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The Song from Moulin Rouge

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313:, the plaintive accordion theme was played by Henry Krein. Released the same month, it entered the UK singles chart on May 23, 1953, and reached No. 1 on August 14, its twelfth week on chart, for a single week. It was the first instrumental recording to top the UK charts, spending a total of 23 weeks on the listings. 557: 356:". It spent a total of 38 weeks on the sheet music chart. The first available recording in the UK was Mantovani's, issued in March, and a number of other contemporary versions were subsequently released over the next few months, by the following artists: 1325: 348:"The Song from the Moulin Rouge" entered the UK's sheet music sales chart on May 16, 1953, and reached No. 1 for a week on June 20. It subsequently spent 18 weeks at No. 2, 17 of which were spent consecutively behind " 1318: 1536: 1529: 1522: 1515: 1508: 1311: 337:
chart, which combined all versions, in 1953. Both Faith's and Mantovani's versions sold over a million copies. Mantovani's original version was included on his 1954 album
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In all, there were 13 versions available in the UK, including a mixture of instrumental and vocal renditions. The recording by Henri René and His Orchestra was made at
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on March 28, 1953 and lasted 24 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 1, where it spent ten weeks. This version finished as the
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in both 78 and 45 rpm single formats (catalog numbers 39944 and 4-39944, respectively). It first reached the
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released a version of "Song From Moulin Rouge" which reached No. 23 on the Dutch Top 40 chart in 1977.
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The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies
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and his Orchestra & Chorus released an instrumental version on their 1963 album
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chart on May 16, 1953 and lasted five weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 13.
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In Australia, The Mastertouch Piano Roll Company released a player-
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by Faith and Sanders was made on January 22, 1953, and released by
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version of the song. On this recording, produced by Frank Lee at
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Choir released a version of the song on their 1964 album, "
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and his Orchestra, recorded on March 6, 1953, was the only
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to Smith's singing. The film tells the story of the artist
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Percy Faith and his Orchestra (vocal by Felicia Sanders)
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lyrics. The Danish title is "Sangen fra Moulin Rouge".
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Index

It's April Again
Single
Mantovani
B-side
Genre
Film score
light music
Label
Decca Records
Songwriter(s)
Georges Auric
Producer(s)
popular
song
film
Moulin Rouge
UK Singles Chart
Mantovani
written
Georges Auric
French
lyrics
English
William Engvick
Moulin Rouge
Muriel Smith
Zsa Zsa Gabor
lip-synched
Toulouse-Lautrec
Montmartre

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