Artist: Jon & Sondra Steele
Author: Betty Peterson-Blasco/Borney Bergantine
Label: Damon
Year: 1947
Already written by Bergantine in '31 and published by Blasco Inc. two years later. Betty Peterson, the wife from music publisher Louis Blasco, wrote new lyrics for the song in 1947. N°2 US.
Covers:
Marlin Sisters [with harmonica combo The Columbians, detouring the second Petrillo ban]
Ella Fitzgerald [vocal only to comply with the Petrillo ban]
Orkest Zonder Naam [as Eens Komt De Dag]
Elvis Presley [cut for $4 in June the first time he recorded at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service; unique acetate, owned by a friend and auctioned in 2015 by his heirs for $300.000; reissued on The Complete 50's Masters box set]
Connie Francis [n°2 US, n°4 UK]
Caterina Valente [as Mijn Souvenir; hit VL]
Selvera's [in Dutch]
Ciska Peters [as Daar Droom Ik Van]
John Prine [with Fiona Prine]
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)