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Not who you're looking for? Others named Personality: psychological characteristics of an individual (usually refe · original song written and composed by Harold Logan, Lloyd Pr · American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse · 1930 American comedy film

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"Personality" is a popular song with lyrics by Johnny Burke and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It was written for the 1946 film Road to Utopia, and Dorothy Lamour performed it in the movie. Van Heusen said that he wrote the song with a limited vocal range to accommodate Lamour. In a slightly longer version, the song became a number one Billboard hit for Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Capitol Records in 1946. Dinah Shore also recorded it around that time. Lamour was between record contracts at the time of the film's release, so she did not record the song herself until years later. The song employs tongue-in-cheek, slightly bawdy lyrics and an ironic use of the word "personality." The lyrics suggest that men are often attracted to a woman because of her shapely figure (called euphemistically her “personality”) rather than other beauty traits or any other admirable qualities she might possess. Cover versions Bing Crosby recorded the song with Eddie Condon and His Orchestra in January 1946 and it reached the No. 9 spot in the Billboard charts in April 1946. Al Hirt and Ann-Margret released a version on their 1964 album, Beauty and the Beard.

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Notable quotes

“What's the matter with this country is the matter with the lot of us individually— our sense of personality is a sense of outrage and we'll never get outside of it.”
— Elizabeth Bowen (1929) The Last September
“Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important aspect of personality … is where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum.”
— Susan Cain (2012) "Why the world needs introverts," The Guardian, March 13, 2012 quoting Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.
“Methods are transient: personality is enduring.”
— Edward Hopper 'statement by the Chairman of the Jury', Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 1951, p. 7
“A man's personality is matured only when he appropriates the truth, whether it is spoken by Balaam's ass or a sniggering wag or an apostle or an angel.”
— Søren Kierkegaard (1843) Journals IV A 87
“Personality is the supreme value, and should be regarded as an end and not merely as a means to an end.”
— Kirby Page (1932) The Personality of Jesus
“The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.”
— Oscar Wilde (1895) The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Personality: psychological characteristics of an individual (usually refe · original song written and composed by Harold Logan, Lloyd Pr · American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse · 1930 American comedy film

Overview

"Personality" is a popular song with lyrics by Johnny Burke and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It was written for the 1946 film Road to Utopia, and Dorothy Lamour performed it in the movie. Van Heusen said that he wrote the song with a limited vocal range to accommodate Lamour. In a slightly longer version, the song became a number one Billboard hit for Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Capitol Records in 1946. Dinah Shore also recorded it around that time. Lamour was between record contracts at the time of the film's release, so she did not record the song herself until years later. The song employs tongue-in-cheek, slightly bawdy lyrics and an ironic use of the word "personality." The lyrics suggest that men are often attracted to a woman because of her shapely figure (called euphemistically her “personality”) rather than other beauty traits or any other admirable qualities she might possess. Cover versions Bing Crosby recorded the song with Eddie Condon and His Orchestra in January 1946 and it reached the No. 9 spot in the Billboard charts in April 1946. Al Hirt and Ann-Margret released a version on their 1964 album, Beauty and the Beard.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

"Personality" is a popular song with lyrics by Johnny Burke and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It was written for the 1946 film Road to Utopia, and Dorothy Lamour performed it in the movie. Van Heusen said that he wrote the song with a limited vocal range to accommodate Lamour.

Notable quotes

“What's the matter with this country is the matter with the lot of us individually— our sense of personality is a sense of outrage and we'll never get outside of it.”
— Elizabeth Bowen (1929) The Last September
“Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important aspect of personality … is where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum.”
— Susan Cain (2012) "Why the world needs introverts," The Guardian, March 13, 2012 quoting Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.
“Methods are transient: personality is enduring.”
— Edward Hopper 'statement by the Chairman of the Jury', Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 1951, p. 7
“A man's personality is matured only when he appropriates the truth, whether it is spoken by Balaam's ass or a sniggering wag or an apostle or an angel.”
— Søren Kierkegaard (1843) Journals IV A 87
“Personality is the supreme value, and should be regarded as an end and not merely as a means to an end.”
— Kirby Page (1932) The Personality of Jesus
“The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.”
— Oscar Wilde (1895) The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Personality across IJR

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