Moments to Remember

"Moments to Remember" is a popular song published in 1955, and recorded by The Four Lads. The song was written by Robert Allen and Al Stillman.

History

Al Stillman and Robert Allen composed "Moments to Remember", which was recorded by The Four Lads^[1][2] on 21 June 1955, charting in the same year. The song was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40539, and first reached the Billboard magazine charts on 3 September 1955. It peaked at number 2 on the Disk Jockey chart, number 3 on the Best Seller chart, number 4 on the Juke Box chart, and number 3 on the composite chart of the top 100 songs. The song also features a woman, who is not credited in the song, who's voice is first heard in the introduction to the song:

"January though December/We'll have Moments to Remember"/

her harmony is heard in the second time the bridge is done, as well as a spoken recitation in the middle, after the first time the song is sung through, saying:

"A Drive-in Movie/Where We'd Go./And somehow, never watched the Show"/

Legacy

Ronnie Hilton with orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell recorded "Moments to Remember" in London on December 13, 1955 and released it on HMV POP-154 (78 rpm record) and HMV 7M 358 (single). And by Louis Armstrong with orchestra.

The American vocal group Deep River Boys Featuring Harry Douglas with Pete Brown's orchestra recorded it in Oslo on August 30, 1956. It was released on the 78 rpm record HMV AL 6037.

The song has been recorded by the Statler Brothers and The Vogues in 1969, inciting a minor cover remake battle against the Buddah Records version by the Smoke Ring.^[vague] "Moments to Remember" was also included in the soundtrack to the 1990 off-Broadway musical Forever Plaid, and was recorded by Barry Manilow on his 2006 album, The Greatest Songs of the Fifties. Canadian singer Anne Murray recorded a cover of the song for her album Croonin' in 1993.

Sirius XM Satellite Radio formerly aired, from July 2006 through March 2009, a show on their '50s channel named after the song, and featured the song as part of its theme music. The show, hosted by Bob Moke, played popular pre-rock and roll songs in the early 1950s.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Younkman, Tim (10 April 2010). "There's an album for everything under the sun". The Bay City Times. Michigan Live LLC. http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/bay-city/index.ssf/2010/04/theres_an_album_for_everything.html. 
2. ^ QMI Agency. "Four Lads singer Codarini dies". jam.canoe.ca. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/F/Four_Lads/2010/04/29/13766456-qmi.html.