Domani
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"Domani" is a 1955
song written by Ulpio Minucci
with lyrics by Tony Velona. The most popular version of the song was recorded by Julius LaRosa, released by Cadence Records
as catalog number
1265. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on July 13, 1955 and lasted 7 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13.
The song was rendered in French - retaining the title "Domani" - by Renée Lebas; a Finnish rendering: "Huomenna", was recorded by Maynie Sirén.
Another song of the same name was released by the Twilight Singers on the "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" EP
and on Greg Dulli
's 2005 album Amber Headlights.
1955 in music
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song written by Ulpio Minucci
Ulpio Minucci
Ulpio Minucci was an Italian-born composer and musician.Minucci wrote a number of popular hits in the 1950s, including "Domani," "A Thousand Thoughts of You," and "Felicia." He was nominated for two Emmy Awards for his work on ABC's Saga of Western Man in 1964 and 1965...
with lyrics by Tony Velona. The most popular version of the song was recorded by Julius LaRosa, released by Cadence Records
Cadence Records
Cadence Records was an American record company based in New York City. It was founded by Archie Bleyer, who had been the musical director and orchestra leader for Arthur Godfrey in 1952...
as catalog number
Catalog numbering systems for single records
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1265. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on July 13, 1955 and lasted 7 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13.
The song was rendered in French - retaining the title "Domani" - by Renée Lebas; a Finnish rendering: "Huomenna", was recorded by Maynie Sirén.
Another song of the same name was released by the Twilight Singers on the "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
and on Greg Dulli
Greg Dulli
-Biography:Greg Dulli was born and brought up in the working-class city of Hamilton, Ohio. Although he was raised a Catholic, he is now agnostic. Dulli first came to public attention in the late 1980s with The Afghan Whigs when he joined D.C. transplant bassist John Curley and Louisville, Kentucky,...
's 2005 album Amber Headlights.
See also
- Arad DomanArad DomanArad Doman is a fictional country in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series.-Geography:Arad Doman is a coastal nation in the north-west of the main continent, lying between the Aryth Ocean on the west and the Mountains of Mist in the east. To the south lies Almoth Plain...
, a fictional country in Robert JordanRobert JordanRobert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. , under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.-Biography:Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina...
's series of novels The Wheel of TimeThe Wheel of TimeThe Wheel of Time is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, the length was increased by increments; at the time of Rigney's death, he expected it to be 12, but it will actually...
. Domani describes persons from Arad Doman.
- Frank SinatraFrank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
— like Connie Francis an American singer of Italian descent — recorded "Forget Domani" in a May 6 1965 session at United Western Recorders in Hollywood produced by Jimmy Bowen and arranged by Ernie Freeman; the orchestra was conducted by Donnie Lanier.[2] Sinatra cut the song a week before the US premiere of The Yellow Rolls-Royce which occurred May 13 1965. Both Connie Francis' and Frank Sinatra's "Forget Domani" singles debuted on the Hot 100 in Billboard dated June 26 1965 at respectively #95 (Francis) and #100 (Sinatra), and over the next six weeks both singles made slight roughly equal chart ascents to peak on the Hot 100 dated July 31 1965 at respectively #78 (Sinatra) and #79 (Francis): both singles charted for one subsequent week for a total Hot 100 run of seven weeks. Billboard's Easy Listening chart afforded the Connie Francis and Frank Sinatra "Forget Domani" singles respective peaks of #16 and #13. In July 1965 Sinatra's version became the fourth non-charting "Forget Domani" single released in the UK.