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The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [2] The song was originally recorded by Jimmy Dorsey in 1941. It has since been covered most notably by Frank Ifield, Glen Campbell and Björk.
Frank Ifield was born on 30 November 1937 in Coundon, Coventry to Australian parents Richard Joseph Ifield (1909–1982) and Hannah Muriel née Livesey (c. 1916–2012), as one of seven sons. [1] His parents had travelled to England in 1936, [ 2 ] where his father was an inventor and engineer who created the Ifield fuel pump, used in jet ...
In 1930 it was reborn as "Confessin'", with new lyrics by Al Neiburg, and with the music this time credited to Doc Daugherty and Ellis Reynolds. Louis Armstrong made his first, and highly influential, recording of the song in August 1930, [ 3 ] and continued to play it throughout his career. [ 4 ]
It was a No. 21 hit for Nat King Cole in 1948. [2]The song received two significant "rock era" remakes: a ballad version by the Everly Brothers in 1961 which reached No. 20 on Billboard, [3] and an up-tempo version by Frank Ifield which reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart on 15 February 1964, [4] as well as in New Zealand. [5]
In the 1960s, it was a hit for Frank Ifield. There is also a female version of the song, titled "He Taught Me How to Yodel" or "He Taught Me to Yodel", and it has been sung by the likes of Rosalie Allen and Margo Smith and, in the 2000s, Taylor Ware. [3]
In November 1962, Frank Ifield's version of "Lovesick Blues" topped the UK Singles Chart, [36] and reached number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1963. [37] Gramophone compared his singing to a "rough and raucous Jimmie Rodgers". [38]
Vee-Jay had recently scored a Top Five hit with another Capitol reject – Frank Ifield’s “I Remember You” – but, backed with limited airplay, shifted only 5,000 copies of “Please Please ...
Frank Ifield - included in his album Blue Skies (1964) Patti Page - included in her album Patti Page Sings Country and Western Golden Hits (1961) [7] Chris Isaak - from the soundtrack of the film A Perfect World (1993) Elvis Presley - included in the (compilation) album The Home Recordings (1999). The song, a home recording, was recorded in ...