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unusual facts about pop standard



Matty Malneck

He composed several songs which became pop standards, including "I'll Never Be the Same" (recorded by Frank Sinatra, Teddi King and Jeri Southern), "I'm Through With Love", "Goody Goody", "Eeny Meeny Miney Mo", and "If You Were Mine" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer and recorded by Billie Holiday in New York City on October 25, 1935 for Brunswick 7554).

Sixty Minute Man

However, its follow-up, the pop standard "Harbor Lights", which had been recorded on 30 December 1950, failed to match its success.


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All in One Voice

Songs on the album include “The Rose”, a cover of a pop standard made famous by Bette Midler, as well as “I Put a Spell on You”, a cover of the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song.

Jean-Paul-Égide Martini

Sometimes known as Martini Il Tedesco, he is best known today for the vocal romance "Plaisir d'amour," on which the 1961 Elvis Presley pop standard "Can't Help Falling in Love" is based.

Luis Russell

The most notable of those recordings was his 1946 version of the pop standard, "The Very Thought of You".