Charmaine - Piano Solo by Matthias Dobler
An oldie but goodie!
Here´s my version of "Charmaine" by Ernö Rapée (Composer) and Lew Pollack (Lyrics). Be glad, I´m not singing, just playing :)
Sheet music is available, check it out:
https://www.musicnotes.com/l/NxDh4
This popular song was written in 1926 and published in 1927.
It was originally in waltz time, but later versions were in common time. "Charmaine" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "Bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "I wonder, when bluebirds are mating, will you come back again?" The song was originally composed for the 1926 silent movie What Price Glory?
Shel Talmy produced the Bachelors version with Big Jim Sullivan on lead guitar and Jimmy Page on guitar.
The 1951 instrumental arrangement by Ronald Binge, performed by the Mantovani orchestra with Max Jaffa as its leader and soloist, was Mantovani's first hit in the United States. Binge's "cascading strings" arrangement, using closely overlapping string parts that create an echo effect, became a trademark sound for future Mantovani arrangements. The recording was released by London Records as catalog number 1020. It first reached the Billboard chart on November 9, 1951, where it remained for 19 weeks, peaking at #10.
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