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English songwriter Hal Shaper noticed the song and in November 1961 wrote English lyrics to the melody, calling it "Softly, as I Leave You." When he performed the song live in Las Vegas, Elvis Presley prefaced with a story about the origins of the song. Presley said the song originated when a man was dying and his wife was sitting by his bedside.
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"Softly, Softly" is a popular song originally written in French as "La tamise et mon jardin" by Pierre Dudan. The song was given English lyrics in 1954 by BBC executive Robin Scott (using the "Mark Paul" pseudonym) and entertainer Paddy Roberts. [1] The most popular version of the song was recorded by Northern Irish singer Ruby Murray in ...
Softly, Softly may refer to: Softly, Softly, a 1966–1969 British police drama series Softly, Softly: Task Force, a 1969–1976 revamped version of the series "Softly, Softly" (song), a 1955 popular song; Softly-softly or potto, a West African primate; Softly, Softly, a 1984 Italian film
Charles Ira Fox (born October 30, 1940) is an American composer for film and television. His compositions include the sunshine pop musical backgrounds which accompanied every episode of the 1970s ABC-TV show Love, American Style; the theme song for the late 1970s ABC series The Love Boat; and the dramatic theme music to ABC's Wide World of Sports [1] and the original Monday Night Football; as ...
Gary Barlow OBE (born 20 January 1971 in Frodsham, Cheshire) is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer.He is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the pop group Take That, and is one of the UK's most successful songwriters, having written 13 number 1 singles in the UK to date [1] including "Back for Good" which went to number 1 in 31 countries across the world.
It was covered in 1971 by The Congregation, where the group's version was a worldwide hit.Their version peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, [2] 1 in South Africa and New Zealand, No. 10 in Germany and No. 11 in Australia's Go-Set ' s Singles Chart. [3]
"On Your Own" is a song by English rock band Blur. It was released as a single on 16 June 1997 from the band's self-titled album (1997). It charted at number five on the UK Singles Chart .