The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

Artist: Henry Mancini
Author: Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini
Label: RCA Victor
Year: 1962

With an anonymous vocal group in addiction film Days Of Wine And Roses, starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. The title is a line from an alcoholic Ernest Dowson poem. Landed Johnny & Henry their second Oscar for best song (see also: Moon River).

Covers:

1963:: Andy Williams
1963:: Perry Como
1963:: Art Farmer
1963:: Peggy Lee
1963:: Julie London
1963:: Wes Montgomery
1963:: Nancy Wilson
1963:: Patti Page
1964:: Marvin Gaye
1964:: Quincy Jones
1964:: Brenda Lee
1964:: Frank Sinatra
1964:: Sammy Davis Jr.
1965:: Anita Kerr Singers
1965:: Bobby Darin
1966:: Tony Bennett
1966:: Johnny Rivers
1968:: Shirley Bassey
1969:: Jimmy Smith
1971:: Johnny Mercer [author]
1971:: Ella Fitzgerald
1978:: Toots Thielemans
1994:: Keith Jarrett
1997:: Cassandra Wilson [in film Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil]
2004:: Freddy Fender
2005:: Bill Frisell

DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

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