" Gently, when I Leave You " is a popular Italian song, originally titled Piano , composed by Giorgio Calabrese with Italian lyrics by Tony De Vita, translated into English by Hal Shaper.
Originally was Italian success by Mina, at the Sanremo Music Festival, entitled "Piano" ("Softly"). Mina published her first track record as a single in 1960 and later also on the EP and three LPs.
The English-language songwriter, Hal Shaper, noticed the song and in November 1961 wrote the English lyrics to the melody, calling it "Soft, when I Left You." The most notable version is the one by Matt Monro (No. 10 on the UK Record Retailer chart in 1962) and Frank Sinatra (No. 27 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Easy Listening chart in 1964). The Sinatra family announced Frank's death on May 14, 1998 by placing an announcement on their website accompanied by a recording of the singer's version of the song.
When he performed the song live in Las Vegas, Elvis Presley started with a story about the origin of the song. Presley said the song originated when a man was dying and his wife sat beside his bed. When she started to fall asleep, she felt herself starting to die and she wrote the words for the song in notepad. However, the insider Elvis claims that his explanation for the song is just an example of Presley's talent for storytelling, so the explanation is most likely apocryphal. Elvis said he heard the story "from some people in Florida." Elvis did not actually sing this song; she uttered the words while her tening backing Sherrill Nielsen sang it. One version of Elvis's recording of this song is pirated by fans at the Las Vegas Hilton show on December 13, 1975. RCA was able to release it commercially later and now appears on the box set Walk i Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters .
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- Andy Williams
- Bobby Darin
- The Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of John Williams on their 1993 album Night and Day: John Williams and Boston Pops Celebrate Sinatra .
- Cliff Richard with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on Richard's 1983 live album Dress for Events .
- David Whitfield sang a song on New Zealand TV (1973).
- Doris Day (1964)
- Elvis Presley, a live-recorded version by fans in Las Vegas in 1975 was released posthumously as one by RCA in 1978.
- Eydie GormÃÆ' Â ©
- Frank Sinatra
- The Fleetwoods on their 1964 album Before And After .
- John Gary released a version on his 1967 album John Gary at Carnegie Hall .
- The Lettermen on their 1964 album She Cried
- Michael BublÃÆ'Â © as B-side to "Feeling Good" in 2004
- Robert Goulet
- Shirley Bassey for her 1968 album This is My Life
- Shirley Horn on her 1987 album Soft
- The Sandpipers on their 1967 album The Sandpipers
- We Five on their 1965 album You Were on My Mind
- Lena Horne on her 1965 album Feelin 'Good
- Johnny Rivers on his 1966 album Changes (which also features his version of "Poor Side of Town")
- Vic Damone on his 1982 album Over Over Rainbow
- Howard Keel on his 1984 album And I Love You So
- Ramon "RJ" Jacinto on his 2014 instrumental album Good as Wine Instrumentals
- Mirusia on her 2017 album "From the Heart"
- Patti LaBelle 2017 "Bel Hommage" album
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