We Kiss in a Shadow

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"We Kiss in a Shadow"
Song
Published	1951
Songwriter(s)	Oscar Hammerstein II
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers

"We Kiss in a Shadow" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I.

In this song, Tuptim and Lun Tha declare their love for each other, even though they fear that the King of Siam will learn of it.^[1]

In the original Broadway production it was performed by Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas. In the 1956 film version it was sung by Reuben Fuentes, dubbing for Carlos Rivas, and Leona Gordon dubbing for Rita Moreno.^[2]

Recorded versions

June Christy
Holly Cole
Perry Como recorded on March 20, 1951
Vic Damone recorded on May 2, 1958
Sammy Davis Jr.
Doris Day
Martin Denny, Hypnotique, 1958
Red Garland Trio
Earl Grant
Debbie Harwood, Soothe Me, 2004
Ahmad Jamal, 1961, 1962
André Kostelanetz
Kate McGarry^[3]
Dave McKenna
Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas on the original cast album, recorded on April 16, 1951
Cliff Richard, 1961
Sonny Rollins
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, 1981
Neil Sedaka (Oh! Carol: The Complete Recordings (CD 2 of 8))
Frank Sinatra recorded on March 2, 1951
Barbra Streisand, The Broadway Album, 1985
Andy Williams, Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1958

References

^ "Internet Broadway Database". IBDb.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "Internet Movie Database". IMDb.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "Search Results for 'we kiss in a shadow'". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

v t e Rodgers and Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II
Stage musicals	Oklahoma! Carousel Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Pipe Dream Flower Drum Song The Sound of Music A Grand Night for Singing State Fair Cinderella
Productions	I Remember Mama Annie Get Your Gun Happy Birthday John Loves Mary Show Boat The Happy Time Burning Bright
Films	State Fair (1945) Oklahoma! Carousel The King and I (1956 film) South Pacific Flower Drum Song State Fair (1962) The Sound of Music The King and I (1999 film)
Television	Cinderella Carousel Cinderella (1997) The Sound of Music Live! The Sound of Music Live
Songs	"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" "Kansas City" "I Cain't Say No" "Many a New Day" "It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Lonely Room" "The Farmer and the Cowman" "All Er Nuthin'" "Oklahoma" "If I Loved You" "Soliloquy" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "It Might as Well Be Spring" "That's for Me" "A Fellow Needs a Girl" "So Far" "Some Enchanted Evening" "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" "Bali Ha'i" "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" "Younger Than Springtime" "Happy Talk" "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" "I Whistle a Happy Tune" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Getting to Know You" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "Something Wonderful" "I Have Dreamed" "Shall We Dance?" "No Other Love" "I Enjoy Being a Girl" "The Sound of Music" "Maria" "My Favorite Things" "Do-Re-Mi" "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" "The Lonely Goatherd" "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" "So Long, Farewell" "No Way to Stop It" "Edelweiss"
Related articles	"Something Good" The Sound of Music (1965 soundtrack) The Sound of Music: Music from the NBC Television Event

v t e Margaret Landon's Anna and the King of Siam
Characters	Anna Leonowens Mongkut, King of Siam Prince Chulalongkorn Louis T. Leonowens
Films	Anna and the King of Siam (1946) The King and I (1956) The King and I (1999) Anna and the King (1999)
TV	Anna and the King
Stage	The King and I (musical)
Songs	"I Whistle a Happy Tune" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Getting to Know You" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "Something Wonderful" "I Have Dreamed" "Shall We Dance?"
Albums	Original cast recording (1951) London cast recording (1953) jazz version by The Mastersounds (1957) Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley album (1992)

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