The many wallpapers of Lea and on the former CSS Forum as well have all suddenly disappeared! Hundreds of them. I am hoping to hear from Martin. You may remember this happened once before a few years ago. It took many weeks to locate and restore them. I apologise for the problem and hope that everything can be solved.
Addendum: I have just heard from Martin in Prague that he has fixed the problem and the pictures should all be back again now on both Forums. I am glad they are as it would be a very big job to restore each picture one at a time! Thanks Martin! 19 Oct '12.
Once, once upon a dream, I met her Long ago, but somehow I can't forget her I met her, once upon a dream
We built a castle Where we planned to live together Precious moments in the land of Never I met her, once upon a dream
Dreams can come true, darling That's what they say Prove that you're real And it's my lucky day
Once, once upon a dream, I met her Never, never thought we'd be together Forever, riding on our dream I met her, once upon a dream
(Paramour/Rowe)
This song was written by Norrie Paramour and Dick Rowe for Billy Fury (England's answer to Elvis Presley). Billy sang it in his movie debut for Allied Artists in the black & white movie "Play It Cool" (1962). NB. Billy met his idol Elvis Presley when Elvis was filming "Girls! Girls! Girls! for Paramount in 1962 (the film in which Elvis performed UK No.1 Hit Record "Return To Sender").
Here's Billy Fury singing his recording which was in a scene from his movie "Play It Cool"....
Billy Fury meets his idol Elvis Presley on the film set of "Girls! Girls! Girls! (Paramount) in the USA in 1962, where Billy presented Elvis with music awards.
Billy recorded "Because Of Love" when he returned to England. A part of the song was sung by Elvis in the movie.
Here's Billy Fury's recording:
A great performance of Billy's is "Like I've Never Been Gone" as sung here.
and another dramatic one is "Last Night Was Made For Love" (the girls used to scream at the part of the song at 1.08 minutes)
and at this same link, another great song is available "Somebody Else's Girl".
Billy Fury was from Liverpool (before The Beatles made it a world-famous city).
A statue of Billy is there.
Billy Fury's Statue at Albert Dock, Liverpool.
From "Wiki"...
Billy Fury (17 April 1940 - 28 January 1983)[1] born Ronald William Wycherley, was an internationally successful English singer from the late-1950s to the mid-1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death.[2] An early British rock and roll (and film) star, he equalled The Beatles' record of 24 hits in the 1960s, and spent 332 weeks on the UKchart, without a chart-toppingsingle or album.[1]Allmusicjournalist, Bruce Eder, stated, "His mix of rough-hewn good looks and unassuming masculinity, coupled with an underlying vulnerability, all presented with a good voice and some serious musical talent, helped turn Fury into a major rock and roll star in short order".[2] Others have suggested that Fury's rapid rise to prominence was due to his "Elvis Presley-influenced, hip-swivelling, and at times highly suggestive stage act."[3]
Thank you very much to Adam and Marek/Angustora (Poland) and Pavel (Czech Republic) and Michael and Styler both in the UK for their kindness in supporting and/or visiting the Dablice last resting-place of Lea (Andrea) over these past years.
Lea (Andrea) truly graced this world with her bright and sporty presence for 26 years.
Today, it is the 8th anniversary since lovely Lea passed away, but she will never be forgotten.
With her beautiful eyes, perhaps Lea looks down on us today?
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The song words above come from the 78rpm gramophone record sung by Bing Crosby from 1931 and which can be heard on the Web as below:
"Till" is a popular song with music by Charles Danvers and English lyrics by Carl Sigman,[1] released in January 1957 by Percy Faith.[2] It was derived from the French song "Prière Sans Espoir",[1] released in 1956 by Lucien Lupi on the EP L'Amour Viendra[3] with original French lyrics written by Pierre Benoit Buisson.[3][4] Italian singer Caterina Valente released a version in 1960 with lyrics by Gaiano.[5
"Till" was also sell sung by Tom Jones (pictured below):
"Till" was also excellently recorded by Shirley Bassey in 1961.
Shirley (now Dame Shirley Bassey after being honoured by the Queen of England) is also from Wales (like Tom Jones).
Shirley Bassey of course famously sang "Goldfinger" in the James Bond film of that name (1964). The opening sequence with Shirley singing is on the Web, plus also Shirley singing the song in 1968.
John Barry composed the music and the words were by Leslie Bricusse (the song-writing partner of actor and singer Anthony Newley).
I am sorry but some months ago, we lost many dozens of the earlier pictures/wallpapers as happened before a year or so ago. These were stored on a previous site connected with Martin. Fortunately, I kept all the "master" files and I will locate them and get them put back them one by one using the Forum's own picture uploading facility but it will take some time. I have already put back quite a few but there are many still to do, but we will get there in the end! I also have to do the same on Lea's own site.
It's still quite hot here in the UK at the moment and there's been a royal baby boy (third in line to be King of England) a short while ago.
In just over 3 weeks' time, it will be the Ninth Anniversary since Lea De Mae passed away. Below some words from the song "Constantly"...
"Constantly (L'Edera)"
In 1964, the Italian song was revived by Cliff Richard in an English language song with music based on L'Edera. The single, a non-album release officially titled "Constantly (L'Edera)" is more commonly known as just "Constantly". The music is still credited to Saverio Seracini, who composed the music for "l'Edera". The English lyrics to the song were written for Cliff Richard by Michael Julien. The recording was arranged and conducted by Norrie Paramor.
(from "Wiki")
Cliff Richard's British single reached No.4 in the Top 20 Singles Chart and was an international hit charting in Australia (No. 6), Ireland (No. 8), New Zealand (No. 3), Norway (No. 4) and Sweden (No. 10) and was certified silver in the UK.
Over 50 years ago! - the studio recording was made at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London (where "The Beatles" recorded for EMI - remember the album photo of the "zebra crossing" in the road with "The Beatles" walking across Abbey Road) on 17th November 1963 (released in April 1964).
Abbey Road - years later Paul's cigarette was edited out!
"Though we may be far apart, you're constantly deep in my heart" (the last line of the song)
Cliff Richard's excellent studio recording can be heard in the picture video on You Tube below:
You can also see Cliff himself singing live (perhaps a little nervously) on British TV at the age of 23¾ years.
In the UK, only Elvis Presley and maybe "The Beatles" have had more No.1 Hits than Cliff.
NB. Cliff has been honoured by the Queen of England and made a Knight of the Realm and so he is now referred to as "Sir Cliff Richard" - he is still making recordings!
Oh, if you tell a lie You know that I'll forgive you Though you say our love is just a game And when you hear my name You'll say I'm from a strange world But is it so strange to be in love with you
Is it so strange That I love you more than all the world Is it so strange I have no eyes for any other girl
Oh won't you take me back And say that you still love me To waste a love like ours would be a sin Let us kiss again Let me hold you near And take me from this strange world That I'm living in
The recording by Elvis Presley on 19th January 1957 - from "You Tube":
The "Teddy Bear" movie clip is from "Loving You" (Paramount 1957) - Elvis's second movie and his first in colour. Elvis's pretty co-star Dolores Hart (who also appeared in "King Creole" in 1958) later became a nun and is the Mother Superior in a Convent in the USA. Elvis's parents appeared in the last song scene as members of the audience.
Note: On my computer screen, the picture of the movie clip is slightly narrow making everything slightly too tall, but the sound and clarity is very good.
The gently sung "I'm Falling In Love Tonight" performed by Elvis for the movie "It Happened at the World's Fair" (MGM 1963) and written by Don Robertson (who also played the organ at the recording session on 22nd September 1962 in Hollywood, USA).
It was filmed in the restaurant at the 1963 Seattle World Fair. At the end of the film clip, Elvis hobbles out as he paid a young boy to kick him in the shins so that he would have an excuse to visit the nurse at the Fair! That young boy was actor Kurt Russell, who years later played Elvis in a movie after his death (on 16th August 1977).
The same movie also included the song "One Broken Heart for Sale" composed by Otis Blackwell & Winifred Scott.
Otis Blackwell had written Elvis's early big hit song "Don't Be Cruel" in 1956 and with Winifred Scott, he also later wrote the catchy song "Return To Sender" (from from the movie "Girls! Girls! Girls! - Paramount Pictures 1962).
Since Donati's first Wallpaper for Lea (which inspired me to try my hand!), we have seen over 117¾ thousand viewings of this one topic in memory of lovely Lea De Mae (Andrea), who left this world approaching 10 years ago.
The song words chosen to go with Donati's brilliant wallpaper design (including the leaves of red and gold!) come from the song "Autumn Leaves".
Autumn Leaves (song)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular song. Originally it was a 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" (literally "The Dead Leaves") with music by Hungarian-French composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert, and the Hungarian title is "Hulló levelek" (Falling Leaves). Yves Montand (with Irène Joachim) introduced "Les feuilles mortes" in 1946 in the film Les Portes de la nuit.[1]
The American songwriter Johnny Mercer wrote English lyrics in 1947 and Jo Stafford was among the first to perform this version. "Autumn Leaves" became a pop standard and a jazz standard in both languages, both as an instrumental and with a singer. There is also a Japanese version called Kareha () sung by Nat King Cole in his Japanese album version and (Hideo Kou).
Here is a nice recording of the song by Frank Sinatra (with onscreen words)
..not for just a day, not for just a year, but always.
Here is Deanna heard singing "Always" composed by Irving Berlin (who wrote "White Christmas") in a tribute on the Web.
Deanna serenades her so-star Robert Paige in this scene from her only colour movie, the wonderful "Can't Help Singing" (1945) made towards the end of her career. Deanna was in fact a child star - her voice was said to have "a lyrical quality of almost indescribable sweetness".
One of Deanna's most popular movies was "His Butler's Sister" (1943) in which she sang "Turandot" at the end of the movie, also an earlier Russian song, which Alexander from Silvia's Forum would appreciate. (NB. Alexander spoke to Silvia on my mobile phone when I was at London Airport in July 2004 meeting Silvia before she flew back to Prague - all kindly arranged by Martin Bucek). Below is a photo of Deanna with her movie co-star Franchot Tone.
Below are two song scenes from the colour movie
the finale of the movie
and the amusing public baths scene (it starts at about 3 mins 25 secs)
Deanna had the largest Fan Club in the world in the late 1930s and saved a Film Studio from bankruptcy due to the popularity of her movies. Deanna passed away last year (2013) at the great age of 91 in France to where she retired in the late 1940s.
Long ago, film-maker Joe Pasternak had tried to get Deanna out of retirement to sing with the young Mario Lanza but she resisted! Kathryn Grayson was chosen to partner Mario in early films.
Here is a tribute showing all different movie clips whilst Deanna is singing the Russian song from the movie "His Butler's Sister" sung at the servants' ball.
Thank you Deanna.
Deanna was adored by the world - we will not see her like again.
Singer/actress Deanna Durbin, who was discovered in junior high at 13 and cast in the MGM 1936 short film Every Sunday with Judy Garland, passed away a few days ago at the age of 91. Her son Peter announced the news through her fan club yesterday. No details on the cause of her death were provided. Deanna, originally Edna Mae Durbin, was born December 4, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba but grew up in California after her family moved there when she was just a year old. She was signed to a contract by Universal and starred as Penny Craig in the wildly successful film Three Smart Girls (1936). The film shot her to stardom and spawned two sequels in 1939 and 1943. She went on to make 21 films for Universal and is credited with saving the studio from going bankrupt. In 1938, at age 16, she won an Academy Juvenile Award, along with Mickey Rooney. She was so popular that there were Deanna Durbin dolls, dresses and novels and at one point she was the highest paid actress in Hollywood. The young performer was a role model for teenage girls everywhere and was often cast as the perfect daughter.
Unfortunately for Durbin, who never liked the spotlight, her onscreen reputation prevented her from being considered a "serious" actress and she became disillusioned with Hollywood. In 1950, she married her third husband, Charles David, moved to France, and retired from Hollywood for good. Durbin declined numerous requests to return to movies and instead lived a quiet life with her family for the rest of her days. She is survived by her daughter Jessica from her second marriage and her son Peter with Charles David.
The film has been released twice on DVD. The first was released on October 7, 2003 and featured the movie in its original black-and-white, as part of 20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection. The second was released on October 18, 2005 as a Special Edition, and featured both a new restored black-and-white version and a colorized one, prepared by Legend Films. Both versions contain "Tyrone Power: The Last Idol" as seen on Biography on the A&E Network, and a commentary by film critic Richard Schickel.
Photos of Tyrone Power and his lovely co-star, teenager Linda Darnell.