December 10, 2012

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - 8/4 : Cover Song

 
 
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
Elvis Presley 温柔和抒情的腔調, 加上磁性的獨白, 此曲在美國流行樂壇引起一番漣漪, 令原作品經三十多年之後再被注目, 自此, 不同節奏與有否獨白的翻唱版本, 在樂壇陸續而至, 當中不乏知名男女歌手, 欲一改個人風格以演譯此曲, 不過,  Elvis 獨特的曲風, 與富感情的獨白和腔調, 相信是難以被取代的。
 
今天, 在網上衹要輸入"Are You Lonesome Tonight", 而 Elvis Presley 的名字多會連在一起出現, 由於這一曲已成為他的標誌歌曲之一。在音樂的資訉平台有記載, 有近一百五十位男女歌手翻唱或模仿, 包括女歌手對 Elvis 情意綿綿的 "Answer Song 回應歌曲"、改編成幽默惹笑的 "Parody 戲仿" 版本, 與及十幾個國家語言的演繹, 至今已錄製和面世的唱片, 共逹兩百多個不同版本。
 
"Discography of American Historical Recordings 美國唱片錄音歷史" 有記錄 "Are You Lonesome To-Night?", 有聲軌收錄的純音樂版本, 由 Lew White 個人獨奏管風琴, 在紐約市 Roxy Studio 的錄音, Brunswick 唱片公司印製, 1927年九月二十八日面世, 至2019年為止, 由大小樂隊的純音樂演奏, 有記錄的版本達五十多個。
 
Are You Lonesome To-Night? by Lew White 
Instrumental recorded on September 28, 1927
 
1926 - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
            Music: Lou Handman
            Lyric: Roy Turk
            Vocal: Charles Hart - First Recording on May 9,1927

                                          
1927 - COVER VERSIONS - Video Link - Youtube 連結
17 May - Ned Jakobs
13 June - Vaughn de Leath
27 June - Edythe & Lou Handman, Jerry Macy & John Ryan
22 July - Little Jack, Harmony Dance Orchestra with Westell Gordon 
4 August - Charles Harrison, Hugh Donovan
5 August - Henry Burr
15 August - Harold Lambert 
1 September - Frank Munn
21 September - Bob Haring & his Colonial Club Orchestra with Vaughn de Leath
26 September - Jacques Renard & his Cocanut Grove Orchestra with Franklyn Baur, Joe Wilbur 
5 October - Majestic Dance Orchestra
7 Ocotber - Newport Society Orchestra with Irving Kaufman
21 October - Lewis James
 
 
1963 - Johnny Reimar with The Scarlets, The Mills Brothers, Billy Cotton and His Orcehstra
1964 - Al Martino, Ray Conniff and The Singers, The Lettermen, Sonny James,
1965 - Joe E. Ross, Frank Fontaine
1966 - Pat Boone, Herman Schmerdley
1967 - Sven Hedlund, Doris Day
1971 - Peter Vee
1972 - Dottie West, Bobby Hachey The New Ink Spots
1973 - Bill Kenny (Mr. Ink Spot) - Monologue, Donny Osmond
1974 - Gert Potgieter, Phil Ochs, The Peaches
1975 - Kamahl, Werner Müller and The London Festival Orchestra & Chorus
1976 - The Cliff Adams Singers, Sydney Devine 
1978 - Salomon & Paradise, Little Tony, Jerry Walker   
1979 - Ral Donne, Bobby Solo
1980 - Jerry Deewood
1981 - Tulsa McLean, Wayne Denver, Wojciech Gąssowski
1982 - Timi Yuro 
 
2003 - Jheena Lodwick - Philippines
 
2004 - Danny Summer 夏韶聲 - Hong Kong
 
 
Birgitte Soojin
1983年一月二日生於韓國, 剛滿週歲, 被來自 Norway 挪威的家庭領養, 並給予她名字 Birgitte Soo Jin Wisløff Hauge, 與飬父一家同住在 Denmark 丹麥 Copenhagen 哥本哈根。二十三歲開始, 曾三度奪得 "Danish Music Award 丹麥音樂獎", 她擁有一個被國際確認的知名唱片品牌 "Highlow Records"。Birgitte Soojin 演繹過多首 "Blues 藍調", "Scandinavian Folk 北歐民歌", "Soul 騷靈" 和老式 "Swing Jazz 搖擺爵士樂" 當中的精選歌曲作品, 亦曾獲三次提名 "Grammy Awards 格蘭美奬"。 
    
2015 - Birgitte Soojin - Korean Norwegian 
Tonight I am downhearted
For though we have parted
I love you and I always will
And while I'm so lonely
I'm writing you only
To see if you care for me still

I hold with as fiction
A fond recollection
A romance of days now gone by
And often I wonder
If I made blunder
By letting you bid me goodbye


Are you lonesome tonight
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray
To a bright summer day
I kissed you and I called you sweetheart

Do the chair in your parlor
Seems empty and bare
Do you gaze that door step and picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight