Artist: Roy Fox
Author: Will Grosz/Jimmy Kennedy
Label: Decca
Year: 1937
English orchestra, explaining the British spelling; vocal: Barry Gray.
Covers:
Claude Thornhill [as Harbor Lights; American spelling]
Rudy Vallee [idem]
Jan Koster [as Havenlicht]
Elvis Presley [recorded during his first session with Scotty & Bill, released in '76]
Lys Assia [as Das Grosse Heimwehlied]
Imca Marina [as Havenlicht]
Aretha Franklin [as Harbor Lights]
Bruce Low [as Hafenlicht]
Connie Francis [as Harbor Lights]
Coauthor Jimmy Kennedy also wrote Red Sails In The Sunset and translated My Prayer for The Platters (see: Avant de mourir).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
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