Memories Are Made of This
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"Memories Are Made of This" is a popular song written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller in 1955.
History
The most popular version of the song was recorded by Dean Martin. It reached #1 on the Billboard chart for six weeks in 1956, and became his biggest hit. He was backed by The Easy Riders, who wrote it.
The secondary hit version at the time was by Gale Storm, US Billboard #5.
A third charted version was by Mindy Carson, at #53.
Terry Gilkyson and The Easy Riders (who consisted of Gilkyson, Dehr, and Miller) recorded it for an album but did not attempt a hit single.
The song charted once more in 1966 by The Drifters, a minor #48 hit for them.
Trivia
Tim Rice has stated that the Everly Brothers version of this is the most perfect pop song ever.
After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the song was adapted into the "Honvágy-dal" (The Song of Homesickness), used as an unofficial anthem for refugees scattered around the world. Recorded by Ida Boros, it became a cultural phenomenon and a sign of protest against the communist government.
For an impression of Dean Martin, American tenor Mario Lanza sang "Memories Are Made of This" in a sequence of impressions that included other popular singers of the era in his 1958 movie Seven Hills of Rome.
Versions
- Dean Martin (1956)
- The Easy Riders (1956)
- Dave King (1956)
- Petula Clark (1956)
- Gale Storm (1956)
- Mindy Carson (1956)
- Everly Brothers (1960)
- Frank Sinatra (19??)
- Johnny Cash (1996)
- Jim Reeves (19??)
- Little Richard (1964)
- Statler Brothers (1981)
- Paul Anka (1963)
- Ray Conniff (1961)
- The Drifters (1966)
- Kirlian Camera Erinnerung (2006)
German versions:
- Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung : Alk-Parade (1991)
- Die 2te Sensation : Heimweh (1982)
- Element of Crime : Heimweh (2004) Soundtrack The Edukators
- Stephan Remmler und die Schatzsucher : Heimweh (1991)
- ZK , later Die Toten Hosen : Heimweh (1980)
- Freddy Quinn : Heimweh (Dort wo die Blumen blüh'n) (1956)