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“Charmaine”
Single by The Bachelors
Released 26 January, 1963
Format 7" single
Recorded October 10, 1962
Label Decca F11559
Writer(s) Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack
Producer Shel Talmy
The Bachelors singles chronology
-- "Charmaine"
(1963)		 "Diane"
(1964)

"Charmaine" is a popular song written by Erno Rapee, with lyrics [1] by Lew Pollack. The Bachelors is a Popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events January 1 - The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single "Love Me Do" Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Events January 1 - The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Lew Pollack [[16 June] 1895 in New York, d 18 January 1946 in Hollywood was a Composer active during the 1920's and the In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Shel Talmy (born August 11 1937 in Chicago, Illinois United States is an American record producer best known for his work in 1960s London with The Who and The Bachelors is a Popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland. Diane is a song by Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack originally written as a theme song for the 1927 classic silent movie " Seventh Heaven " Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Lew Pollack [[16 June] 1895 in New York, d 18 January 1946 in Hollywood was a Composer active during the 1920's and the The song was written in 1926 and published in 1927. Events May 12 - Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 1 premiere Leningrad Events January 8 - Alban Berg 's Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna. However, Desmond Carrington on his BBC Radio 2 programme marked the song's writing as being in 1913. Desmond Carrington (born 23 May 1926) is a UK-based actor and broadcaster currently best-known for his weekly showon BBC Radio 2. Events April 1 - Manuel de Falla 's Opera La vida breve is given its world premiere in Nice

The song was originally in waltz time, but later versions were in common time. The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. The time signature (also known as " meter signature" is a notational convention used in Western Musical notation to specify how many beats

The song was originally composed for the silent movie What Price Glory? It was also featured in the movie Two Girls And A Sailor. It was recorded by the Harry James orchestra in 1944. Harry James ( March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American Musician and Band leader, and a well-known Events Jo Stafford launches her solo career Frank Sinatra begins his film career with the musical Higher and Higher

An instrumental version arranged by Ronald Binge and performed by the Mantovani orchestra was his first hit on the United States charts in 1951. Ronald Binge ( 15 July, 1910, Derby &ndash 6 September, 1979, Ringwood, Hampshire) was a British Annunzio Paolo Mantovani ( November 15, 1905 &ndash March 29, 1980) known by the Mononym Mantovani was a popular conductor The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events July 11 - Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in This recording was released by London Records as catalog number 1020. London Records is a Record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin This list presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single (mainly 7" 33 1/3 and 45 and 10" 78 rpm records Capitol Capitol It first reached the Billboard charts on November 9, 1951 and lasted 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #10. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Events July 11 - Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in [2]

Another recording, by Gordon Jenkins' orchestra, with a vocal by Bob Carroll, also charted in 1951. Gordon Hill Jenkins ( 12 May 1910 – 1 May 1984) was an American Arranger who was an influential figure in popular music Bob Carroll ( June 18, 1918 - November 19, 1994) was a Big band Singer and stage, Film, and Television This recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 27859[3]. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 7, 1951 and lasted 1 week on the chart, at #26. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Events July 11 - Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in [2]

"Charmaine" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "Bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "I wonder, when bluebirds are mating, will you come back again?"

Recorded versions

References

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  3. ^ Decca Records in the 27500 to 27999 series
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