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"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a song recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 concept album Evita, later included in the 1978 musical of the same name. The song was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were researching the life of Argentine leader Eva Perón .
The song is a contrafactum, and shares its tune with the better known "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the same show. "Oh What a Circus" was a commercial success for Essex, who had been dropped by his previous record company due to his declining sales. The song reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and the top-30 in Belgium and Netherlands.
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" was released as the second single from the album on December 16, 1996. [36] A separate version called the "Miami Mix", which included re-recorded vocals in English and Spanish and an Argentinean bandoneon in the song's intro, was promoted to radio. [25]
The episode includes parodies of songs such as "A Vote for a Winner" which includes the lyrics, "don't cry for me, kids of Springfield". [83] At the end of the episode, a comical disclaimer is displayed stating, "On the advice of our lawyers, we swear we have never heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Perón".
Julie Covington (born 11 September 1946) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", [1] which she sang on the 1976 concept album Evita.
Patti LuPone's performance of 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' left the audience completely floored at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
Evita is a concept album released in 1976 and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice about the life of Eva Perón.Having successfully launched their previous show, Jesus Christ Superstar, on record in 1970, Lloyd Webber and Rice returned to the format for Evita.
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