Faithful Forever

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Faithful Forever
publication 1939
length 3:20
Genre (s) Film music
text Leo Robin
Ralph Rainger
music Ralph Rainger
Leo Robin
Award (s) Oscar nomination 1940 as "Best Song"

Faithful Forever is a song from the soundtrack of the animated film Gulliver's Travels from 1939. Lyrics and composition are a joint effort by composers and lyricists Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin . The song in the film is sung by Jessica Dragonette (Princess Glory of Liliput) and Lonny Ross (Prince David of Blefuscu). Gulliver's Travels was the first full-length animated film to be released in cinemas in Germany after the war.

The story of the song in short: When the prince of one country wants to marry the princess of another country, both the father of the prince and the father of the princess are of the opinion that their national anthem should be heard after the wedding. The song of a country called Faithful ( True ), the song of the other country Forever ( forever ). When the dispute between the kings because of disagreement in a war ends, Gulliver is finally a solution by suggesting that the prince and princess each sing the song their country and to combine the lines together, from which the new song Faithful Forever created .

1940 was Faithful Forever in the category "Best Song" for a Oscar nomination. However, the award went to Harold Arlen for his song Over the Rainbow from the musical film The Wizard of Oz .

Cover versions

The song was covered, for example, by Michael Omartian , Guy Lombardo , Don Robertson and the Austrian tenor Richard Tauber .

Faithful Forever , in the version by Glenn Miller, was number 5 on the US Billboard charts for 11 weeks in 1939 .

Glenn Miller, whose version of Faithful Forever was particularly successful

In the 100 Top Songs of 1939 , Faithful Forever in the version by Glenn Miller is 57th with 109 points (out of a possible 200).

The jazz discographer Tom Lord lists nine cover versions of the title in the field of jazz , u. a. by Bob Zurke , Benny Goodman , Woody Herman / Will Bradley , Peter Kreuder (1940) and Chuck Berghofer (2008).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gulliver's Travels (1939) Faithful Forever by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b Battle for the wedding song In. Der Spiegel 41/1949, October 6, 1949. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ Faithful Forever - Jessica Dragonette as Princess Glory from Gulliver's Travels 1939 at soundcloud.com. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Richard Tauber sings 'Faithful Forever' . Video. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ Songs from the Year 1939 at tsort.info (English). Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Top Songs of 1939 at musicvf.com. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ Faithful Forever - Tom Lord The Jazz Discography Tune List at lordisco.com. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 12, 2014)