Artist: Miguel Fleta
Author: José Lacalle
Label: Compañias del Gramófono (Victor)
Year: 1925
Spanish tenor with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra in NY. Means: Poppy. Author Lacalle was born in Cadiz, Spain in 1860, grew up in Havana and ended up in the US where he played the clarinet in John Philip Sousa's band in 1893. Written in 1924.
Covers:
Juan Pulido [for Columbia; produced by author Lacalle]
Tito Schipa [for Victor]
Brunswick Hour Orchestra [first recording as Pretty Little Poppy; English lyrics: Albert Gamse]
Castillians [their first hit]
Tino Rossi [first French Amapola]
Meistersextett [formerly The Comedian Harmonists]
Deanna Durbin [as My Pretty Little Poppy in film First Love]
Jimmy Dorsey [vocal by Helen O'Connell & Bob Eberly; n°1 US]
Helen O'Connell & Bob Eberly [as Green Eyes]
Connee Boswell [with the Victor Young Orch.]
Cliffters [Danish band]
Sarita Montiel [Spanish actress]
Spotnicks [instrumental hit]
Spotnicks [fourth recording as We Don't Want Amapola No More]
Ennio Morricone [in film Once Upon A Time In America]
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Arnold Rypens
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