Red Sails in the Sunset (song)
- Red Sails in the Sunset (song)
"Red Sails in the Sunset" is a popular song.
The music was written by Hugh Williams (pseudonym for Will Grosz). The lyrics were written by Jimmy Kennedy. The song was published in 1935. The song was written about Portstewart, a sea side town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
One of the earliest versions recorded was by Guy Lombardo, done on October 11, 1935. This recording was issued by Decca Records as catalog number 585.
The song was revived by Nat King Cole in 1951. This recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1468. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 13, 1951 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at #24. [ A rock-and-roll reworking of the song was often sung by the Beatles during their early years of night club engagements.Vaughn Monroe also recorded of this song in the late 1940scite book
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Recorded versions
*Louis Armstrong (1936)
*Nat King Cole (1951)
*Bing Crosby (1935)
*Fats Domino (1963)
*Tab Hunter (1957)
*Paul Anka (1958)
*(EP ABC-Paramount 90842 / 25cm 10" ABC-Paramount 1501)
*Jack Jackson (1935)
*Guy Lombardo (1935)
*Mantovani (1935)
*Tony Martin
*The Platters (1960)
*The Beatles (circa 1962)
*The Three Sounds (1962)
*( Al Bowlly Acc. by orchestra, directed by Ray Noble 1935
*Henry "Red" Allen 11/8/1935 Vocalion 3097
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