On the Street Where You Live - wikipedia On the Street Where You Live This article is about the song. For other uses, see On the Street Where You Live ( disambiguation ). `` On the Street Where You Live '' Musical number from My Fair Lady Released 1956 ( 1956 ) Genre Musical theatre Songwriter ( s ) Composer : Frederick Loewe Lyricist : Alan Jay Lerner Track listing Act I `` Overture '' `` Busker Sequence '' `` Why Ca n't the English ? '' `` Would n't It Be Loverly ? '' `` With a Little Bit of Luck '' `` I 'm an Ordinary Man '' `` With a Little Bit of Luck ( Reprise ) '' `` Just You Wait '' `` The Servants ' Chorus ( Poor Professor Higgins ) '' `` The Rain in Spain '' `` I Could Have Danced All Night '' `` Ascot Gavotte '' `` On the Street Where You Live '' `` Eliza 's Entrance / Embassy Waltz '' Act II `` You Did It '' `` Just You Wait ( Reprise ) '' `` On the Street Where You Live ( Reprise ) '' `` Show Me '' `` The Flower Market / Would n't It Be Loverly ? ( Reprise ) '' `` Get Me to the Church on Time '' `` A Hymn to Him '' `` Without You '' `` I 've Grown Accustomed to Her Face '' `` I Could Have Danced All Night ( Reprise ) / Finale '' `` On the Street Where You Live '' Single by Vic Damone B - side `` We All Need Love '' ( original US release ) Arrivederci Roma ( original UK release ) `` Luna Rossa '' ( original Australia / New Zealand release ) `` Gigi '' ( Columbia Hall of Fame re-release ) Released April 1956 Genre Vocal Length 2 : 38 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner Vic Damone singles chronology `` Por Favor '' ( 1955 ) `` On the Street Where You Live '' ( 1956 ) `` War and Peace '' ( 1956 ) `` Por Favor '' ( 1955 ) `` On the Street Where You Live '' ( 1956 ) `` War and Peace '' ( 1956 ) `` On the Street Where You Live '' is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, from the 1956 Broadway musical, My Fair Lady. It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford - Hill, who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production. In the 1964 film version, it was sung by Bill Shirley, dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett. Contents 1 Recorded versions 2 In popular culture 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Recorded versions The most popular single of the song was recorded by Vic Damone in 1956 for Columbia Records. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart and # 6 on Cashbox magazine 's chart. It was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1958. Eddie Fisher also had a top 20 Billboard hit with the song in 1956, reaching No. 18. Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra released a version that went to No. 96 in 1956. Andy Williams ' recording appeared in the Billboard top 40 in 1964, reaching No. 3 on the adult contemporary chart and # 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The most successful recorded version, was by vocalist Vic Damone The song has been recorded by a wide variety of other performers, including Ray Conniff, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings ( 1954 - 56 ) issued by Mosaic Records ( catalog MD7 - 245 ) in 2009, Lawrence Welk ( whose band also performed it on his weekly TV series numerous times, Shirley Horn, Doris Day, George Shearing, Frank Chacksfield, Alfie Boe, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Mario Lanza, Nat King Cole, Holly Cole, Marvin Gaye, Perry Como, Ray Reach, Harry Connick Jr., Gene Pitney, The Miracles ( on their I 'll Try Something New album ), Earl Grant, Dennis DeYoung, Quincy Jones, David Whitfield, Nancy Wilson, Billy Porter, Ilse Huizinga, Matt Dusk, Richard Clayderman, Ricki Lee Jones, Mr Hudson & The Library, Peggy Lee, Vocal Spectrum, Steve Hogarth from Marillion, Bill Frisell, André Previn & Shelly Manne, Ed Townsend and Jason Manford. In popular culture It was featured in a series five episode of the BBC One sitcom My Family, and in the first episode of AMC 's Mad Men. In the film Blast from the Past, Brendan Fraser 's character, Adam, sings a verse to Alicia Silverstone 's character, Eve. It was also sung by the character Tony, played by Nicholas Hoult, in the first episode of Channel 4 teen drama Skins. A mariachi band sing a Spanish version in the movie Joe Versus the Volcano and it is also performed by Willie Nelson on the soundtrack to the movie `` Valentine 's Day. '' The song was used to promote the 50th anniversary week of Coronation Street. It is also featured on McDonald 's UK 2011 advertisement for its latest breakfast wrap. On the children 's show Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch, completely fed up with all the nice people around him on Sesame Street, but still grateful for his trash can sings a song called `` On This Street Where I 'm Grouchy '', which spoofs `` On the Street Where You Live ''. See also List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s References Jump up ^ Rice, Jo ( 1982 ). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits ( 1st ed. ). Enfield, Middlesex : Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 0 - 85112 - 250 - 7. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 86. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Tony Brown, Jon Kutner & Neil Warwick, The Complete Book Of The British Charts Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles Jump up ^ `` On the Street Where You Live ( song by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra ) Music VF, US & UK hits charts ''. Musicvf.com. 1956 - 06 - 23. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles Jump up ^ `` A Bing Crosby Discography ''. BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 8, 2017. Jump up ^ `` allmusic.com ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017. Jump up ^ Ed Townsend, Glad to Be Here Retrieved August 16, 2016. Jump up ^ Video on YouTube Jump up ^ `` On This Street Where I 'm Grouchy '' External links `` On the Street Where You Live '' from `` My Fair Lady '' on YouTube, 2001 London revival Ben E. King - On the Street Where You Live ( 1962 ) ( Digitally Remastered ) on YouTube, Ben E. King Matthew Morrison - On The Street Where You Live on YouTube, MDA Telethon feat. Matthew Morrison Quincy Jones and His Orchestra - On the Street Where You Live on YouTube, Quincy Jones & His Orchestra ( instrumental ) Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner ( Lerner and Loewe ) Characters Eliza Doolittle Source Pygmalion ( 1912 play ) by George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion ( 1938 film ) by George Bernard Shaw adapted by W.P. 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No ! ) '' `` Ebb Tide '' `` I Have But One Heart '' `` Just Say I Love Her '' `` Longing for You '' `` My Heart Cries for You '' `` My Truly, Truly Fair '' `` On the Street Where You Live '' `` Tzena, Tzena, Tzena '' `` You 're Breaking My Heart '' Eddie Fisher Studio albums Eddie Fisher Sings ( 1952 ) I 'm In The Mood For Love ( 1952 ) Singles `` Thinking of You '' `` I 'll Hold You in My Heart ( Till I Can Hold You in My Arms ) '' `` Anytime '' `` Tell Me Why '' `` Trust in Me '' `` Wish You Were Here '' `` I Need You Now '' `` Count Your Blessings ( Instead of Sheep ) '' `` On the Street Where You Live '' `` Cindy, Oh Cindy '' `` Tonight '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_the_Street_Where_You_Live&oldid=816327742 '' Categories : 1956 songs 1956 singles 1964 singles Songs with music by Frederick Loewe Songs with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Vic Damone songs Andy Williams songs Eddie Fisher ( singer ) songs Nancy Wilson ( jazz singer ) songs David Whitfield songs Harry Connick Jr. songs Nat King Cole songs The Miracles songs Ed Townsend songs UK Singles Chart number - one singles Columbia Records singles Songs from My Fair Lady Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with unknown value for type Articles with hAudio microformats Interlanguage link template link number Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Norsk Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 20 December 2017, at 17 : 30. 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Question: who sang on the street where you live in my fair lady
Answer: the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill