Artist: Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians
Author: Joan Whitley/Alex Kramer
Label: Decca
Year: 1951
Same title as a John Donne poem (1572-1631).
Covers:
Don Cornell [crediting Ted Lehrman/Phil Sheer]
Limeliters [crediting band member Ernie Sheldon]
Van Dykes [Imperials-alike hit R&B]
Joan Baez [crediting John Donne]
Dennis Brown [title track Studio One lp]
The many reggae versions were inspired by the hit version of the Van Dykes.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)