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The song was covered in a number of languages, most notably by Petula Clark who had her first #1 UK hit with the English-language rendering "Sailor". Clark was also afforded international success with both "Sailor" and the French-language rendering "Marin". A rival version by Anne Shelton was a Top Ten
The original hymn was written in 1860 by William Whiting, an Anglican churchman from Winchester, United Kingdom.Whiting grew up near the ocean on the coasts of England and at the age of thirty-five had felt his life spared by God when a violent storm nearly claimed the ship he was travelling on, instilling a belief in God's command over the rage and calm of the sea.
On May 6, 2008, Varèse Sarabande released another soundtrack album featuring music composed by Giacchino from the show's third season.The soundtrack contains two discs: the first featuring selected music from the season, the second featuring the entire original score from the acclaimed season finale episodes, "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass". [5]
The first known performance of the song is from the New Year's Eve 1994–1995 concert in Saalfeld, Germany.In the Sehnsucht tour, during this song, Flake usually sat in a small inflatable boat and sailed over the crowd who waves and bring the boat back to the stage after a short tour.
The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the Child Ballads), but others have high ones. Some of the songs were also included in the collection Jacobite Reliques by Scottish poet and novelist ...
Clark's "Sailor" became the third hit version of the song in the Low Countries reaching #13 in the Netherlands and - in a tandem ranking with "Seemann (Deine Heimat ist das Meer)" by Lolita - #12 on the chart for the Flemish Region of Belgium [16] where the Dutch-language rendering "Zeeman" had already been a Top Ten hit for Caterina Valente ...
"Seaman's Blues" is a country music song written by Billy Tubb, performed by Ernest Tubb, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 46119). In May 1948, it reached No. 5 on the Billboard folk best seller chart. [1] Furthermore, it secured the position of No. 16 on Billboard's year-end folk record seller's chart for 1948. [2]
Tawney's song, "Sally Free And Easy", written in the late 1950s, was covered by numerous folk artists, including Carolyn Hester, Dorris Henderson and John Renbourn, Davey Graham, Pentangle, The Corries, Marianne Faithfull, Alan Stivell and Bob Dylan. [1] The song is about an affair Tawney had with a girl who cheated on him.