"Eternally" is a song with music by 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.
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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), [2] Ron Goodwin (UK number 3), [3] and Richard Hayman (US number 13).
As "Eternally", it was recorded by Jimmy Young (UK number 8, 1953), [4] Vic Damone (US number 12, 1953), [5] Li Xianglan (in Chinese and Japanese), Petula Clark ( These Are My Songs, 1967), Bing Crosby (for his radio show), [6] Dinah Shore, [7] Steve Lawrence, [8] Michel Legrand, Jerry Vale, [9] Sarah Vaughan, [10] Roger Whittaker, Engelbert Humperdinck (1973 [11] and 2007), Victor Wood (1971), Amália Rodrigues, John Serry Sr. ( Squeeze Play, 1956), [12] [13] among many others.
Brazilian singer José Augusto recorded Portuguese and Spanish language versions of the song; the Spanish version, titled "Candilejas", topped the charts in Mexico in 1974. [14]
"Eternally" is a song with music by 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.
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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), [2] Ron Goodwin (UK number 3), [3] and Richard Hayman (US number 13).
As "Eternally", it was recorded by Jimmy Young (UK number 8, 1953), [4] Vic Damone (US number 12, 1953), [5] Li Xianglan (in Chinese and Japanese), Petula Clark ( These Are My Songs, 1967), Bing Crosby (for his radio show), [6] Dinah Shore, [7] Steve Lawrence, [8] Michel Legrand, Jerry Vale, [9] Sarah Vaughan, [10] Roger Whittaker, Engelbert Humperdinck (1973 [11] and 2007), Victor Wood (1971), Amália Rodrigues, John Serry Sr. ( Squeeze Play, 1956), [12] [13] among many others.
Brazilian singer José Augusto recorded Portuguese and Spanish language versions of the song; the Spanish version, titled "Candilejas", topped the charts in Mexico in 1974. [14]