Rock and roll music
| "Rags To Riches" | ||||
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| Single by Tony Bennett | ||||
| B-side | "Here Comes That Heartache Again" | |||
| Released | August 3, 1953[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 17, 1953[2] | |||
| Studio | Columbia 30th Street, New York City | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer(s) | Percy Faith | |||
| Tony Bennett singles chronology | ||||
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Discográfica: Columbia · Estudio de grabación: Columbia 30th Street, New York City · Productor: Percy Faith
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1953 popular music song
For the song by Rod Wave, see Rags2Riches (song).
| "Rags to Riches" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by Elvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "Where Did They Go, Lord" | |||
| Released | February 23, 1971 | |||
| Recorded | September 22, 1970 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Richard Adler | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Rags to Riches" is a 1953 popular song by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.[3]
Background
It is based on a famous Russian tune called "Volga Melody" by Yuri Shchetkov sometimes known as "Samara My Lovely Town." The bridge passage or middle 8 was inserted by the composer.
Tony Bennett recording
The best-known version of the song, recorded by Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and his orchestra, was number one for eight weeks on the Billboard chart in 1953 and became a gold record.[4] In 2012, he recorded a Spanglish version with bachata singer Romeo Santos for his album Viva Duets.
Other versions
- Later in 1953, a version by David Whitfield reached number three in the British charts[5]
- Another version in 1953, by Billy Ward and his Dominoes with Jackie Wilson singing lead made number two on Billboard`s Most Played in Juke Boxes chart.[6]
- Later recordings by Sunny & the Sunliners (#45 in 1963)[7] and Elvis Presley (#33 in 1971)[8] also made the Billboard charts.
In popular culture
- Tony Bennett`s version was featured in the opening sequence of the 1990 film Goodfellas.[9]
- The opening line of the song was sung regularly and exuberantly by the character Carmine Ragusa on the television series Laverne & Shirley,[10] typically when he had good news.
- Jackie Wilson`s version of the song is featured in the 2010 video game Mafia II.[11]
See also
- List of number-one singles of 1953 (U.S.)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1953 popular music song
For the song by Rod Wave, see Rags2Riches (song).
| "Rags to Riches" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by Elvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "Where Did They Go, Lord" | |||
| Released | February 23, 1971 | |||
| Recorded | September 22, 1970 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Richard Adler | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Rags to Riches" is a 1953 popular song by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.[3]
Background
It is based on a famous Russian tune called "Volga Melody" by Yuri Shchetkov sometimes known as "Samara My Lovely Town." The bridge passage or middle 8 was inserted by the composer.
Tony Bennett recording
The best-known version of the song, recorded by Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and his orchestra, was number one for eight weeks on the Billboard chart in 1953 and became a gold record.[4] In 2012, he recorded a Spanglish version with bachata singer Romeo Santos for his album Viva Duets.
Other versions
- Later in 1953, a version by David Whitfield reached number three in the British charts[5]
- Another version in 1953, by Billy Ward and his Dominoes with Jackie Wilson singing lead made number two on Billboard`s Most Played in Juke Boxes chart.[6]
- Later recordings by Sunny & the Sunliners (#45 in 1963)[7] and Elvis Presley (#33 in 1971)[8] also made the Billboard charts.
In popular culture
- Tony Bennett`s version was featured in the opening sequence of the 1990 film Goodfellas.[9]
- The opening line of the song was sung regularly and exuberantly by the character Carmine Ragusa on the television series Laverne & Shirley,[10] typically when he had good news.
- Jackie Wilson`s version of the song is featured in the 2010 video game Mafia II.[11]
See also
- List of number-one singles of 1953 (U.S.)
