WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK TO CAPISTRANO

Created on 21/10/2002
Latest update on 20/01/2022

Artist: Burke's Orch.
Author: Leon René
Label: Ammor
Year: 1940

San Juan Capistrano is a mission in California, the historic core of Orange County. Every year swallows migrate from Argentina to spent summer here.

Covers:

1940:

Ink Spots [on Decca]

1940:

Guy Lombardo

1940:

Gene Krupa

1940:

Larry Clinton

1940:

Xavier Cugat

1940:

Glenn Miller [vocal: Ray Eberle]

1940:

Gene Autry

1952:

Billy Ward & The Dominoes

1952:

Ray-O-Vacs

1957:

Pat Boone

1957:

Bobby Day

1971:

Michael Hurley

Black bandleader/label boss Leon René also wrote I Sold My Heart To The Junkman, When It's Sleepy Time Down South, I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City and Rockin' Robin. For his own Exclusive label he cut the oldest Honeydripper (see there and also under Crawfishin' and Route 90).

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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)

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