Tears (1930 song)

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"Tears"
Single by Ken Dodd
from the album Tears of Happiness
B-side"You and I"
ReleasedAugust 1965
Genre
Length2:52
LabelColumbia DB 7659[2]
Songwriter(s)Billy Uhr, Frank Capano[2]
Producer(s)Norman Newell[2]
Ken Dodd singles chronology
"So Deep is the Night"
(1964) 		"Tears"
(1965) 		"The River"
(1965)

"Tears" (also known as "Tears for Souvenirs") is a song written by lyricist Frank Capano and composer Billy Uhr,

UK Singles Chart.[2]

Song synopsis

The main theme is based on Delilah's aria "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" ("Softly awakes my heart") from Act II of Camille Saint-Saëns's opera Samson and Delilah, which dates from 1877.

Background

The song "Tears" was first published on October 20, 1930.

Sleepy Hall and his Collegians (the Brunswick Studio Orchestra), Mickie Alpert and his Orchestra, Seger Ellis, and the Blue Grass Boys with Lee Morse. 1931 saw recordings of the song by the Dick Robertson Orchestra with Ray Raymond, Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner, and the Lionel Belasco Orchestra.[8]

In the UK, "Tears" was recorded in early 1931 by a number of

BBC Dance Orchestra (with vocals by Val Rosing), and the Radio Dance Orchestra.[9]

Music charts

Although best known as a comedian,

UK Singles Chart in September 1965.[11]

The single spent 24 weeks in total on the chart, with five of those at No. 1.[12] It sold over 1,000,000 copies in the UK, becoming the biggest-selling single of 1965 in the UK, and was the third-biggest selling single of the 1960s; it was the only non-Beatles song in the top 5.[13] In 2017, it was listed as the UK's 39th-best selling single of all time (82nd with streaming), with sales of 1,523,690.[14]

Dodd's recording also reached No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart.[15]

Cover versions

Bobby Vinton released a cover of the song in 1966. His version reached No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100,[16] while reaching No. 27 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.[17] In Canada, Vinton's version reached No. 24 on the "RPM Play Sheet"[18] and No. 14 on RPM's "GMP Guide".[19]

Parody versions

"Tears" was parodied in a section of the song "I'm Bored" by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on their album Gorilla (1967).

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5
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  2. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-250-7
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  3. Music Sales Group
    , November 20, 2012. Accessed October 24, 2015
  4. ^ a b "The Unswinging Sixties". BBC News. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  5. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. (1958). United States: (n.p.). https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Catalog_of_Copyright_Entries/NTIhAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
  6. ^ "Capano, Frank". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  7. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-64824. Tears / Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  8. ^ "Capano, Frank". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  9. ISBN 0902470159
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  10. ^ "Ken Dodd". 45-rpm.org.uk. 1927-11-08. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  11. ^ "KEN DODD | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  12. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
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  13. ^ "Ken Dodd 'third best-selling artist of 1960s'". BBC News. BBC. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  14. ^ Copsey, Rob (19 September 2017). "The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Ken Dodd". The Irish Charts.
  16. ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 21, 2015
  17. ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed October 21, 2015
  18. ^ "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM, Volume 5, Ed. 3, March 13, 1966. Accessed October 24, 2015
  19. ^ "GMP Guide", RPM, Volume 5, Ed. 3, March 14, 1966. Accessed October 24, 2015
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