Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)

"Quiéreme mucho" is a criolla-bolero composed between 1915 and 1917 by Gonzalo Roig with lyrics by Augustin Rodriguez. It was first recorded in 1922 by singer Tito Schipa.^[1] In 1931, the English version, "Yours", was published in the United States. It featured lyrics in English written by Albert Gamse and Jack Sherr. Both versions have been extensively recorded and arranged by different musicians, becoming Latin music standard.

Recorded versions

Hit versions of "Yours" have been recorded by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Vera Lynn, and Dick Contino. In other languages, Cliff Richard and Julio Iglesias have also had hits.

• The recording by Jimmy Dorsey featured vocals by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell and was released by Decca Records as catalog number 3657. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on May 23, 1941, and lasted 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2.^[2]
• The recording by Vera Lynn was released by London Records as catalog number 1261. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on October 17, 1952, and lasted 8 weeks on the chart, peaking at #8.^[2]
• The recording by Dick Contino, an instrumental, was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70455. It reached #27 on its only week on the Billboard Best Seller chart on November 24, 1954.^[2]
• The recording by Cliff Richard (with The Shadows) in German, as Du Bist Mein Erster Gedanke, went to #15^[3] in Germany in 1966.
• The recording by Julio Iglesias, in several languages, including French entitled Ou Est Passe Ma Boheme went to number 1 in France in 1979 achieving double platinum sales. A Spanish-English version by Julio was a hit in England in 1981.

Also recorded by

• Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Marcus Österdahls Orchestra (in Swedish) (1967)
• Ray Anthony and his orchestra
• Lucie Arnaz
• Chet Atkins
• Gene Autry
• Baja Marimba Band
• The Beau Marks
• Vikki Carr
• José Carreras
• Ray Charles
• Bing Crosby
• Xavier Cugat (vocal: Dinah Shore) (1939)
• Dick Dale
• The Del-Vikings (1956)
• Plácido Domingo, who also named one of his albums after the Spanish-language version of the song, Quiéreme Mucho (2002)
• The Duprees
• Percy Faith
• Freddy Fender
• Ibrahim Ferrer (2007)
• The Flamingos (1959)
• Connie Francis (1960)
• John Gary
• Benny Goodman and his orchestra (vocal: Helen Forrest) (1941)
• Eydie Gormé
• Eddy Howard
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1985)
• Julio Iglesias (1979)
• Joni James (1963)
• Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra
• Alfredo Kraus
• Charlie Kunz
• Frankie Laine with Michel LeGrand (1958)
• Julie London (1963)
• Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (1958)
• Tony Martin
• Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra (vocal: Marilyn Duke) (1941)
• Nana Mouskouri
• Jim Reeves
• Marty Robbins (1962)
• Dickie Rock
• Linda Ronstadt (1992)
• Edmundo Ros
• The Three Degrees
• Jerry Vale (1963)
• Caterina Valente
• Billy Vaughn and his orchestra
• Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra
• Finbar Wright
• Pitingo

References

1. ↑ "Quiéreme mucho" in Spanish and English
2. 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. 
3. ↑ "Cliff Richard's Germany's singles positions at charts.de". Media Control. Charts.de. Retrieved 2013-06-08. 

Vera Lynn
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