Eternally (Charles Chaplin song)

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"Eternally" is a song with music by Charles (Charlie) Chaplin, and words by the English lyricists Geoff Parsons and John Turner.[1] The music was initially composed for Chaplin's film Limelight (1952) and titled "Terry's Theme"; the film won an Oscar for "Best Original Dramatic Score" at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973.

"Terry's Theme"[]

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audio icon You may hear an arrangement of "Terry's Theme" by John Serry performed in 1956 Here on Archive.org

As "Terry's Theme", the tune was a charting instrumental hit in 1953 for Frank Chacksfield (UK number 2, US number 5), Ron Goodwin (UK number 3), and Richard Hayman (US number 13).

"Eternally"[]

As "Eternally", it was recorded by Jimmy Young (UK number 8, 1953),[2] Vic Damone (US number 12, 1953),[3] Li Xianglan (in Chinese and Japanese), Petula Clark (These Are My Songs, 1967), Bing Crosby (for his radio show),[4] Dinah Shore,[5] Steve Lawrence,[6] Michel Legrand, Jerry Vale,[7] Sarah Vaughan,[8] Roger Whittaker, Engelbert Humperdinck (1973[9] and 2007), Victor Wood (1971), Amália Rodrigues, John Serry Sr. (Squeeze Play, 1956),[10][11] among many others.

References[]

  1. ^ "Song: Eternally written by Geoffrey Parsons [GB], John Turner". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records. 2005. p. 559. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 120. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  4. ^ "Two New Bing Crosby CD Releases From The Bing Crosby Archive". Bingcrosby.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Dinah Shore". 45cat.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  7. ^ "Jerry Vale : You Don't Have to Say You Love Me". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  8. ^ "Sarah Vaughan : Eternally You're My Baby". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "Engelbert Humperdinck : King of Hearts". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  10. ^ Squeeze play. 1 May 1956. OCLC 12935411. Retrieved 1 May 2021 – via Open WorldCat.
  11. ^ "John Serry – Squeeze Play Featuring The Dynamic Accordion Of John Serry (1956, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

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