Through a Long and Sleepless Night

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Through a Long and Sleepless Night
Eileen Wilson and Ken Darby
publication 1949
length 1:57
Genre (s) Film music
text Mack Gordon
music Alfred Newman
Award (s) Oscar nomination in 1950 as "Best Song"
Cover versions
1959 Bobby in it
1960 The lettermen
1963 Gloria Lynne

Through a Long and Sleepless Night is a song from the film's soundtrack ... and Heaven is laughing at it from 1949. The song was composed by Alfred Newman , and the lyrics to by Mack Gordon . It is sung in the film by Dorothy Patrick with the voice of Eileen Wilson and Hugh Marlowe with the voice of Ken Darby .

The song tells of the longings of a long, sleepless night in which one asks oneself who is to blame for the broken relationship and whether the other tosses around in bed so sleeplessly.

Erroll Garner , who played the song on the piano, around 1947, photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Cover versions

  • The song became best known in the version of Bobby Darin , who sang it earlier but didn't release it until 1959 on his album That's All .
  • The vocal trio The Lettermen released the song in 1960 on their album Look at Love
  • Erroll Garner released a piano version on his Plays Misty album in 1961
  • Jazz and R&B singer Byrdie Green also took on the song.
  • Soul and jazz singer Gloria Lynne released the song in 1963 on her album Gloria Lynne - Gloria, Marty & Strings
  • Jimmy Radcliffe recorded a very soulful version of the song on Musicor Records in 1963 .
  • Dean Martin also released a version of Through a Long and Sleepless Night , which can be heard on his album Dean Martin Selected Hits Vol. 6 , published by Charly Records.
  • Jazz singer Etta Jones also released the song, which can be heard on her album Something Nice .
  • The Chances turned it into a rock and roll version in 1964.
  • Jazz singer Irene Reid released the song on her LP It's only the beginning for Irene Reid on MGM.
  • There are other versions by the jazz pianist and singer Freddy Cole , and the singer and musician Scott Walker , published on his album Scott (1967) , in the field of jazz also by Claude Thornhill , Sarah Vaughan , Gloria Lynne / Marty Paich and Meredith D ' Ambrosio .

Award / nomination

In 1950 , Through a Long and Sleeples Night was nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Song" category. However, the award went to Frank Loesser and his song Baby, It's Cold Outside of the comedic musical film Neptune's Daughter ( Neptune's Daughter ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night from Come to the Stable movie song, sung by Eileen Wilson and Ken Darby
  2. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by Bobby Darin
  3. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by The Lettermen
  4. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , played by the pianist Erroll Garner
  5. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by Byrdie Green
  6. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by Gloria Lynne
  7. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by Jimmy Radcliffe
  8. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by Dean Martin
  9. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by Etta Jones
  10. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by The Chances
  11. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by Irene Reid
  12. ↑ Through a Long and Sleepless Night , sung by Freddy Cole
  13. ↑ Tom Lord : Jazz discography (online)