Boulevard of Broken Dreams (song)
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"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was a 1934 hit song by Al Dubin (words) and Harry Warren (music), set in Paris. The narrator says "I walk along the street of sorrow/The Boulevard of Broken Dreams/Where gigolo and gigolette/Can take a kiss without regret/So they forget their broken dreams."
The song was written for the 1934 film Moulin Rouge.[1]
It was a one of the first records for Tony Bennett in 1950; Bennett made a more Latin sounding recording of the song in 1952 and it was a hit. He recorded it again in 1990 and 2007.
It was covered by No Wave artist James White on his 1983 album Flaming Demonics.
Marianne Faithfull also covered it in her Hal Willner produced weary/lush album Strange Weather.
Monsieur Camembert featured it one their ARIA award-winning self-titled album, Monsieur Camembert (album), sung by Jacqi Stoddard.
It was performed by Diana Krall on her All For You album devoted to the music of Nat King Cole. It was also re-arranged and covered by Diana Krall for her 2006 album From This Moment On and released as a bonus track on iTunes.
Tony Bennett recorded a duet of the song with Sting for his 2007 Duets album.
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