"Eternally" is a song with music by
Charles (Charlie) Chaplin, and words by the English
lyricist
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Geoff Parsons and
John Turner
John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of t ...
. The music was initially composed for Chaplin's film ''
Limelight'' (1952) and titled "Terry's Theme"; the film won an
Oscar
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for "
Best Original Dramatic Score" at the
45th Academy Awards
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in 1973.
"Terry's Theme"
As "Terry's Theme", the tune was a charting instrumental hit in 1953 for
Frank Chacksfield
Francis Charles Chacksfield (9 May 1914 – 9 June 1995) was an English pianist, organist, composer, arranger, and conductor of popular light orchestral easy listening music, who had great success in Britain and internationally in the 1950s and e ...
(UK number 2, US number 5),
Ron Goodwin
Ronald Alfred Goodwin (17 February 19258 January 2003) was an English composer and conductor known for his film music. He scored over 70 films in a career lasting over fifty years. His most famous works included ''Where Eagles Dare'', ''Battle ...
(UK number 3), and
Richard Hayman
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(US number 13).
"Eternally"
As "Eternally", it was recorded by
Jimmy Young (UK number 8, 1953),
Vic Damone
Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and ...
(US number 12, 1953),
Li Xianglan (in Chinese and Japanese),
Petula Clark
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Clark's professional career began during the ...
(''
These Are My Songs'', 1967),
Bing Crosby (for his
radio show),
Dinah Shore
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,
Steve Lawrence
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, Michel Legrand, Jerry Vale, Sarah Vaughan, Roger Whittaker, Engelbert Humperdinck (singer), Engelbert Humperdinck (1973 and 2007), Victor Wood (1971), Amália Rodrigues, John Serry Sr. (''Squeeze Play (album), Squeeze Play'', 1956), among many others.
"Candilejas"
Brazil, Brazilian singer José Augusto (musician), José Augusto recorded Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language versions of the song; the Spanish version, titled "Candilejas", topped the charts in Mexico in 1974.
See also
*List of number-one hits of 1974 (Mexico)
References
External links
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Compositions by Charlie Chaplin
Songs written for films
1952 songs
1953 singles
Petula Clark songs
Songs with lyrics by Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist)
Songs with lyrics by John Turner (lyricist)
Music published by Bourne Co. Music Publishers
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