1st RECORDING OF: Till There Was You (as ‘Till I Met You’) - Meredith Willson & Eileen Wilson (1950)

Well, it is the same song except for a couple of words. When Meredith Willson [sic] was creating his highly successful 1957 play “The Music Man,” he didn’t have to invent a brand new love song, as this hardly-remembered ballad of his from seven years earlier filled the bill nicely and required only a minor change in title and lyric. Willson himself conducted this lovely commercially-issued recording which featured current “Your Hit Parade” vocalist Eileen Wilson (no relation). The first bona fide hit single of the tune was by Anita Bryant in 1959: Transferred from 78rpm Decca 27334 - Till I Met You (Willson) by Meredith Willson & his Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, recorded October 25, 1950 For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: )