "I Wish You Love", with new lyrics by American composer and lyricist, Albert Beach. It was first introduced in 1957 by Keely Smith as the title cut of her solo debut album, I Wish You Love and would become one of her most requested signature songs. It has since become a standard, with many other recordings. Gloria Lynne's 1963 recording for the Everest label reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, also top #10 on the Easy Listening chart (edited from the Hot 100), and #3 on Cashbox Magazine's R&B chart (Billboard did not publish standard R&B listings during 1964). This particular arrangement was written by Marty Paich for Natalie Cole in 1993 and appeared on her Grammy winning album "Take A Look"!