Connie had a lot of success with foreign language albums including Jewish and Italian. To lop off the entire 1st verse because it didn't make any sense and pronunciation was an issue.The record wen on become the top selling record of the year in Germany.very, very often direct translation cannot be used.the lyrics can't be fit into the musical arrangement due to the shift in language.so an entire new set of lyrics are used, most often provided by local composers.GLORIAīy Laura Brannigan is a good well known and more modern example.the original lyrics were Italian and very different Polygram, who at the time was MGM's German distributor refused to release the record.When they were made aware that it was up to Connie and she insisted, a compromise was reached She had her current USA #1 record Everybodys Somebodys Fool quickly translated into German and recorded it phonetically. Since she had massive successĪnd was a the time the top selling female vocalist, her current contract with MGM included her personally deciding what recordings got released, and where. Germany was the largest record buying market in Europe. That English language recordings were with the exception of ElvisĪbsent from the German top seller lists. Perhaps this can shed some indirect light.in 1960 Connie Francis who was having massive success in English speaking markets noticed That is Florence, Diane and Mary on this recording LOL! It is so clear.
What about Marion? Will she ever leave Conoga Falls? : Is this Diana, Flo and Mary on the record, or just Diana with session singers? So I ask the experts here who can disect every note and sylable of a Supremes' song. Since I once believed that the Supremes sang songs like "Someday" and "Love Child", I will now take nothing for granted. Did they just do a bad job of singing in German? Does anyone understand the lyrics that they are singing? If you do, is this an entirely different song with new lyrics about Johnny and Joe just using the track of "Come See About Me"? And if it is not jibberish, what are the lyrics about?Īnd one final question. I always thought that the girls had the words printed for them phonetically and they were singing from that. I had a friend who spoke German, and he said that the song was jibberish and made no sense. Over half a century ago, while stationed in Germany, I bought a 45 rpm record of the Supremes singing "Come See About Me" in German.
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