Artist: Fred Adison et son Orchestre
Author: Alex Alstone/André Tabet/Roger Bernstein
Label: Pathé
Year: 1945
Vocal version. In '61 Alstone & Tabet also cowrote C'est écrit dans le ciel for Bob Azzam (hit Fr & It).
Covers:
Alstone et ses Ritmes [instrumental for Gramophone; introduced his tune in '42 in a café dansant in Nice]
Jacques Pills [not to be confused with his C'est fini ('35) in duet with André Tabet; Symphonie and C'est fini sounds almost the same in French and with the war over, one was used for the other, boosting its popularity, even among GI's]
Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band [as Symphony; vocal: Sgt. Johnny Desmond, who found it in France (English lyrics: Jack Lawrence); by then Miller was reported missing for almost a year]
Freddy Martin [idem; n°1 US; vocal: Clyde Rogers]
Jo Stafford [idem]
Bing Crosby [idem]
Ramblers Dansorkest [vocal: Tohama]
Alys Roby [Canadian]
Marlène Dietrich [as Symphony]
Adriano Celentano [as Non Mi Dir]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
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