Around the World (1956 song)

Around the World (1956 song)

"Around the World" was the theme tune from the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 Days". It never actually featured with the lyrics in the "Around the World in Eighty Days" film , but it is the vocal version which has by far become the better known. It was written by Harold Adamson and Victor Young, for whom it was a #13 hit on the Billboard charts (posthumously) in 1957.

It has been recorded, among others, by:

*Karen Akers
*John Arpin
*Stanley Black
*Nat King Cole
*The Columbia Ballroom Orchestra
*Ray Conniff
*Sam Cooke
*Bing Crosby (Billboard top hit in 1957)
*Gracie Fields
*Connie Francis
*Buddy Greco
*Ronnie Hilton
*Joni James
*Jonah Jones
*James Last
*Brenda Lee
*The Mantovani Orchestra (Billboard top hit in 1957)
*The McGuire Sisters
*Matt Monro
*Jane Morgan and The Troubadours
*Emile Pandolfi
*André Prévin
*Louis Prima
*The Shirelles
*Frank Sinatra
*Kay Starr
*The Supremes
*Paul Sullivan
*The Sundowners
*Billy Vaughn
*Bobby Vinton


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