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Saville was born Philip Saffer on 28 October 1927 at Marylebone, London (in later life he gave his birth year as 1930, a date repeated in all his obituaries), [5] son of Louis Saffer (who later assumed the anglicized form of the family name, "Saville", chosen by his father, Joseph Saffer, a master tailor), a travelling salesman for a clothing company, and Sadie Kathleen (known as "Kay"), née ...
By the end of 2012, the song became the best-selling song of that year with 11.8 million copies sold, [53] ranking among the best-selling digital singles ever. As of April 2012, it is the most downloaded song ever in Belgium, [ 54 ] as well as being the third best-selling digital single in Germany with sales between 500,000 and 600,000 copies ...
The song spent three weeks inside the top 10 and exited the chart after six months. [27] According to The Official Charts Company, the song sold 205,000 copies in the United Kingdom. [28] In Ireland, the song reached a peak position of number three in its seventh week like it did in the United Kingdom, but lasted inside the top 10 longer (ten ...
According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies. [1] The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best ...
Bonnie Tyler was the first artist to record it. "The Best" was released as the lead single from her seventh studio album, Hide Your Heart, in January 1988. It peaked at no. 10 in Norway, and no. 25 in Finland, but only spent one week in the UK Singles Chart at no. 95. In Italy, "The Best" peaked at no. 8 on Rai Radio 2's airplay chart. [3]
Madeleine is a song by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. Brel co-composed the song with musicians Gérard Jouannest and Jean Corti. The song was created in 1961, at The Olympia. The song was first recorded on the 1962 live album Olympia 1961, the last album Brel recorded with the Philips Records.
The song became so popular that its creators revised it, adding three verses and removing product references to create a full-length song appropriate for commercial release. The full-length song was re-recorded by both The Hillside Singers and The New Seekers and both versions became huge hits. [5]
"Beautiful" is a pop and R&B ballad [1] [2] that discusses issues of self-esteem and insecurity, promoting a message of self-empowerment and embracing inner beauty. [1] Larry Flick of Billboard added that the song talks about "overcoming life's trials", [11] Chuck Taylor also of Billboard observed that it has a message of "holding oneself up against criticism from the outside," [12] and Todd ...