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July 17, 2020

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME - Original & Remade


美國副總統 U.S. Vice President
Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951)
美國共和黨政治家, 芝加哥一間銀行總裁、鋼琴家、長笛手和作曲家; 1921年, 獲第二十九任總統 Warren G. Harding 哈定 委任為新成立的"Bureau of the Budget 財政預算局"第一位總裁。他致力制訂的"Dawes Plan", 解決了第一次世界大戰之後, 德國要付上各類賠償的方案, 因而共同獲得1925年"Nobel Peace Prize 諾貝爾和平獎", 1925至1929年期間, 任美國第三十任總統 Calvin Coolidge 柯立芝(1872-1933) 的副總統, 1929年總統大選之後, 第三十一任總統 Herbert Hoover 胡佛(1874-1964) 委任他為駐英國大使。


早於1911年, Dawes 把剛完成而暫時命名"Melody in A Major"的鋼琴樂曲, 在家中彈奏給到訪的好友, 小提琴家 Francis MacMillen 品評, 並請他代配上小提琴樂譜。及後, MacMillen 卻把樂譜推薦給一間音樂出版商印製和發售。翌年, Charles Dawes 被提名為 Illinois 依利諾依州參議院候選人, 開始其從政的意願; 在競選期間, 他發現樂器店的櫥窗, 陳列了自己肖像的曲譜發售, 令他大感意外並喃喃自語: "這樣糟糕的音樂, 必成為競選對手的話題了"。

"Melody in A Major"
這樂曲被公開後, 卻成了 Charles G. Dawes 競選活動的樂曲, 亦成為當年名小提家 Fritz Kreisler 每次演奏會的謝幕樂章之一。


"The Dawes Melody" Melody in A Major - Fritz Kreisler

"LET ME DREAM"
1940年四月, "Melody in A Major"被佚名的撰詞人改編及撰上歌詞, 以曲目"Let Me Dream"交由樂壇俱名氣的 Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra 演奏,  加上 Bob Eberly 把歌曲作背後和唱演譯, Decca 唱片公司録製, 唱片的標貼印上「Adapted From The Famous "Melody" By Charles G. Dawes」; 歌曲面世後, 在樂壇卻不被注目, 最後, 這版本再沒有歌手翻唱至消聲匿跡, 幸而在網上音樂平台仍有聲頻上傳, 但歌詞則沒有記載供查閱, 拙筆以遍聽遍筆錄, 盡量把歌詞記下來, 有待日後再跟進和修改好了。



"LET ME DREAM"
Music: Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
Vocal: Bob Eberly
Let me dream as the blue shadows fall
While softly the night birds call
In the moonlight glow, and this seemed that long ago
Once again, you are mine on and on

Sorrow may come with the day
And blue sky may turn to gray
But the night is mine, like a melody divine
Let me dream always, let me dream
Let me dream, let me dream

"IT'S ALL IN THE GAME"
"Let Me Dream" 1940年面世, 不被注目, 至1951年三月, 再由 Carl Sigman 撰上新歌詞, 以曲目 "It's All In The Game" 的另一版本, 四月十五日交到唱片公司當天, 卻傳來消息這篇樂譜的作曲家 Charles G. Dawes 因心臟病發離世, 成了美國政界、共和黨和樂壇的噩耗。及後, 唱片公司人員對 Carl Sigman 笑謔, 可能由於 Dawes 不願看到自己的樂曲被弄跨吧! 樂壇為紀念 Charles G. Dawes, 把這編樂曲命名為"The Dawes Melody"。

1951年八月, 歌曲首唱是 Dinah Shore 的錄音, 同年亦有四位歌手演譯的版本, 至今, 除了 Louis Armstrong 的 "爵士 Jazz" 節奏演譯, 與及Tommy Edwards 之外, 而另外两位歌手 Carmen Cavallaro, Sammy Kaye 演譯的錄音則沒法在網上平台找到。

"IT'S ALL IN THE GAME" - Dinah Shore 1951 version
Many a tear has to fall but it's all in the game
All in the wonderful game that we know as love
You have words with him and your future's looking dim
But these things your hearts can rise above

Once in a while he won't call but it's all in the game
Soon he'll be there at your side with a sweet bouquet
And he'll kiss your lips and caress your waiting fingertips
And your heart will fly away


TOMMY EDWARDS (1922-1969)
"It's All In The Game" 1940年面世, 至1957年 Nat King Cole 的版本為止, 共五個不同的演譯圴未受注目。1958年, Tommy Edwards 跟美高梅 M-G-M 的唱片合約還有一曲待要完成, 而當年的"身歴聲 Stereophonic"錄音趨勢初起, 唱片公司把1951年他的版本重新編曲, 把原來的"慢華爾茲 Slow Waltz"節奏, 改為當年流行的"狐步舞 Fox-trot"節奏, 以嶄新科技錄製唱片, 同年九月面世, 銷量很快達至數百萬張, 登上美國"Billboard Best Sellers In Stores"榜第十八位, 與及"R&B Best Seller" 榜首位置。一首沉寂近七年的作品, 經重新編製才引起流行樂壇一番漣漪, 給了 Tommy Edwards 往後在樂壇重拾聲勢的機緣。可惜, 他不能目睹此曲在流行樂壇的迴響; 翌年, 因患上腦動脈瘤病世, 終年四十七歲。


"IT'S ALL IN THE GAME" ~ Tommy Edwards 1958 version

樂迷在甚麼年份認識這經典呢?
今天仍有機會在網上媒體當中, 找回一些往日的回憶吧 !

1951 Dinah Shore, Carmen Cavallaro, Sammy Kaye, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Edwards
1957 Nat King Cole
1958 Tommy Edwards (Foxtrot version), Barry Kendall
1959 Ricky Nelson, Andy Williams, Keely Smith, Johnnie Ray with Jack Parnell and His Orchestra
1960 Bobby Vee
1961 Gene McDaniels, Robert Goulet
1962 Ben E. King, George Maharis
1963 Cliff Richard, Mike Redway, Buddy Bailey & The Clovers
1964 Bobby Goldsboro, Sammy Davis Jr., The Lettermen, Jimmy Witherspoon, Johnny O'Keefe
1966 Sandy Posey, Roland Kirk
1967 Jackie DeShannon, Bobby Vinton
1969 Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny Letman, Emile Ford, Eddie Holman, Bing Crosby,
        The Four King Cousins
1970 The Alan Caddy Orchestra and Singers, Buddy Bailey & The Clovers, Brook Benton,
        The Gaylads, The Four Tops
1971 Jerry Jones
1972 Cass Elliot
1973 Tyrone Davis
1974 Slim Whitman
1975 Kamahl, Donny & Marie Osmond, Tony Orlando & Dawn
1976 Freddy Fender, Jimmie Spheeris
1977 Allison Durbin, Tom T. Hall
1978 George Benson
1979 Van Morrison
1980 Isaac Hayes
1982 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
1983 Merle Haggard, Bobby Bland
1984 Neil Sedaka, Cannon & Ball
1985 Joe Dolan
1987 Carmel
1989 Johnny Mathis, Wojciech Gąssowski
1991 Beverly Stauber
1992 Maureen McGovern
1993 Ark Garfunkel
1994 Elton John
1995 Paul Anka
1997 Andy Lee Lang with The Shadowman
2001 Engelbert Humperdinck, Mark Doyle
2003 No Nonsense, Billy Eckstine
2004 Darrel Higham, Nick Lowe, Keith Jarrett
2005 Bobby Bare
2006 Barry Manilow, Pat Boone
2008 George Clinton feat. Belita Woods of P-Fun, Jason Donovan
2013 Herb Alpert feat. Lani Hall
2015 Brady Bowen and Swing Country

FINNISH
1995 Pitkien varjojen maa - written by Pekka Eronen

FRENCH
1959 C'est le jeu - written by Henri Contet, Marcel Dabadie
1964 Jour après jour - written by Hubert Ithier
2004 Les heures - written by Patrick Loiseau

SPANISH
1963 Todo está en juego - written by Antonio Carmona Reverte