Happy Days and Lonely Nights

About Happy Days and Lonely Nights

"Happy Days and Lonely Nights" is a torch song written by Billy Rose and Fred Fisher, which Ruth Etting introduced in 1928. The song was successfully revived in the 1950s in the US by the Fontane Sisters and in the UK most successfully by Ruby Murray. Ruth Etting made her recording of the song in New York City on 24 May 1928 for release on Columbia Records. This version was ranked as high as #9 on the hit parade. 1928 also saw a version of "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" credited to the Knickerbockers actually by Columbia a&r director Ben Selvin. In 1929 recordings of "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" were made by Vaughn De Leath and Eva Taylor. The song was revived in 1954 by the Fontane Sisters whose version - made with the Billy Vaughn Orchestra - reached #18 on the US charts. Although the UK release of the Fontane Sisters' version was overlooked it did result in three British-based acts covering "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" for the UK market: both Suzi Miller & the Johnston Brothers and Frankie Vaughan took "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" into the UK Top 20 with respective peaks of #14 and #11 in January 1955. more »

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1993

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My memory takes me to 
The wonderful nights we knew 
When I made love to you until the dawn. 
You left and to my surprise 
I'm laughing with tear dimmed eyes 
Because I realise 
I can't go on my darling.

With the parting of the ways
You took all my happy days
And left me lonely nights.
Morning never comes too soon
I can face the afternoon
But oh, those lonely nights.
I feel your arms around me, 
Your kisses linger yet, 
You taught me how to love you, 
Now teach me to forget!
You broke my heart a million ways
When you took my happy days
And left me lonely nights.

The beautiful month of May 
Without you is sad and grey, 
Oh, how I hate the day, I let you go. 
I find that my happiness,
Depends on your sweet caress
I thought I loved you less,
But now I know, my darling.

With the parting of the ways
You took all my happy days
And left me lonely nights.
Morning never comes too soon
I can face the afternoon
But oh, those lonely nights.
I feel your arms around me, 
Your kisses linger yet, 
You taught me how to love you, 
Now teach me to forget!
You broke my heart a million ways
When you took my happy days
And left me lonely nights.

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Connie Francis

Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, December 12, 1938) is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw. Despite several severe interruptions in her career, Francis is still active as a recording and performing artist (as of November 2011). more »

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