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"Beyond the Sea" is the English-language version of the French song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, popularized by Bobby Darin in 1959. While the French original was an ode to the sea, Jack Lawrence – who composed the English lyrics – turned it into a love song. [1]
"La Mer" ("The Sea") is a song by the French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet. The song was first recorded by the French singer Roland Gerbeau in 1945. When Trenet's version was released in 1946, it became an unexpected hit and has remained a chanson classic and jazz standard ever since.
Tokyo Love Story was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 1991 which aired on Fuji Television in 11 episodes and one special between January and March 1991. The television drama starred Yūji Oda, Honami Suzuki, and Narimi Arimori, and its theme song "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni" by Kazumasa Oda is the 9th best-selling single in Japan.
After deciding on the elemental love story concept, Sasamoto's team went to France to work out the practical effects details. [2] Bruno Corsini of Marseille , who previously worked on the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony , served as the lighting designer, while French-based Barbizon Lighting supplied the majority of the lighting equipment.
"La Mer" is Trenet's best-known work outside the French-speaking world, with more than 400 recorded versions. The tune, given unrelated English words and the title "Beyond the Sea" (or sometimes "Sailing"), was a hit for Bobby Darin in the early 1960s, and George Benson in the mid-1980s. "Beyond the Sea" was used in the ending credits of ...
"Love Story wa Totsuzen ni' (ラブ・ストーリーは突然に, lit. Sudden Love Story) is a song by Japanese singer Kazumasa Oda. The song, his best-known work, is featured as the B-side on the single "Oh! Yeah! / Love Story wa Totsuzen ni", the ninth-best-selling Japanese single since 1968, selling approximately 2.7 million copies to date. [1]
Bilk was born in Pensford, Somerset, in 1929. [3] He earned the nickname "Acker" from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate". [citation needed] His parents tried to teach him the piano but, as a boy, Bilk found it restricted his love of outdoor activities, including football.
These songs, while not having Tokyo in their names, lyrics, or in content, have, in their (promotional) videos, scenes of Tokyo. "I Love The Things You Do To Me" by Balaam and the Angel "Love Missile F1-11" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik "Just Can't Get Enough" by The Black Eyed Peas "Motorcycle Emptiness" by The Manic Street Preachers