The Day the Rains Came

About The Day the Rains Came

"The Day the Rains Came" is a song made famous by Jane Morgan, which she released in 1958 as a single and on the album The Day the Rains Came. The song is an adaptation of the French language song "Le jour où la pluie viendra", which itself was the B-side of Morgan's version. The French lyrics were written by Pierre Delanoë. The music was composed by Gilbert Bécaud and the English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman. In 1957, versions of "Le jour où la pluie viendra" were released Gilbert Bécaud and by Dalida. Bécaud and Dalida's versions reached No. 3 in Wallonia, in a tandem ranking, while Bécaud's version reached No. 20 in Flanders independently. Jane Morgan's version of the song reached No. 1 on the UK's New Musical Express chart, spending 16 weeks on the chart overall, while spending 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 21. The song also reached No. 4 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade and No. 7 on Norway's VG-lista. An instrumental version was released by Raymond Lefèvre and His Orchestra in 1958, which spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 30. In a tandem ranking of Jane Morgan, Raymond Lefèvre, and Dalida's recordings, with Morgan and Lefèvre's versions marked as bestsellers, the song reached No. 17 on the Cash Box Top 100 in November 1958. In December 1958, the song reached No. 2 on Billboard's chart of "Best Selling Sheet Music in U. S."In 1959, a German language version was released by Dalida, titled "Am Tag als der Regen kam", which reached No. 1 in Germany. more »