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There's no tomorrow

Postby colonel snow » Sat Jul 09, 2016 4:17 pm

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Re: There's no tomorrow

Postby John » Sat Jul 09, 2016 6:57 pm

The Clovers made it a pop song and there's little resemblance to O Sole Mio, but it's a great rendition. The Tony Martin version is the one that influenced Elvis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Qmg9vZFdo


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Re: There's no tomorrow

Postby Mister Moon » Sat Jul 09, 2016 9:09 pm

colonel snow wrote:Here's a clip by The Clovers; recorded on 26-07-57 (Atlantic 1152)


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https://youtu.be/rGCE-5I29Ow


The top side of that single was, coincidentially or not, the original version of "Down In The Alley" :

http://www.45cat.com/record/451152us


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Re: There's no tomorrow

Postby Suspicious Minds » Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:04 am

O Sole Mio
Written by Giovanni Capurro (lyrics) and Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi (music) in 1898.
First recorded by - or so it seems - Florigio Penza, June 1900, released on Gramophone 52522 (Matrix 826a).

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My Sunshine
First recorded English translation of ‘O Sole Mio’
By Charles W. Harrison, Edison Record: 2964, 1915.

https://youtu.be/dQ0FYgQDqro

Down From His Glory
In 1921, William E. Booth-Clibborn wrote new lyrics for a hymn using the music of ‘O Sole Mio’. I haven’t found yet who recorded the first version of this hymn and when. But it has been recorded by different artists/groups/choirs over the years. A ‘modern’ version of it sounds like this:

https://youtu.be/tzeaizV-eTA

There’s No Tomorrow
Lyrics written by Al Hoffman, Leo Corday & Leon Carr to the melody of ‘O Sole Mio’.
Recorded by Tony Martin. Released by RCA Victor in 1949, as a 78rpm (20-3582) and a 45rpm (47-3078). Reached #2 in Billboard.

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Music sample of ‘There’s No Tomorrow’: see posts above please.

Trivia (from Wiki)

Tony Martin was attending a Friars Club of Beverly Hills roast for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on November 24th, 1958, in Los Angeles. Right after comedian Harry Einstein (alias "Parkyarkarkus") brought the house down with his amusing testimonial, Einstein suddenly suffered a heart attack, slumping into Milton Berle's lap. Emcee Art Linkletter then directed Martin to sing a song to divert the crowd's attention; the singer's unfortunate choice was "There's No Tomorrow". Einstein's heart attack proved fatal, and Martin was a pallbearer at the comedian's funeral.
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Re: There's no tomorrow

Postby cadillac-elvis » Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:25 am

I still don't understand why Elvis wanted different words to "There's no tomorrow", since he fooled with it at home.


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Re: There's no tomorrow

Postby John » Sat Dec 29, 2018 10:40 am

cadillac-elvis wrote:I still don't understand why Elvis wanted different words to "There's no tomorrow", since he fooled with it at home.

I guess he liked the melody but didn't really like the words, in the same way that he wanted to use the lyrics of You'll Be Gone to the melody of Begin The Beguine, years later.


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Re: There's no tomorrow

Postby Mister Moon » Sat Dec 29, 2018 2:48 pm

Lou Monte's debut album ("Lou Monte Sings For You" (RCA Victor, 1957) includes yet another English arrangement titled "Don't Say Forever" :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZyUMetrvO8


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