Artist: Arturo Adamini
Author: Narciso Serradell Sevilla
Label: Edison
Year: 1898
From Mexico (Veracruz). Spanish for Swallow. Written in 1883. Lyrics are based upon a 17th century poem.
Covers:
Emilio de Gogorza [on Edison]
Gilmore's Band [on Columbia cylinder]
Orquesta Max Dolin [from Cuba]
Geraldo [as When You're In Love]
Joe Loss [idem]
Jozef Locke [idem]
Guy Lombardo [idem]
Chet Atkins [as guitar instrumental]
Jimmy Bell [as She Wears My Ring on Hickory; revamped by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant; reissued in '62 under his own name Jimmy Sweeney]
Roy Orbison [idem]
Johnny O'Keefe [Aussie hit as She Wears My Ring]
Udo Jürgens [as Dein letzter Brief]
Solomon King [n°3 UK]
Ray Price [as She Wears My Ring]
Marc Dex [as Hier Ben Je Thuis]
Heintje [as Du Sollst nicht weinen]
Aimable [as Comme un ruisseau]
Elvis Presley [as She Wears My Ring]
Johnny Jordaan & Willy Alberti [as Wanneer In Mexico]
Prinses Christina van Nederland [at Prince Bernhard's funeral; this was his favorite song]
Tish Hinojosa's and Linda Ronstadt's Las Golondrinas are different swallows.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)