《Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)》是希區考克1956年所執導《擒兇記》(The Man Who Knew Too Much)電影主題曲,得到1956年奧斯卡金像獎的最佳原創歌曲獎。《擒凶記》至今仍是希區考克最著名的作品之一。由詹姆斯·史都華、桃樂絲·黛主演。 Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Quando Quando Quando
“Quando, Quando, Quando” is an Italian pop song dating from the early 1960s, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis (sometimes credited under his birth name Elio Cesari). Renis made the song famous. It has frequently been performed in English translation, with lyrics by Ervin Drake. The most notable rendition in English was by pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck. Continue reading
Put Your Head On My Shoulder
“Put Your Head on My Shoulder” is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. Anka’s version was released as a single by ABC-Paramount in 1959. It was arranged and conducted by Don Costa. The B-side was “Don’t Ever Leave Me”. “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” became very successful, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Continue reading
Frogg (Frog Went a-Courtin’)
Brothers Four recorded this English folk song “Frogg” in 1961 and hit US #32 Continue reading
Puff, the Magic Dragon
“Puff, the Magic Dragon” is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow’s group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. The song achieved great popularity. The lyrics for “Puff, the Magic Dragon” were based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, a 19-year-old Cornell University student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled “Custard the Dragon”, about a “realio, trulio little pet dragon.” Continue reading