Wild is the wind
Wild Is the Wind is a song written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington in 1957 . In the version sung by Johnny Mathis , it was used as a movie song for the film Wild is the Wind and received an Oscar nomination for "Best Song" . The single reached number 22 on the Billboard Top 100 chart.
The song, a slow love song, has been covered many times , including Nina Simone (1964, on the album of the same name ), David Bowie (1976, Station to Station ), Billy MacKenzie (released posthumously in 2004, Transmission Impossible ), George Michael (1999 , Songs from the Last Century ), Randy Crawford (2000, Play Mode ), Cat Power (2000, The Covers Record ), Barbra Streisand (2003, The Movie Album ) and Esperanza Spalding (2010, Chamber Music Society ). David Bowie's version was also released as a single .
Individual evidence
- ^ Johnny Mathis - Wild Is The Wind. Retrieved January 3, 2014 .
- ↑ In the Jockey Charts the song was placed at 22 and in the Best Seller Charts at 30. Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 387
- ↑ Nina Simone. Retrieved January 3, 2014 .
- ↑ David Bowie - Wild Is the Wind. Retrieved January 3, 2014 .
- ↑ George Michael - Wild Is the Wind. Retrieved January 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Randy Crawford at laut.de. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ Barbra Streisand - Wild Is the Wind. Retrieved January 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Esperanza Spalding - Wild Is the Wind. Retrieved March 21, 2016 .