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"Ebb Tide" is a popular song written in 1953 by the lyricist Carl Sigman and composer and harpist Robert Maxwell. [1] The first version was sung by Vic Damone backed by Richard Hayman 's orchestra. The highest-selling version was released by the Righteous Brothers in 1965.
Maxwell went on to devising his own arrangements, and composed three songs for which he is remembered: "Little Dipper" (1959, recorded under the name The Mickey Mozart Quintet) peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100, [6] "Ebb Tide" (1953) was a perennial favorite, and "Shangri-La" was a hit in 1957 for The Four Coins and 1969 for The Lettermen.
Columbia had many hours of Griffin's unreleased recordings on tape, and continued to release "new" recordings of Griffin's music for a number of years after his death. His version of " Ebb Tide " was played in the fifth-season premiere of the TV drama Mad Men .
The album Ebb Tide (And Other Instrumental Favorites) sold over one million copies, gaining gold disc status. [1] He recorded six more singles that made the charts, including "Swingin' Gently" (from Beyond the Reef), and six additional albums (on the Decca label) through 1968.
Hamilton, forced into performing a "Walk Alone" replacement on the spot, decided on "Ebb Tide", a song that had been a hit for Vic Damone a few months earlier—a song that Hamilton himself hadn't yet recorded. That evening, for his second and final number, Hamilton unveiled his gospel-tinged version of "Ebb Tide" before a Soldier Field ...
Alan Copeland & Bill Norvas Music from "Tin Roof Blues" 1923. "The Man That Got Away" w. Ira Gershwin m. Harold Arlen "The Man With The Banjo" w. (Eng) Robert Mellin m. Fritz Schulz Reichel "Marriage Type Love" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Arthur Maxwell and Helena Scott in the musical Me And Juliet.
Two years later, Sigman's song "Ebb Tide" was a hit for Frank Chacksfield; and was a Top 10 Billboard chart hit in 1965 for the Righteous Brothers. [2] It was also recorded by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, the Platters and hundreds of others.
Pages in category "Songs with music by Robert Maxwell (songwriter)" ... out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Ebb Tide (song) S. Shangri-La ...