Artist: Vera Lynn
Author: Ross Parker/Hughie Charles
Label: Decca
Year: 1939
With Arthur Young on the novochord.
Covers:
Victor Silvester & his Ballroom Orch. [for Parlophone]
Mantovani [first vocal version; vocal: Jack Plant]
Joe Loss [vocal: Chick Henderson; the orchestra featuring Ross MacManus (Elvis Costello's father)]
Vera Lynn [version used in Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove, while Vera's 2009 Very Best comp (n°1 UK!) holds a re-recording from '53]
Benny Goodman [vocal: Peggy Lee]
Thé Lau [in Robbe De Hert film Gaston's War]
Johnny Cash [produced by Joe Henry]
Opening line sounds very similar to Anton Rubinstein's Melody In F (1852), first recorded by Hans Kronold (1905 - Edison Gold).
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Arnold Rypens
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