Lisbon Antigua
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"Lisbon Antigua" is a popular song, arranged by Nelson Riddle
, that was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1956. It topped the Billboard magazine chart on February 25, 1956 and remained there for four weeks. The song that featured in Riddle's score for the film Lisbon
was originally a Portuguese song that Nat King Cole
's manager brought to Riddle's attention.
The song was written in 1937 by Raul Portela, José Galhardo, and Amadeu do Vale with English words by Harry Dupree.
It was also recorded as an instrumental under the title "In Old Lisbon" by Frank Chacksfield
, a recording released by the United Kingdom
Decca label
as catalog number F 10689, which reached #15 on the UK charts.
Nelson Riddle
Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
, that was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1956. It topped the Billboard magazine chart on February 25, 1956 and remained there for four weeks. The song that featured in Riddle's score for the film Lisbon
Lisbon (film)
Lisbon is a 1956 American crime film produced and directed by Ray Milland and starring Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains, Edward Chapman, and Jay Novello. An American smuggler based in Lisbon is hired to rescue a wealthy industrialist from behind the Iron Curtain.The film was shot on location...
was originally a Portuguese song that Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
's manager brought to Riddle's attention.
The song was written in 1937 by Raul Portela, José Galhardo, and Amadeu do Vale with English words by Harry Dupree.
It was also recorded as an instrumental under the title "In Old Lisbon" by Frank Chacksfield
Frank Chacksfield
Frank Chacksfield was an English pianist, organist, composer and conductor of popular light orchestral easy listening music, who had great success in Britain and internationally in the 1950s and early 1960s.-Life and career:...
, a recording released by the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Decca label
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
as catalog number F 10689, which reached #15 on the UK charts.