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A recording by Dean Martin was included on his 1958 album, Sleep Warm [8] Frank Sinatra also recorded a new version of thje song on his 1960 album for Capitol, Nice 'n' Easy) Etta James on her 1961 album The Second Time Around [9] Ringo Starr's version in 1970 album Sentimental Journey, [10] Michael Bublé in 2007.
One evening he [Evans] went to her [Marianne's] friend Karen and told Karen, "She's left me. I need her back. I can't live without her." He flew to Bonn to find her – he wrote a song called "I Can't Live". Its chorus included "I can't live, if living is without you, I can't live, I can't give any more."
In 1962, the song was released as a single by Bennett on Columbia Records as the b-side to "Once Upon a Time", which peaked at No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was also included on the album I Left My Heart in San Francisco. It reached number seven on the Easy Listening chart. [3]
The song was written and published in 1953, with Leigh contributing the lyrics to what was originally a Richards instrumental called "Moonbeam". Frank Sinatra was the first performer to record the song, which became a million-selling hit in late 1953 (and spilling over with popularity into 1954) where it reached the No. 2 spot in the Billboard chart.
The song was recorded in November 1950 by Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller and his orchestra. [7] Mitch Miller originally had intended "My Heart Cries for You" and "The Roving Kind" to be recorded by Frank Sinatra, however, Sinatra was not interested in the songs chosen for him when he arrived the day the recording was scheduled, and said: "I'm not doing any of that crap".
The first version of "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" was recorded during their second session, held on September 20, 1965, at A & R Recording in New York City. [6] [14] A second version of the song was recorded on November 2, together with what would become the B-side, Larry Williams' "Slow Down. [14] This version remains unreleased. [14]
Before the song’s second verse, Swift asked, “I was wondering, I wanna do the thing, can I do it?” Carpenter agreed as Swift started singing, “I’m working late ‘cause I’m a singer.”
English songwriter Hal Shaper noticed the song and in November 1961 wrote English lyrics to the melody, calling it "Softly, as I Leave You." When he performed the song live in Las Vegas, Elvis Presley prefaced with a story about the origins of the song. Presley said the song originated when a man was dying and his wife was sitting by his bedside.