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Thread #155631   Message #3664236
Posted By: MGM·Lion
28-Sep-14 - 09:43 AM
Thread Name: fifties popsongs that started as folk
Subject: RE: fifties popsongs that started as folk
Another two film-influenced hits which were 40s rather than 50s --

i. ~ "Let him go, let him tarry", sung by Jean Simmons in The Way To The Stars {US Title: Johnny in the Clouds}, 1945. A version of "Farewell He [Fare ye well cold winter]" -- whose words Steeleye's Maddy Prior sang for some reason 30 years later to the tune & chorus of "All Round My Hat", causing a myriad of category confusions!

The "Let Him Go/Tarry version", a big pop hit in late 40s.

ii. ~ Same year, "I Know Where I'm Going" (Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Barbara Mullen) did much the same for its title song, and to a lesser extent for "HoRo My Nutbrown Maiden".

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