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The 1912 "Frankie and Johnny" by the Leighton Brothers and Ren Shields also identifies "Nellie Bly" as the new girl to whom Johnny has given his heart. What has come to be the traditional version of the melody was also published in 1912, as the verse to the song "You're My Baby", with music is attributed to Nat. D. Ayer. [8]
Frankie and Johnny is the twelfth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3553, in April 1966. [5] An excursion into Dixieland and ragtime music, it is the soundtrack to the 1966 film of the same name starring Presley.
"Duncan and Brady" is a typical "bad man" murder ballad, such as "Frankie and Johnny" or "Stagger Lee". [2] The song begins with Brady, a policeman, riding around in an electric car, with a "mean look in his eye", looking to "shoot somebody just to see him die". [1] He walks into a bar, which Duncan is tending, and arrests him. [1]
Critic Bosley Crowther wrote "... the best thing, by far, is the finale — a gaudy, satiric ballet, done to the old "Frankie and Johnny" ballad, as arranged by Johnny Green. Miss Charisse is accompanied in this one by Liliane Montevecchi as 'the other dame' and John Brascia as the luckless Johnny, and the ballad, with modern Bebop lyrics, by ...
Side one "Let Me Fly Zion" – 1:40 "Beans in My Ears" – 2:06 "Soon It's Gonna Rain" – 2:42 "Mill Girls Don't Sing or Dance" – 2:22 "Look Away Over Yondro" – 1:58 "The New Frankie and Johnny Song" – 2:28
"Please Don't Stop Loving Me" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1966 motion picture Frankie and Johnny. It was also in 1966 released as a B-side to "Frankie and Johnny", the title song of the same movie. Both songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] "Please Don't Stop Loving Me'" peaked in it at ...
"Frankie and Johnny" (song), an American popular song; Frankie and Johnny, a 1920s ballet choreographed by Ruth Page; Frankie and Johnny, soundtrack for the Elvis Presley film; Frankie and Johnny, a 1928 play by Jack Kirkland; Frankie and Johnny, a 1930 play by John Huston; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, a 1987 play by Terrence McNally
In any event, this is the title under which the song is most widely known, therefore it should be kept here, with a redirect at Frankie and Albert for the 5 people on the planet who might look it up under that title. 23skidoo 14:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC) Six of one, half dozen of the other. There's hundreds of versions of the song lyrics.