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Artist: Dan Daniels
Author: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
Label: Epic
Year: 1968
Introduced by English Georgia Brown in 1966 for the BBC but no recording was made. Dan Daniels is a New York DJ asked by Epic to voice-over an existing basic track. Leiber & Stoller objected. They'd tried to pitch their composition to Marlène Dietrich but she declined. Lyrics inspired by a Thomas Mann story from 1896: Enttäuschung (Disillusionment). Parts of the lyrics were literally copied.
Covers:
Leslie Uggams [on lp What's An Uggams? Produced by the authors]
Peggy Lee [arranged by Randy Newman; hit US]
Martine Bijl [als Meer Is 't Niet]
Hildegard Knef [als Wenn das alles ist]
Strangers [as Is Da Dan Al]
Sacha Distel [as Si ce n'est que ça]
Cristina Monet [arranged by August Darnell; Leiber & Stoller obstructed further circulation for altering the lyrics; Siouxsie Sioux used it to open her shows]
Paul de Leeuw [as Dat Wat Overblijft under alias Bob de Rooy]
Alan Price [in film Is That All There Is]
P.J. Harvey [in film Basquiat]
Bette Midler [on Higher Ground, a hurricane Katrina benefit concert]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)