Artist: Ernest Gold
Author: Ernest Gold
Label: RCA
Year: 1960
Academy Award winner; song of the year. Ernest Gold, born in Austria, was Andrew Gold's dad. He also scored It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Ship Of Fools.
Covers:
Ferrante & Teicher [n°2 US & AUS, top 10 UK]
Pat Boone [first vocal version; own lyrics]
Eddie Harris [jazz version]
Leyla McCalla [echoes in Dan Reken (see there) and it makes sense for dealing with the exodus of Haitian boatpeople]
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Arnold Rypens
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