Crying in the Chapel
Crying in the Chapel is a pop song that received million seller status in three different versions , of which Elvis Presley's version was the most successful.
History of origin
Charles Artice "Artie" Glenn is the composer of this song, which was made known to a wide audience through Elvis Presley. Glenn only composed this one song. The inspiration for this gospel-like song came to Artie Glenn during recovery from surgery, when he felt closer to God and when he went to church he was close to tears.
First million seller
Darrell Glenn - Crying in the Chapel
June Valli - Crying in the Chapel
Orioles - Crying in the Chapel
Elvis Presley - Crying in the Chapel
Darrell Glenn, the son of the songwriter Artie Glenn, is considered the original artist (Valley Records # 105), because he recorded the song with the Rhythm Riders before June 1953 . It hit the country chart in July, where it reached fourth place and sold 15,000 copies in two months. Country singer Rex Allen recorded the song for the first time on June 5, 1953 (Decca # 28758) and, after its release in June 1953, was able to place it in fourth place in the country and eighth place in the pop charts, before June Valli on June 11 1953 followed suit (RCA Victor # 5368) and climbed to number four on the pop charts. The Orioles were in the recording studio on June 30, 1953 (Jubilee # 45-5122). Their version came on the market in July 1953; They reached the first position of the Rhythm & Blues hit parade, which they held for five weeks and thus took # 11 of the pop hit parade. Allen's Original sold 928,000 copies by late 1953 before earning million-seller status in early 1954. The Orioles also earned their version million seller status.
Elvis Presley
Elvis first covered the song on October 30, 1960 for the planned album His Hand In Mine . The Elvis management then asked the composer Artie Glenn if he wanted to cede 50% of his rights to the music publisher Elvis Presley Music , after all Elvis would publish the song and help it to be successful again. Glenn rejected this cut-in, which was often practiced by Elvis management, and therefore the song remained unpublished in the RCA archive until an agreement was finally reached. Then Crying in the Chapel was re-recorded on October 31, 1963. It was not published until April 6, 1965, and Elvis led the intensely performed song to third place on the pop charts. It was Elvis' first top ten hit in two years and also the last for another four years. By the end of 1965, his single had sold a total of 1,732,000 copies in the United States and around 3.7 million worldwide.
More cover versions
Crying in the Chapel received a BMI award and, according to the BMI , has been covered 16 times. A total of 41 versions are registered with Coverinfo. Also worth mentioning are the versions by Ella Fitzgerald (September 1953; 15th place in the pop hit parade) and Art Lund (September 1953; No. 23). Also Eddy Arnold (LP The Chapel On The Hill , 1955), Roy Hamilton (LP Warm Soul ; 1963) or Little Richard (Atlantic 2181;. April 1963 No 119 the bubbling under the Hot 100 hit parade) have taken up the song. A German version under the title tears in the eyes (German text: Hans Bradtke ) was first published by Wolfgang Sauer in October 1955 , but it did not make it into the charts. Bobby Solo's German version was released in January 1966 and reached number 16 in the German charts.
Individual evidence
- ↑ BMI entry for Glenn ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, p. 76
- ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, p. 80
- ↑ cut-in is the power of a person or a record or music publisher to claim rights to a composition that they do not actually have
- ↑ Glenn denied all his life, however, that he had ever assigned parts of his copyright.
- ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, p. 211
- ↑ Cover info entry
