"The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song recorded by Johnny Mathis and later by Donny Osmond. John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American Singer of Popular music. Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born on December 9 1957 in Ogden Utah, USA) is an American Singer, Musician, Actor The song's title comes from the popular expression "the 12th of Never," which is used as the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass. In the case of the song, the 12th of Never is given as the date on which the singer will stop loving his beloved, thus indicating that he will always love her/him. The song draws a similar link between the cessation of love and a number of other events expected never to happen.
The song was written by Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster, the tune (except for the bridge) being adapted from "The Riddle Song" (also known as "I Gave My Love a Cherry"), an old English folk song. Jerry Livingston (born March 25, 1909 in Denver, Colorado, died on July 1, 1987) was an American Songwriter Paul Francis Webster ( December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards This article is about a bridge section in a piece of popular or classical music "The Riddle Song" also known as "I Gave My Love a Cherry" is an English Folk song, apparently a Lullaby, which was carried by settlers England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Johnny Mathis's original version reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA in 1957. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Donny Osmond's version, produced by Mike Curb and Don Costa, was his second number one single in the United Kingdom, spending a single week at the top in March 1973. Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born on December 9 1957 in Ogden Utah, USA) is an American Singer, Musician, Actor Michael Curb (born December 24, 1944, in Savannah Georgia) is an American Musician, Record company executive race car Don Costa ( July 10 1925 – January 19 1983) was an American Pop music arranger and Record producer The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the USA it peaked at #8.
Other recordings include Roger Miller on the 1968 album A Tender Look at Love and Jeff Buckley on Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition). Roger Dean Miller ( January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American Singer, Songwriter and Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17 1966 – May 29 1997 raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist He was the son Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition is a 2003 live Double album by Jeff Buckley. Olivia Newton-John also covered the song on her 1989 album Warm and Tender. Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE (born September 26 1948) is a Grammy Award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated English-born Warm and Tender is an album of children's lullabies released by Olivia Newton-John in 1989 Newton-John's version of the song and her album was produced by John Farrar. John Farrar (Fâr/ə/ born on 8 November, 1946 in Melbourne Australia, is a music producer, Songwriter, Singer In 2005, Dolly Parton recorded the song as a duet with Keith Urban on her album, Those Were the Days. Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967 in Whangarei, New Zealand) is an Australian Grammy - and ARIA -winning Country music singer Those Were the Days is a studio album by Dolly Parton, released on October 11 2005
Dame Gracie Fields recorded this as a single in 1960. Dame Gracie Fields, DBE ( January 9 1898 &ndash September 27 1979) born Grace Stansfield, was an English /
Other uses
The song was also the title of a book about alleged murderer Betty Broderick. Elisabeth Anne "Betty" Broderick née Bisceglia (born on November 7, 1947 in Eastchester, New York) is a former San Diego It draws its title from the fact that the song by Johnny Mathis was played at her wedding. Her story was later turned into a movie, "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story", where the title role was played by Meridith Baxter-Birney, who was also in the 1980s show "Family Ties", whose theme song "Without Us" was sung by Johnny Mathis.
The Twelfth of Never is also the title of a book by Louis Nowra. Louis Nowra (born 12 December 1950) is one of Australia 's most acclaimed and prolific Writers Playwrights Screenwriters It is not rot related to the aforementioned book.
In his song "Europa and the Pirate Twins", Thomas Dolby tells the tale of two childhood friends separated by war and circumstance. Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson, on 14 October 1958) is an English Musician, producer and inventor Before the war, while their fathers were away, the children experience the "Twelfth of Never" on the sand, walking down the beaches holding hands.
References
- Ewen, David (1977). All the Years of Popular Music. Prentice Hall, p. 539. ISBN 0-13-022442-1. Retrieved on 2007-03-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.
| Preceded by "Cum on Feel the Noize" by Slade |
UK number one single (Donny Osmond version) March 26, 1973 |
Succeeded by "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando |
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