Temptation (song)
| Temptation | |
|---|---|
| Bing Crosby | |
| publication | 1933 |
| text | Arthur Freed |
| music | Nacio Herb Brown |
| Cover versions | |
| 1934 | Ted Fiorito |
| 1934 | Ferde Grofé |
| 1944 | Artie Shaw |
| 1945, 1974 | Perry Como |
| 1952 | Mario Lanza |
| 1960 | Roger Williams |
| 1961 | The Everly Brothers |
| 1967 | Boots Randolph |
| 2002 | June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash |
Temptation ( tem'teɪʃn , English for temptation ) is the name of a popular hit that was published in 1933. The music was composed by Nacio Herb Brown , the text by Arthur Freed .
text
The text of the song is a typical boy-meets-girl story, the end of which remains open.
The protagonist is alone, a woman comes by and smiles seductively at him:
“ You came, I was alone,
I should have known
You were temptation. "
He falls in love, can no longer be without her and confesses his love to her - and since he cannot be sure that they will get together, he promises her that he will be her slave.
" I'm just a slave, only a slave
to you, temptation
I'm your slave! "
Versions
The first recording of the song was by Bing Crosby ; he took Temptation with Lennie Hayton's orchestra on October 22, 1933 for the film Going Hollywood , in which he starred alongside Marion Davies . Crosby later recalled that it was his "first attempt to present a song in the manner of a drama ". This recording reached number three on the US hit parade in 1933. In addition to Crosby's original, cover versions of Ted Fiorito (number 15) and Ferde Grofé (number 19) also made it into the charts in 1934 . Ten years later, Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded a number 21 hit with the song they recorded on September 7, 1940.
A second version of Crosby was produced on March 3, 1945 with John Scott Trotter's orchestra. A few weeks earlier, Perry Como had also recorded the song for the first time for a radio broadcast; this version was released as a V-Disc for the US armed forces. On March 27, Como produced a second version in the studio, which was released as a single on RCA Victor and HMV with various B-sides . They placed in 1945 (at number 15) and as a re-publication in 1946/1947 at number 21 in the charts. In 1974 Como recorded another version, which was released on LP and as a single and reached number 28 in the adult contemporary charts.
A country-style parody by jazz musician and comedian Red Ingle called Tim-tay-shun , on which Jo Stafford sang under the pseudonym Cinderella G. Stump , reached number 15 on the US hit parade in 1947.
In 1952 Temptation was used as an instrumental piece in the film Singin 'in the Rain , produced by songwriter Arthur Freed . Roger Williams also had an instrumental hit in 1960 with the piece (number 56). The following year the Everly Brothers released a Wesley Rose- produced, drum-dominated rock version that peaked at number 27 in the US and became the brothers' fourth number one hit in the UK .
Other cover versions of Temptation were among others by Charlie Parker (an instrumental version) and Mario Lanza (1952), Steve Lawrence , Screamin 'Jay Hawkins , Boots Randolph (which reached number 93 on the US hit parade in 1967) and the couple June Carter and Johnny Cash , the album Wildwood Flower , released posthumously on June Carter Cash's 2003 , after the two had played it at concerts the year before her death.
Even in the first season of The Muppet Show was Temptation interpreted, led by Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy sang, four chickens, four frogs and two boars the song in Glee Club . Miss Piggy's voice, who sang solo from the third verse to the end, was dubbed by Richard Hunt , not her regular puppeteer Frank Oz .
reception
Ken Bloom lists Temptation in his book The American Songbook. The Singers, the Songwriters and the Songs under the Great Songs of the Decade , the great songs of the 1930s.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Temptation at Lyrics-a-plenty.com
- ↑ Ken Bloom: The American Songbook. The Singers, the Songwriters and the Songs , Black Dog & Leventhal, New York 2005, ISBN 1-57912-448-8 , p. 40
- ↑ Perry Como discography
- ↑ 1941–1949 ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Oldiehitparade.de, viewed on December 31, 2010
- ↑ Tim Rice / Jo Rice / Paul Gambaccini / Mike Read: The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits , Enfield 1982, ISBN 0-85112-250-7 , p. 58
- ↑ Ken Bloom: The American Songbook. The Singers, the Songwriters and the Songs , Black Dog & Leventhal, New York 2005, ISBN 1-57912-448-8 , p. 168
