COMIN' THRU THE RYE

Created on 13/05/2012
Latest update on 17/11/2023

Artist: Dame Nellie Melba
Author: Robert Burns/trad.
Label: Gramophone
Year: 1904

A Robert Burns poem (1759-1796) using the melody of a Scottish children song (Common' Frae The Town). Top 10 US in 1914.

Covers:

1912:

Marcella Sembrich

1945:

Marian Anderson

1953:

Ava Gardner [in film Mogambo]

1955:

Jo Stafford

1956:

Bill Haley & His Comets [as Rockin' Through The Rye; n°3 UK]

1959:

Julie London

1960:

Aafje Heynis

1960:

Alvin & The Chipmunks

1961:

Bing Crosby

2009:

Eddi Reader

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