Cara Mia
"Cara Mia" | ||||
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Single by Jay and the Americans | ||||
from the album Blockbusters | ||||
B-side | "When It's All Over" | |||
Released | May 1965 | |||
Recorded | 1965 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:35 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lee Lange Tulio Trapani | |||
Producer(s) | Artie Ripp | |||
Jay and the Americans singles chronology | ||||
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"Cara Mia" is a popular song published in 1954 that became a UK number 1 and US number 10 hit and Gold record for English singer David Whitfield in 1954 and a #4 hit for the American rock group Jay and the Americans in 1965. Jay & The Americans' version went into the charts in the Netherlands when it was re-released in 1980. The title means "my beloved" in Italian.
Background
The English singer David Whitfield first recorded the song with the Mantovani Orchestra in 1954. This recording made the charts in the United States, and in the UK it was the first record to spend ten consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Whitfield's version was one of the biggest selling British records in the pre-rock days.[1] It sold more than three and a half million copies worldwide and was a Top 10 hit in America.[1]
Writers
Authorship of the song was credited to Tulio Trapani (the nom de plume of the song's co-writer and arranger Mantovani) and Lee Lange (Bunny Lewis, Whitfield's producer).[1]
Notable remakes
- Jay and the Americans
- José Carreras
- Richard Clayderman - included in his album Love Songs of the World (1986).[2]
- Helen Forrest - a single release in 1954.[3]
- Mario del Monaco (with Mantovani and His Orchestra)
- Gordon MacRae - a single release in 1954.[4]
- The Johnny Mann Singers
- Josef Locke
- Jaime Morey
- Frank Patterson
- Måns Zelmerlöw
- Gene Pitney - included in his album Golden Greats (1967).[5]
- Jack Pleis
- The Raes
- Nikolai Volkoff
- Slim Whitman - for his album Red River Valley (1977)
- Paul Delicato
- Gene Ammons
- Claudio Araya
- Danny Chilean
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References
- ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 14. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.