1941 RCA Victor 78 release byTommy Dorsey and his Orchestra with vocal refrain byFrank Sinatra.1941 sheet music cover, Embassy Music, New York
"This Love of Mine" is a popularAmerican song that was first recorded in 1941 byTommy Dorsey and his orchestra, with a vocal byFrank Sinatra.Sinatra wrote the words and Sol Parker andHank Sanicola wrote the music.[1] The recording reached #3 on theBillboard pop singles chart in 1941.
The Tommy Dorsey recording was released as a 78 RCA Victor B side single, 27508-B, with Frank Sinatra[2] on vocals backed with "Neiani", which did not chart. "This Love of Mine" reached #3 on theBillboard pop singles chart in 1941–42 in a chart run of 24 weeks.[3][4] Sinatra re-recorded the song withNelson Riddle in 1955 for theIn The Wee Small Hours album.
The song was copyrighted on August 11, 1941 by Embassy Music. Frank Sinatra wrote the lyrics.[5] The music was composed by Sol Parker and Hank Sanicola.
^SeeSinatra And Me by Tony Consiglio, p.51. This has been disputed by his aide, Tony Consiglio, in 2012, 16 years after Sinatra's death, but no evidence was proffered.