Gentle On My Mind
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Hallo CHARRO1955,
kleiner Tipp: Du kannst auch mehrere Zitate in ein Posting setzen, in dem
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auf "Antworten" drückst.
Du musst nicht für jeden Kommentar ein neues Posting startenAhnungslosigkeit ist die Objektivität der schlichten Gemüter - Harald Schmidt
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,,Little Green Apples,,von Bing Crosby kenne ich auch!Auch die Versionen von Sinatra,Glen Campbell und Andy Williams !Gibt aber natürlich noch viele andere.Aber die von Dino finde ich am besten.Sie berührt mich am meisten.Kommentar
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Am besten finde ich die Version von Roger Miller,die ist glaube ich auch das Org.Geschrieben wurde der Song von Bobby Russell der auch für Elvis Do You Know Who I Am geschrieben hat und auch Honey entsprang seiner Feder.Little Green Apples soll von Elvis 69 für die Las Vegas Shows geprobt worden sein.Kommentar
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Gentle on My Mind
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the song. For the Patti Page album, see Gentle on My Mind (album). For the Glen Campbell album, see Gentle on My Mind (Glen Campbell album).
"Gentle on My Mind" is a song written by John Hartford, which won two 1968 Grammy Awards. Hartford himself won the award for Best Folk Performance. The other award, Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male, went to Glen Campbell for his version of Hartford's song.
Hartford said that he was inspired to write the song's poignant lyrics after seeing the film Doctor Zhivago, and that it took about fifteen minutes to write down.
Campbell used "Gentle on My Mind" as the theme to his late-1960s TV variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
While Campbell's version remains the best known in the US, versions by Patti Page and Aretha Franklin were also Hot 100 hits in 1968 and 1969, respectively. In the UK, the version by Dean Martin reached number 2 in 1969. Elvis Presley also recorded the song at American Sound Studios in Memphis in January 1969, and the song featured on the award winning album From Elvis in Memphis. More recently, it was recorded by Lucinda Williams and this version was featured over the closing credits in the 2006 comedy movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
R.E.M. performs a cover of this song on Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project, a covers album released by alternative radio KCRW with the participation of 15 different artists.
Claude François translated the lyrics into French and recorded it as "Si Douce A Mon Souvenir"
All together it has been recorded by over 300 different artists. Glen Campbell's version has received over 5 million plays on the radio.Kommentar
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Andy Williams Little Green Apples (1969)
B.J. Thomas Little Green Apples (1969)
Ben E. King Little Green Apples (1970)
Bill Anderson Little Green Apples (1969)
Bing Crosby Little Green Apples (1969)
Bloodstone Little Green Apples (1973)
Bobbi Martin Little Green Apples (1968)
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell Little Green Apples (1968)
Bobby Goldsboro Little Green Apples (1968)
Dean Martin Little Green Apples (1969)
Dionne Warwick Little Green Apples (1970)
Eddy Arnold Little Green Apples (1969)
Ferrante Little Green Apples (1992)
Four Tops Little Green Apples (1982)
Frank Sinatra Little Green Apples (1968)
Frankie Laine Little Green Apples (1968)
Gary Puckett Little Green Apples
Gene Chandler Little Green Apples (196?)
Joe Simon Little Green Apples (1969)
King Curtis Little Green Apples (196?)
Leapy Lee Little Green Apples (1969)
Nancy Wilson Little Green Apples
O.C. Smith Little Green Apples (1968)
Ola & the Janglers Little Green Apples (1968)
Patti Page Little Green Apples (1968)
Percy Faith Little Green Apples (1969)
Pete Jolly Little Green Apples (1970)
Ralph McTell Little Green Apples (1968)
Ray Conniff Little Green Apples (1968)
Ray Price Little Green Apples (1968)
Roger Miller Little Green Apples (1968)
The Escorts Little Green Apples (1973)
The Temptations Little Green Apples (1969)
Tom Jones Little Green Apples (1969)
Tom Jones & James Last Little Green Apples (2004)
Tony Bennett Little Green Apples (1969)
Vic Damone Little Green Apples
Acker Bilk Little Green Apples
Bobby Russell Little Green Apples (1967)Kommentar
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Du sagst es,ich bin neu hier und werde mich in Zukunft bemühen!!
Und glaub´mir,ich bin lernfähig!!Kommentar
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Seine versoffen-launige Swingversion passt für meine Begriffe ganz einfach nicht zum Tenor des Songs. Bei ihm klingt es so, als wäre es etwas Lustiges oder Nebensächliches, das einfach mal so passieren kann. Tatsächlich ist es der Abstieg eines verlassenen Mannes ins die Isolation uns soziale wie emotionale Elend. Einer der depressivsten und niederschmetterndsten Titel, die Elvis jemals aufgenommen hat. Und einer der zeitlosesten.Kommentar
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