This Is My Song (1967 song)
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"This Is My Song" is a song written by Charlie Chaplin in 1966 and performed by Petula Clark
.
, which Charlie Chaplin wrote and directed. Chaplin saw his film as a throwback to the shipboard romances which were popular in the 1930s and wrote "This Is My Song" with the intent of evoking that era: to reinforce the evocation Chaplin was determined to have Al Jolson
sing the song - so determined that he only accepted the advisement that Jolson had died in 1950 when shown a photograph of Jolson's tombstone. Ultimately, the song would be featured in the film only as an instrumental.
After being disillusioned in regard to Jolson, Chaplin considered having "This Is My Song" recorded by Petula Clark
who had a home in Switzerland near his residence. Clark's husband/manager Claud Wolf - at the time with Clark in Reno NV - received a copy of "This Is My Song" in September of 1966 and liked the song which he felt had especial potential for success in Germany
. However Clark's regular collaborator Tony Hatch
was not impressed with the song and refused Wolf's invitation to arrange it for Clark to record; ultimately Ernie Freeman
arranged the song and Sonny Burke
produced the session - at Western Studios
in Los Angeles - in which Clark recorded the song not only in English but in French
as "C'est Ma Chanson" (lyrics by Pierre Delanoë
who also felt the song a poor choice for Clark), German
as "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" (lyrics by Joachim Relin) and Italian
as "Cara Felicita" - lyrics by Ciro Bertini). In fact Clark did not wish to record the song in English as she disliked the deliberately old fashioned lyrics which Chaplin refused to modify; however after the translated versions of the song had been recorded there happened to be some time remaining on the session which Burke coaxed Clark to use to record Chaplin's lyrics. The recording session featured the backing of the Wrecking Crew
.
The breakout of "This Is My Song" in the UK in February 1967 caused Pye Records to withdraw Clark's current album release Colour My World which was rush re-released with "This Is My Song" added on to reach #16 on the charts. "This Is My Song" was also included on Clark's next album: These Are My Songs
, which reached #38 UK that fall.
and six weeks in Australia
, with #1 rankings also achieved in Rhodesia
, South Africa
and on the Dutch
charts for both the Netherlands
and Belgium
. "This Is My Song" also earned hit status in India
(#5), New Zealand
(#15) and Norway
(#6).
In its North American single release - which omitted the opening section - "This Is My Song" reached #3 in the U.S.
and #4 in Canada
; the single was certified a Gold record
for sales of one million units in the US. The These Are My Songs album peaked at #27 US becoming Clark's second - and final - US Top 30 album (Downtown
at #21 would remain Clark's top ranking US album).
"C'est Ma Chanson" reached #1 in France and #3 on the chart for Belgium's French-speaking sector, also reaching #10 on Belgium's Dutch chart where the English version had hit #1; total sales of the French language version were reported as 500,000. In Germany, the English version competed with the German language version with the former more successful, reaching #16 while "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" peaked at #23. In Italy the rendering "Cara Felicità" reached #23..
on "Downtown
", her corresponding UK success had been more hit-and-miss. The last two singles prior to "This Is My Song": "Who Am I?
" and "Colour My World
" had failed to rank in the UK Top 50 making the strong UK showing of "This Is My Song" - Clark's first single release since "Downtown
" neither written nor produced by Hatch - the more remarkable.
The follow-up single "Don't Sleep in the Subway
" resumed the Clark/Hatch collaboration and was a UK hit (#12) but like all Clark's releases after "This Is My Song" would fail to return her to the UK Top Ten.
Despite Clark's reservations re the English version of "This is My Song":
- the song's popularity mandates its inclusion in any concert Clark gives in the English speaking world; Clark generally performs the song combining French lyrics with the English.
- the one published biography of Clark written to date - by Andrea Kon in 1983 - is entitled This Is My Song (W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.).
with Wally Stott
responsible for arranging and conducting. Secombe himself found the lyrics risible - several takes were necessitated due to his bursting into laughter when he tried to sing the line: "I care not what the world may say". Despite the eventual UK release of Clark's version as a single. "This Is My Song"'s appeal was strong enough to sustain two versions high on the chart. Secombe's version debuted at number 44 on 25 February 1967 (the second week Clark's version was number one) to rise as high as number two on the chart dated 1 April (which featured Clark's version at number eight). (Clark's previous UK #1 song, "Sailor"
, had also had a rival version - in that instance by Anne Shelton - which had reached the Top 10; Wally Stott had also overseen the Shelton recording). Secombe's version of "This Is My Song" was included on the album Secombe's Personal Choice an April 1967 release whose chart peak of #6 in May 1967 bests that of both the Petula Clark albums which parented the song. Wally Stott had produced many Clark recordings in the 1950's on the Polygon label.
Versions of "This Is My Song" have been recorded by Ronnie Aldrich
, the Ray Charles Singers, Ray Conniff and the Singers
(from the This Is My Song album/ 1967), James Darren
, Percy Faith
, Connie Francis
(live version), Bobby Hendricks
, Engelbert Humperdinck
(whose "Release Me
" succeeded Clark's version of "This Is My Song" at #1 UK and kept Secombe's version at #2), Morgana King
, The Lettermen
, James Last
, the Patrick Linder and Thilo Wolf Big Band
, Mantovani
, Lena Martell
, Al Martino
, Paul Mauriat
, Jane McDonald
, Jim Nabors
, Frank Sinatra
, Jerry Vale
and Andy Williams
.
The Seekers
also recorded a version of "This Is My Song" in 1967, however the track was unreleased until 1995 when it was included on The Seekers - Complete box set. On the Seekers' Night of Nights...Live! release from 2002, "This Is My Song" follows "Ten Thousand Years Ago" - which only features the group's male members - to showcase Judith Durham
as a solo vocalist.
Foreign language covers of "This Is My Song" contemporary with the Petula Clark hit version include: the Czech rendering "Obrať Se S Důvěrou" recorded by Helena Blehárová; the Dutch rendering "Sjungas till sömns" recorded by Lize Marke
to chart in Belgium (Flemish Region) at #26 (as a double A-side hit with "Lara's lied
"); another Dutch rendering: ""Daar Straalt Eeen Licht", recorded by the Netherlands-based group the Shephards; the Polish rendering "Moja Piosenka" recorded by Halina Kunicka; and the Serbian rendering "Ljubav Je To" recorded by Senka Veletanlić. 1967 also saw at least thirteen recordings of renderings of "This Is My Song" made by artists local to Scandinavia (Denmark/ Finland/ Norway/ Sweden) beginning with the Swedish "En serenad till dig" introduced by Ann-Louise Hanson
and also recorded by Gunnar Wiklund: other Scandinavian renderings included the Danish "Min sang till dig" recorded by both Gitte and Katy Bødtger
and the Finnish "Tämä on lauluni" recorded by Matti Heinivaho. Contemporary covers of "C'est ma chanson" include those by Lucky Blondo and Mireille Mathieu
while "Cara Felicità" was recorded by fifteen Italian singers in 1967. In Spain "Amor es mi cancion" had been recorded by Juan Bau, Dova, Gelu and Los Javaloyas. Angelika Milster remade "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" for her 1998 album ""Die größten Hits der Filmgeschichte".
Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
.
Origin/ Petula Clark recording
"This is My Song" was intended for the film, A Countess from Hong KongA Countess from Hong Kong
A Countess from Hong Kong is a 1967 British comedy film and the last film directed by Charlie Chaplin. It was one of two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role , and his only color film. Chaplin's cameo marked his final screen appearance...
, which Charlie Chaplin wrote and directed. Chaplin saw his film as a throwback to the shipboard romances which were popular in the 1930s and wrote "This Is My Song" with the intent of evoking that era: to reinforce the evocation Chaplin was determined to have Al Jolson
Al Jolson
Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian and actor. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer"....
sing the song - so determined that he only accepted the advisement that Jolson had died in 1950 when shown a photograph of Jolson's tombstone. Ultimately, the song would be featured in the film only as an instrumental.
After being disillusioned in regard to Jolson, Chaplin considered having "This Is My Song" recorded by Petula Clark
Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
who had a home in Switzerland near his residence. Clark's husband/manager Claud Wolf - at the time with Clark in Reno NV - received a copy of "This Is My Song" in September of 1966 and liked the song which he felt had especial potential for success in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. However Clark's regular collaborator Tony Hatch
Tony Hatch
Anthony Peter "Tony" Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and producer.-Early life and early career:...
was not impressed with the song and refused Wolf's invitation to arrange it for Clark to record; ultimately Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman was an American pianist, organist and arranger.In 1935 he began playing in local Cleveland area nightclubs, and also formed a classical music trio for local social functions with his father and his sister Evelyn...
arranged the song and Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke was a big band leader. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University where he had formed and led the jazz big band known as the Duke Ambassadors....
produced the session - at Western Studios
United Western Recorders
United Western Recorders, often abbreviated to UWR, was a renowned recording studio complex in Hollywood, California, which became one of the most successful independent recording studios in the world in the late 1950s and 1960s....
in Los Angeles - in which Clark recorded the song not only in English but in French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
as "C'est Ma Chanson" (lyrics by Pierre Delanoë
Pierre Delanoë
Pierre Delanoë , born Pierre Leroyer, was a French songwriter/lyricist who wrote for dozens of singers such as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Petula Clark, and Johnny Hallyday....
who also felt the song a poor choice for Clark), German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
as "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" (lyrics by Joachim Relin) and Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
as "Cara Felicita" - lyrics by Ciro Bertini). In fact Clark did not wish to record the song in English as she disliked the deliberately old fashioned lyrics which Chaplin refused to modify; however after the translated versions of the song had been recorded there happened to be some time remaining on the session which Burke coaxed Clark to use to record Chaplin's lyrics. The recording session featured the backing of the Wrecking Crew
The Wrecking Crew (music)
The Wrecking Crew was a nickname coined by the drummer Hal Blaine after the fact for a group of session musicians in Los Angeles, California, who earned wide acclaim in the 1960s. They backed dozens of popular singers, and were one of the most successful "groups" of studio musicians in music history...
.
UK hit
Clark had assumed her recording of "This Is My Song" with the original quaint Chaplin lyrics would only be used as an album track; on learning of Pye Records plan to release the track as a single she attempted to block its release. Instead, she found herself atop the UK charts for the first time in six years when "This Is My Song" reached #1 on the UK Top Fifty dated 18 February 1967 a position it retained the next week. Certified Silver for sales of 250,000, the total sales of "This Is My Song" in the UK would in fact exceed 500,000.The breakout of "This Is My Song" in the UK in February 1967 caused Pye Records to withdraw Clark's current album release Colour My World which was rush re-released with "This Is My Song" added on to reach #16 on the charts. "This Is My Song" was also included on Clark's next album: These Are My Songs
These Are My Songs
These Are My Songs is a 1967 album released by Petula Clark. In a break with longtime collaborator Tony Hatch, Clark joined forces with producer Sonny Burke and arranger/conductor Ernie Freeman for this release....
, which reached #38 UK that fall.
- "This is My Song" (in English) is the fourth Petula Clark hit for which she's expressed dislike, the others being "Sailor" - a UK No 1 hit , MONSIEUR a German language No 1 hit which won a gold disc for sales in Germany alone "My LoveMy Love (Petula Clark song)"My Love" is a 1965 single release by Petula Clark which in early 1966 became an international hit, reaching #1 in the US: Clark's regular songwriter and producer Tony Hatch was responsible for "My Love"....
". However with "This is my song" she actually expresses her then belief that it was not commercial, she clearly has great affection for the song. She actually loathes the other three and sings them rarely. Usually if she sings these three she either includes a snatch in a medley or makes a comedy of them.
International success
Petula Clark's "This Is My Song" was #1 for four weeks in IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and six weeks in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, with #1 rankings also achieved in Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and on the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
charts for both the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. "This Is My Song" also earned hit status in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
(#5), New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
(#15) and Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
(#6).
In its North American single release - which omitted the opening section - "This Is My Song" reached #3 in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and #4 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
; the single was certified a Gold record
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
for sales of one million units in the US. The These Are My Songs album peaked at #27 US becoming Clark's second - and final - US Top 30 album (Downtown
Downtown (album)
Downtown is an album by Petula Clark following the success of her single of the same title...
at #21 would remain Clark's top ranking US album).
"C'est Ma Chanson" reached #1 in France and #3 on the chart for Belgium's French-speaking sector, also reaching #10 on Belgium's Dutch chart where the English version had hit #1; total sales of the French language version were reported as 500,000. In Germany, the English version competed with the German language version with the former more successful, reaching #16 while "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" peaked at #23. In Italy the rendering "Cara Felicità" reached #23..
Aftermath
Although Clark had become a fixture on the upper realms of the U.S. charts via her collaboration with writer/producer Tony HatchTony Hatch
Anthony Peter "Tony" Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and producer.-Early life and early career:...
on "Downtown
Downtown (Petula Clark song)
"Downtown" is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark, became an international hit – No. 1 in the US and No. 2 in the UK – at the end of 1964.-Original recording:...
", her corresponding UK success had been more hit-and-miss. The last two singles prior to "This Is My Song": "Who Am I?
Who Am I? (Petula Clark song)
"Who Am I?" was a 1966 single by Petula Clark written and produced by Tony Hatch.Although largely conforming to the formula established by Clark's previous work with Hatch, "Who Am I?" is distinct in its referencing concerns of the 1960s social consciousness, specifically the search for the...
" and "Colour My World
Colour My World (Petula Clark song)
"Colour My World" is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent recorded by Petula Clark in 1966.While overall conforming to the hit formula Hatch had come up with for Clark with "Downtown" - and being especially reminiscent of Clark's 1965 #1 hit "My Love - "Colour My World" acknowledged the...
" had failed to rank in the UK Top 50 making the strong UK showing of "This Is My Song" - Clark's first single release since "Downtown
Downtown (Petula Clark song)
"Downtown" is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark, became an international hit – No. 1 in the US and No. 2 in the UK – at the end of 1964.-Original recording:...
" neither written nor produced by Hatch - the more remarkable.
The follow-up single "Don't Sleep in the Subway
Don't Sleep in the Subway
"Don't Sleep in the Subway" is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and recorded by Petula Clark. Released in April 1967, it peaked at #5 on the US charts that June. It was Clark's final US top-ten single and the second of two #1 hits on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, following "I...
" resumed the Clark/Hatch collaboration and was a UK hit (#12) but like all Clark's releases after "This Is My Song" would fail to return her to the UK Top Ten.
Despite Clark's reservations re the English version of "This is My Song":
- the song's popularity mandates its inclusion in any concert Clark gives in the English speaking world; Clark generally performs the song combining French lyrics with the English.
- the one published biography of Clark written to date - by Andrea Kon in 1983 - is entitled This Is My Song (W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.).
Other versions
The first recording of "This Is My Song" was made by Harry SecombeHarry Secombe
Sir Harry Donald Secombe CBE was a Welsh entertainer with a talent for comedy and a noted fine tenor singing voice. He is best known for playing Neddie Seagoon, the central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show...
with Wally Stott
Angela Morley
Angela Morley was an English composer and conductor. Morley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1924, and played saxophone in a number of dance bands, and in 1944 became a member of Geraldo's band....
responsible for arranging and conducting. Secombe himself found the lyrics risible - several takes were necessitated due to his bursting into laughter when he tried to sing the line: "I care not what the world may say". Despite the eventual UK release of Clark's version as a single. "This Is My Song"'s appeal was strong enough to sustain two versions high on the chart. Secombe's version debuted at number 44 on 25 February 1967 (the second week Clark's version was number one) to rise as high as number two on the chart dated 1 April (which featured Clark's version at number eight). (Clark's previous UK #1 song, "Sailor"
Sailor (Song)
Sailor is a song written by Werner Scharfenberger and Fini Busch which via a 1960 recording by Lolita became an international hit, with its #5 peak on the Hot 100 chart in Billboard making "Sailor" the most successful American hit sung in German until 99 Luftballons by Nena in 1984.With English...
, had also had a rival version - in that instance by Anne Shelton - which had reached the Top 10; Wally Stott had also overseen the Shelton recording). Secombe's version of "This Is My Song" was included on the album Secombe's Personal Choice an April 1967 release whose chart peak of #6 in May 1967 bests that of both the Petula Clark albums which parented the song. Wally Stott had produced many Clark recordings in the 1950's on the Polygon label.
Versions of "This Is My Song" have been recorded by Ronnie Aldrich
Ronnie Aldrich
Ronnie Aldrich, born Ronald Frank Aldrich was a British easy listening and jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer. The only son af a store manager, he was three years old when he started playing the piano...
, the Ray Charles Singers, Ray Conniff and the Singers
Ray Conniff
Joseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.-Biography:...
(from the This Is My Song album/ 1967), James Darren
James Darren
James William Ercolani , known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer.-Career:...
, Percy Faith
Percy Faith
Percy Faith was a Canadian-born American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with creating the "easy listening" or "mood music" format which became staples of American popular music in the 1950s and...
, Connie Francis
Connie Francis
Connie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
(live version), Bobby Hendricks
Bobby Hendricks
Bobby Hendricks is an American R&B singer who charted two hits in the late 1950s. However, before embarking on a solo career, Bobby Hendricks was a member of The Swallows and recorded with The Flyers before becoming a successful solo act...
, Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
Engelbert Humperdinck is a British pop singer, best known for his hits including "Release Me " and "After the Lovin'" as well as "The Last Waltz" .-Early life:...
(whose "Release Me
Release Me (1946 song)
"Release Me" is a popular song written by Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, and James Pebworth , published in 1946.Miller wrote the song in 1946 but could not get anyone to record it for years, so he recorded it himself in 1953. Shortly afterward it was covered by Jimmy Heap, and with even better success...
" succeeded Clark's version of "This Is My Song" at #1 UK and kept Secombe's version at #2), Morgana King
Morgana King
Morgana King is an American singer and actress. She is a noted jazz singer, who is regarded as a "musician's singer." The musical œuvre of her stylized vocal artistry spans a period of more than four decades and has an "appeal that bridges generations, tastes and life styles"."She is, like all...
, The Lettermen
The Lettermen
The Lettermen are an American male pop music vocal trio. The Lettermen's trademark is close-harmony pop songs with light arrangements. The group started in 1959...
, James Last
James Last
James Last is a German composer and big band leader. His "happy music" made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and the United Kingdom. His composition, "Happy Heart", became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark...
, the Patrick Linder and Thilo Wolf Big Band
Patrick Lindner
Patrick Lindner is a German Volksmusik singer.-Life:Born as Friedrich Günther Raab, Lindner worked as a chef before his breakthrough in 1989 when he was second in the Grand Prix der Volksmusik...
, Mantovani
Mantovani
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani known as Mantovani, was an Anglo-Italian conductor and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature. The book British Hit Singles & Albums states that he was "Britain's most successful album act before The Beatles .....
, Lena Martell
Lena Martell
Lena Martell is a Scottish singer, who had a number one UK single with "One Day at a Time" in 1979....
, Al Martino
Al Martino
Al Martino was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid 1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The...
, Paul Mauriat
Paul Mauriat
Paul Mauriat was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his million selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968...
, Jane McDonald
Jane McDonald
Jane McDonald is a British singer, actress and media personality and broadcaster, who first became famous following her appearance on the BBC docusoap The Cruise...
, Jim Nabors
Jim Nabors
James Thurston "Jim" Nabors is an American actor and singer. Born and raised in Sylacauga, Alabama, Nabors moved to Southern California because of his asthma. While working at a Santa Monica nightclub, The Horn, he was discovered by Andy Griffith and later joined The Andy Griffith Show, playing...
, Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis 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...
, Jerry Vale
Jerry Vale
Jerry Vale is an American singer.-Career:In high school, in order to make some money, he took a job shining shoes in a barbershop in New York City. He sang while he shined shoes, and his boss liked the sound so well that he paid for music lessons for the boy...
and Andy Williams
Andy Williams
Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,...
.
The Seekers
The Seekers
The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop music group which were originally formed in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States...
also recorded a version of "This Is My Song" in 1967, however the track was unreleased until 1995 when it was included on The Seekers - Complete box set. On the Seekers' Night of Nights...Live! release from 2002, "This Is My Song" follows "Ten Thousand Years Ago" - which only features the group's male members - to showcase Judith Durham
Judith Durham
Judith Durham, OAM is an Australian jazz singer and musician who became the lead vocalist for the Australian popular folk music group The Seekers in 1963. She left the group in mid-1968 to pursue her solo career...
as a solo vocalist.
Foreign language covers of "This Is My Song" contemporary with the Petula Clark hit version include: the Czech rendering "Obrať Se S Důvěrou" recorded by Helena Blehárová; the Dutch rendering "Sjungas till sömns" recorded by Lize Marke
Lize Marke
Lize Marke is a Belgian singer, best known for her participation in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.- Eurovision Song Contest :...
to chart in Belgium (Flemish Region) at #26 (as a double A-side hit with "Lara's lied
Lara's Theme
"Lara's Theme" is the generic name given to a leitmotif written for the film Doctor Zhivago by composer Maurice Jarre. Soon afterward, it became the basis of the song "Somewhere My Love."- Original composition :...
"); another Dutch rendering: ""Daar Straalt Eeen Licht", recorded by the Netherlands-based group the Shephards; the Polish rendering "Moja Piosenka" recorded by Halina Kunicka; and the Serbian rendering "Ljubav Je To" recorded by Senka Veletanlić. 1967 also saw at least thirteen recordings of renderings of "This Is My Song" made by artists local to Scandinavia (Denmark/ Finland/ Norway/ Sweden) beginning with the Swedish "En serenad till dig" introduced by Ann-Louise Hanson
Ann-Louise Hanson
Ann-Louise Hanson is a Swedish singer and has been involved in the music industry for over 40 years.Many of her solo recordings from the 1960s feature Bruno Glenmarks Orkester and, following their marriage, Ann-Louise and Bruno Glenmark formed the group Glenmarks with Bruno's niece Karin and...
and also recorded by Gunnar Wiklund: other Scandinavian renderings included the Danish "Min sang till dig" recorded by both Gitte and Katy Bødtger
Katy Bødtger
Katy Bødtger is a Danish singer.- Eurovision Song Contest 1960 :In 1960, Bødtger won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix with the song "Det var en yndig tid"...
and the Finnish "Tämä on lauluni" recorded by Matti Heinivaho. Contemporary covers of "C'est ma chanson" include those by Lucky Blondo and Mireille Mathieu
Mireille Mathieu
Mireille Mathieu is a French chanteuse, and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as the successor to Édith Piaf, she has achieved great commercial success, recording over 1200 songs in nine different languages, with more than 120 million records sold worldwide.-Childhood to early...
while "Cara Felicità" was recorded by fifteen Italian singers in 1967. In Spain "Amor es mi cancion" had been recorded by Juan Bau, Dova, Gelu and Los Javaloyas. Angelika Milster remade "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" for her 1998 album ""Die größten Hits der Filmgeschichte".