(Somewhere) Beyond The Sea! - Bobby Darin, Mantovani & Percy Faith Orchestras!!!

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"Beyond the Sea" is a 1946 contemporary pop song with music taken from the song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet and lyrics by Jack Lawrence.



Trenet had composed "La Mer" (which means "The Sea") with French lyrics totally different and unrelated to the English language version that Lawrence composed. Trenet's French version was an homage and ode to the changing moods of the sea, while Lawrence, by just adding one word "Beyond" to the title, gave him the start whereby he made the song into one of a lover pining for a lost love.



It has been recorded by many artists, including Benny Goodman, Mantovani, Roger Williams and Gisele MacKenzie, but Bobby Darin's version released in 1959 is the best known by many, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached the top 40 twice prior to the Darin version (Goodman-1948, Williams-1955).



Darin's recording has been used in many films, TV shows and video games, including Apollo 13, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Diner, Goodfellas, Lost, Black Rain, The X-Files, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Finding Nemo and BioShock. The song was also played in a 2005 commercial for Carnival Cruise Lines. A portion of Bobby Darin's recording was played during the splashdown and post-recovery of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 in the first episode of the 1998 HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon.



Kevin Spacey sang the song in the movie Beyond the Sea, a biopic about Bobby Darin, in a "fantasy" sequence leading up to his marriage to Sandra Dee. Similarly, on the television series American Dreams, Duncan Sheik performed the song while playing the role of Bobby Darin.



American R&B singer George Benson recorded a version of the song under the title "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)", which entered the UK Singles Chart on 20 April 1985. It reached a peak position of number 60, and remained in the chart for 3 weeks.



Another recording of the song released in 1965 as the B-side of American folk-rock band We Five's #1-hit "You Were On My Mind" is also well-known. Robbie Williams covered the song on the Finding Nemo soundtrack. The Irish musical group Celtic Woman covered this song for their two albums, A New Journey and The Greatest Journey Essential Collection, and in each album, Chloë Agnew and Hayley Westenra sing a solo in the first verse. It was also remixed by Moby and Oscar The Punk on the BioShock EP Game soundtrack. In 1998, it was released in a swing-tempo cover by Royal Crown Revue on the Mugsy's Move album. In the movie 'A Life Less Ordinary, it was sung by Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz. It bookends Barry Manilow's 2006 release The Greatest Songs of the Fifties. Westlife did a cover of the song as a digital download release in UK in 2004.



"Beyond the Sea" (performed by Robbie Williams) in Finding Nemo! - Wikipedia



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"Begin the Beguine" is a song written by Cole Porter (1891–1964). Porter composed the song at the piano in the bar of the Ritz Hotel in Paris. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.



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Tony Martin recorded Begin the Beguine at least twice: on March 14, 1939 for Decca Records (catalog numbers 2375a[4] and later 25018[5] in 78 rpm, 9-25018 in 45 rpm) and for RCA Victor Records in the late 1940s (catalog number 20-2814,[6] 47-3228).

Eddie Heywood and his orchestra recorded a single version in 1944.

Alys Robi on 78 rpm in 1944

The Andrews Sisters recorded a single version in collaboration with Glenn Miller and his orchestra.

Jo Stafford recorded a version in the early 1950s.

Mario Lanza recorded a successful version in the late 1950s.

Caterina Valente recorded a wonderful version in 1956 -> The Hi-Fi Nightingale, 1956

Liberace recorded and performed a spirited version with his brother, George Liberace, on his live television show in 1956.

Ella Fitzgerald recorded a version for the Cole Porter Songbook records on Verve.

Louis Prima and Keely Smith recorded a single version in 1961.

Tom Jones recorded a version in 1966, for his album From the Heart.

Pete Townshend recorded a version in 1970, for his album Happy Birthday.

Johnny Mathis recorded an eight minute long disco version in 1979, as well as a samba rendition.

Sammy Davis, Jr. recorded a version in 1979, for his album Hearin' is Believin'.

Al Sofia recorded a version in 2002 for the "Al Sofia Orchestra" demo cd

Julio Iglesias recorded a version in 1981, which reached number 1 in the UK - the first all Spanish song to do so.

Tuck Andress recorded a version in 1990, for his album Reckless Precision.

Michael Nesmith recorded a version in 1992, for his solo album Tropical Campfires.

Pearl Django recorded a gypsy jazz version in 2000, for the album Avalon.

Django Reinhardt recorded several times a gipsy jazz version of Begin the Beguine.

Les Paul recorded a jazz guitar version of the song.

Frank Sinatra recorded a version, re-released on The Columbia Years (1943-1952)

Juan García Esquivel recorded a Lounge-music version of the tune.

Leslie Hutchinson recorded a version in the 1930s. In the thirties, this recording was given to the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba, who later asked that it be played seven times at his tomb when his body was laid to rest, which occurred a week after his death on 31 January 1969.

Richard Clayderman's album Music of love (1984) includes this song.

Charlie Parker's album "The Cole Porter Songbook" (re-released on CD in 1991) contains one of the most influential versions.

Elvis Presley recorded his own song in 1962, based on the Cole Porter song, entitled "You'll Be Gone". Presley co-wrote the original aspects of the song with his bodyguard Red West and assistant Charlie Hodge.