Chart of Ten Songs That Were First Instrumental

Strangers in the Night German composer, conductor, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist bert kaempfert (1923–1980) is known for some outstanding instrumental compositions, and at least two of them have received a series of remakes in various versions with lyrics His most famous composition is Beddy Bye, which he wrote for the American comedy A Man Could Get Killed (1966).

The melody was allegedly sold to him by Ivo Robić, who unsuccessfully tried to enter the Split festival with it or with the song Ta ljetna noć Kaempfert first offered the reworked song to Greek star Melina Mercoura, but it turned out that the heartbreaking lyrics, written by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder, would sound better with male vocals.

It was sung by Frank Sinatra and they were clearly not wrong - it is one of the most successful ballads in history, an evergreen, from the big album Strangers in the Night, which sold more than two million copies on the LP alone In 1966, she was number one in all world rankings.

Interestingly, after the success of Frank Sinatra, Ivo Robić recorded "his" song once more and it was Stranger in the Night, which Robić is said to have sold in 300,000 copies Speak Softly, Love One of the most important parts of The Godfather is Nino Rota's music, and although it turns out he's used it before in older Italian films and didn't win an Oscar for it, the Mediterranean tune has gained millions of fans.

A small record called Love Theme from The Godfather was released as a film in 1972, and a month after the film's release, Andy Williams' record with Larry Kusik's lyrics: Speak Softly, Love was also on the market They recorded a few more versions, also in other languages, but Williams achieved the most in the rankings.

Where do I begin (Love Story) One of the most popular movie soundtracks is the music by the French composer Francis Lai for the movie Theme from the Love Story Lai won an Oscar for his music, the soundtrack on the record sold well.

Skillful producers have also planned a version with lyrics It was written by Carl Sigman and sung by the master of arrangements and additions of songs Andy Williams.

There were several other very successful versions of music from the film Instrumental performed by Henry Mancini, with lyrics by Tony Bennett and Shirley Bassey.

Smile Charlie Chaplin was famous for borrowing tunes for his films and then reworking them In 1936, he recorded the film Moderni časi with an instrumental background, which was very reminiscent of the music from the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini.

It was not until 1954 that the text was added by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons Smile was sung by Nat King Cole and hit all the world charts.

It was recorded by Michael Jackson in the 1990s, but it only entered the charts after his death Smile is an evergreen sung by Tony Bennett, Judy Garland, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga Could It Be Magic Chopin's Prelude in C Minor, Opus 28, No.

20 is the basis for the composition, which in 1971 with the help of lyrics by Adrienne Anderson recorded by Barry Manilow with the Featherbed Ensemble But there was no real success.

Only in 1975, in a solo attempt, Manilow won the charts (sixth place in the USA) Popovka became an evegrin.

Also because of the breathy erotic version that disco diva Donna Summer sent to the charts in the same year The version recorded by the youth pop group Take That in 1992 was also extremely successful, reaching third place on the Island.

Spanish Eyes In 1965, Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra recorded and released the big hit Moon Over Naples, the composition became a big hit over the years, also because of the songs that were recorded with different texts to the music of the German composer Less successful was Moon Over Naples, sung by Sergio Franchi the same year, but the song exploded when another lyric was written by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder.

In 1966, Spanish Eyes won all the world charts in Al Martin's version Everyone had it in their repertoire, including Elvis and Bing Crosby.

Music To Watch Girls By In 1966, Bob Crewe and his band recorded a small instrumental record called Music To Watch Girls By music, written by Sid Ramin, it was also the basis for a suspected sexist commercial for Diet Pepsi, and it had a solid chart run in 1967, reaching No.

15 in the US And then it was recorded by Andy Williams, with lyrics by Tony Velona, ​​it didn't chart well in the US, it did better in Europe.

If the instrumental original provided the basis for Pepsi, Williams' version was used in 1999 to promote Fiat cars Eternally Limelight is one of the best films from the great treasury of the English director Charlie Chaplin, a film for which he even won an Oscar for music.

Not in 1952, because he was suspected of communism, but in 1973, after the re-premier The film features an instrumental theme composed by Chaplin: The Terry Theme, with lyrics by Geoffrey Parsons and John Turner.

Eternally has been sung by Jimmy Young, Vic Damone, Petula Clark, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Roger Whittaker, Engelbert Humperdinck and many others Games That Lovers Play The composition Eine ganze Nacht was written by the popular German composer and conductor James Last (1929-2015) in 1966.

It is said that composer Billy May and one of the most popular and beautiful singers at the time, Eddie Fisher, heard the song already in the studio Last and his orchestra did not get high on the charts with the composition, which can hardly be said for the versions with lyrics by Eddie Snyder and Larry Kusik.

Eddie Fisher, Wayne Newton, Mantovani, Nelson Riddle, Donald Peers, Connie Francis .

Were Very High On The Charts

The song has been recorded by more than 100 singers Take Five Composer and pianist Dave Brubeck (1920-2012) recorded the first jazz album in history with his quartet, which sold more than a million copies in the US alone.

The biggest hit from this album, Time Out (1959), the melodic Take Five, became a standard even in circles that listened to less demanding music At least a little because of the extremely interesting and precisely sung version by vocalist Carmen McRae from 1961.

Members of the band Brubeck, Gene Wright and Joe Morello helped The text was written by Brubeck's wife Lola, with whom they were married for 70 years.

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