Artist: Gerhard Ebeler
Author: Gerhard Ebeler/Hans Otten
Label: Kristall
Year: 1935
With Orkester Fritz Domina. Rosenmontag hit from Cologne, Germany. Same duo wrote Die Liebe ist schuld daran, for Erwin Hartung (Telefunken - '38), covered in NL by Jan & Zwaan as Ik Zoek Een Meisje ('79).
Covers:
Erwin Hartung [with the Will Glahé orch.]
Harry Collin [as Jij Kunt Niet Trouw Zijn]
Geodel [as Jij Bent Te Mooi Om Trouw Te Zijn]
Ken Griffin [n°1 US as You Can't Be True, Dear; first as an instrumental (for Rondo), vocal version (also for Rondo) with Jerry Wayne; English lyrics: Hal Cotton; an earlier version (on Broadway) as You Can't Be True was bitterly fought out in court]
Frank Sinatra [idem]
Dick Haymes [idem, with The Song Spinners]
Vera Lynn [idem, top 5 UK, top 10 US]
Bob Scholte [as Kon Jy Maar Trouw Zyn]
Eddy Arnold [as You Can't Be True, Dear]
Pat & Shirley Boone [idem]
Connie Francis [idem]
Patti Page [idem]
Spelbrekers [as Je Kan Niet Trouw Zijn]
Jan & Zwaan [as Jij Kan Niet Trouw Zijn]
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Arnold Rypens
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