Paradiso (Connie Francis song)
Paradiso is the title of a German-language hit that became popular in 1962 in the version with Connie Francis .
prehistory
The US-American record company MGM Records has published sound carriers with the US singer Connie Francis in Germany via Deutsche Grammophon since 1958 . Both the original versions of their numerous successes in the USA and from 1960 titles in German were published. In the summer of 1960, Francis had her first number one hit in Germany with the hit Die Liebe ist ein Strangespiel. In the spring of 1962, MGM planned to release the eighth German-language single with Connie Francis, after it had already hit the charts in Germany with six German titles. While a cover version of the American number one hit Don't Break the Heart That Loves You was planned for the A-side with Tu mir nicht weh, the title Paradiso was to be pressed on the back of the single . It is a purely German production, the melody comes from Wolfgang Zell, the text from Peter König. The text is about the paradisiacal love in the wonder world star tent, blue sea and palm beach. The single was released in May 1962 with catalog number MGM 61 056.
successes
Paradiso reached position two in the single charts in Germany and was able to stay in the top 10 for three months and in the charts for five months. Francis reached the top 10 of the German single charts for the sixth time . Overall, it is the eighth chart success for Francis in Germany.
Cover versions
The German low-cost label Tempo , specializing in the cover productions of successful titles , released a single in 1962 with the title Paradiso , sung by Charlotte Marian , under catalog number 869. In Europe the text was translated several times and published on record by numerous interpreters. The title Paradiso remained unchanged in all versions , for example in the Danish text that Robert Arnold had written. Two Danish singers sang it in 1962: Katy Bødtger (polyphon) and Grete Klitgaard (tono). Paradiso seemed to be particularly popular in Scandinavia , as there were other versions in Swedish ( Ann-Louise Hanson , text: Torulf Edling, in Metronome) and in Finnish (Rauni Pekkala, text: Saukki alias Niilo Puhtila, on Broadway). Anneke Grönloh sang a Dutch text by Lodewijk Post, published on Philips in 1962.
literature
- Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit balance sheet German chart singles 1956–1980. Taurus Press 1987, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 .
- Christian Müller: The BRAVO - musicbox , Volume I 1956–1969, self-published 2000
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paradiso (don't hurt me) by Connie Francis. chartsurfer.de, accessed on January 26, 2017 .