ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - 原創 Debuted
一首經典金曲, 樂曲於1926年由 Lou Handman 撰譜, 歌詞是 Roy Turk 的作品, 完成後, 至1927年才面世, 有傳第一張錄音是音樂版本, 由 Bob Haring & The Cameo Dance Orchestra 演譯, 但無紀錄可参究, 之後亦有稱首張錄音唱片由 Ned Jakobs 於1927年5月8日完成, 但並沒有被採用, 而正式有紀錄在市面上發售的第一張唱片是 5月9日, 由 Charles Hart 演譯的錄音版本。
"ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT ?" Charles Hart - 1927
Original Version - 1927
Music : Lou Handman
Lyrics : Roy Turk
Tonight I'm down hearted
For though we have parted
I love you
And I always will
And while I'm so lonely
I'm writing you only
To see if you care for me still
Are you lonesome tonight
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray
To a bright summer day
When I kissed you
And called you sweetheart
Do the chair in your parlor
Seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your door step
And picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me, dear
Are you lonesome tonight
I hold with affection
A fond recollection
A romance of days now gone by
And often I wonder
If I made a blunder
By letting you bid me goodbye
Do the chairs in your parlor
Seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep
And picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me, dear
Are you lonesome tonight
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - 翻唱 Covers Vaughn De Leath 1894 - 1943
此曲的女聲版本由 Lou Handman 的妹妹 Edith 當 Lou 在鋼琴演奏時唱出的錄音, 於同年6月27日以 Gennett Lable 發行, 可惜未能找到錄音。而當年另一位女歌星, 又稱 "The Original Radio Girl" 的 Vaughn De Leath 曾有两個版本發行, 就是1927年6月13日的獨唱及9月21日與 The Colonial Club Orchestra 合作的唱片錄音版本。
STANLEY KIRKBY (1878 - 1949) was a British music hall singer at the beginning of the twentieth century. He was particularly well known for a series of songs he sang during the First World War, such as "Boys Of The Dardanelles", a patriotic song, "Tell My Daddy To Come Home Again", a sentimental treatment of how hard it was for children to be parted from their soldier fathers, and in 1910 he covered "The Galloping Major" - the original version of which had been performed by George Henry Bastow in 1906.
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - 重編 Remade
The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. - Wikipedia
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - The Carter Family - 1936 Version
Lyric: The Carter Family
Past members :
A. P. Carter
Sara Carter
Maybelle Carter
Helen Carter
Anita Carter
June Carter Cash
Janette Carter
Joe Carter
VERSE 1
Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me I say?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Like the rose? on the vine I am clinging to you
As I did when we drifted apart
I am wishing you back to that little shack
Where I kissed you and called you sweetheart
VERSE 2
Does the chair in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you miss me and wish I was there?
Is your heart filled with pain?
Shall I come back again?
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?
Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me I say?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
VERSE 3
I have counted the days, I've counted the nights
I've counted the months and the years
I have counted on you since we drifted apart
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?
Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me I say?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - 獨白 Monologue New Monologue Version
1927年至1949年由不同歌星演譯的版本甚多, 至1949年12月的第一次突破, 由男高音歌手 Bobby Beers 與 Blue Barron & His Orchestra 的錄音, 加上 Al Jolson 的新撰歌詞, 主要是加上一段獨白, 其靈感源自莎士比亞的劇目之一的 "AS YOU LIKE IT" 第二幕, 第七場景, 當中Jacques 的台詞所改編。
這一段嶄新獨白由當年的名DJ John McCormack 参與錄音演譯, 唱片一出即登上1950年4月的 Billboard 流行榜, 亦即是今天樂迷所擁戴的天皇巨星, 貓王皮禮士利 Elvis Presley 的經典 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT ?
Blue Barron & His Orchestra - The first inspiration April 1950.
Monologue Lyric: Al Jolson 1949
Vocal: Bobby Beers
Recitation: John McCormack, 50's Famous DJ
Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stray to a brighter summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
SPOKEN:
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know someone said the world's a stage
And each must play a part
Fate had me play a lover, with you as my sweetheart
Act One was where we met,
I loved you at first glance
You read your lines so cleverly
And never missed a cue
Then came Act Two
And you seemed to change
You acted strange
Why I've never known
Then came the day
When you went away and left me all alone
If you lie when you said you loved me
I had no cause to doubt you
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than to go on living without you
The stage is bare and I'm standing there
In the part of a broken clown
And if you won't come back to me
Then they can bring the curtain down
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - 生花妙筆 Al Jolson Al Jolson 1886-1950
原名 Asa Yoelson 有猶太人血統的美國歌手, 喜劇演員。在美國演藝界, 政界均有影響力, 可稱演藝事業的萬能泰斗, 在他的高峰時期被稱為「世界上最偉大的藝人」。 Al Jolson's Movie Posters
"50th Anniversary Year of Talking Pictures"
Stamp on first-day-of-issue cover featuring Al Jolson
Al Jolson Way in New York City
Defense Secretary George Marshall presenting the Medal for Merit to Jolson's family.
Al Jolson with General Patton, World War II
Al Jolson performing in Korea
Al Jolson with President Calvin Coolidge, 1924 All images cited from Wikipedia
1927年的原創作歌曲, 經23年之後至1949年12月, 給 Al Jolson 的生花妙筆, 把這段獨白加上後, Bobby Beers 的唱片錄音演譯, 即成美國 Billboard 流行榜的經典金曲, 可惜 Al Jolson 在1950年10月因病離逝, 這墨寶是他最後的遺作, 而他這段親自主唱的錄音亦是他一生演藝事業的終結。10年後, 1960年 ....
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
Monologue Manuscript Version by: Al Jolson 1950
Intro Backing:
Are you lonesome tonight
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Is the memory still in your heart?
Are you lonesome tonight
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray
To a bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
Do the chairs in your parlor
Seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight
Spoken:
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know someone said the the world's a stage
And each must play a part
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart
Act One was when we met
I loved you at first glance
You read your lines so cleverly
And never missed a cue
Then came Act Two
You seemed to change
You acted strange
Why I'll never known
Then came the day
When you went away and left me all alone
If you lied when you said you loved me
I had no 'cause to doubt you
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than to go on living without you
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
In the part of a broken clown
And if you won't come back to me
Then they can bring the curtain down
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear
Are you lonesome tonight
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - Elvis Presley
JAYE P. MORGAN ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT ?
1950年之後有不少歌星以該嶄新有獨白的版本翻唱, 但1959年, 女歌星 Jaye P. Morgan 則取原版本, 但以不同節奏的演譯而登上流行榜。
Mary Margaret Morgan, known professionally as Jaye P. Morgan, is a retired popular music American singer, actress and game show panelist.
Born: December 3, 1931 (age 82), Mancos, Colorado, United States - Wikipedia
JAYE P. MORGAN - 1959
當年的 Elvis Presley 正在歐洲(西德)服兵役, 由電臺廣播亦聽到 Jaye P. Morgan 此曲的原版本演譯, 與及另外两首歌曲 "O Sole Mio" 與 "Return To Sorrento" 而觸發他回國後的唱片錄音選曲。
1960年, Elvis Presley 回國後, 他的經理人 Tom Parker 遊說, 並提議如要演譯此曲, Bobby Beers 有獨白的版本是最佳選擇, 當年 Elvis 不知道這是 Tom Parker 的太太所喜愛版本, 最後經 Elvis 的磁性歌喉, 更將歌詞與獨白中的两句略為修改, 樂迷可细心聆聽及比較一下。這原創經典自1927年面世之後, 經歴33年至1960年, 再給 Elvis 迷人聲調的演譯, 就是今天大多數樂迷所難忘經典金曲之一。雖然 Al Jolson 這大師與原創作者的名字沒有被太多人認識, 相信 "ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT ?" 與 "貓王 Elvis Presley" 會永垂不朽的刻記在流行歌曲歴史中 !
ELVIS PRESLEY - 1960
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - 1926
Music: Lou Handman
Lyric: Roy Turk
Monologue Manuscript: Al Jolson - 1949
Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stray to a bright sunny day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the world's a stage
And each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart.
Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act two,
You seemed to change and you acted strange
And why Ill never know.
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But Id rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you wont come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down.
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
歌詞中 Monologue 獨白的第二句:
"You know someone said that the world's a stage
And each must play a part"
這創作靈感與啓發是出自 "莎士比亜" 戱劇 "As Your Like It" 第二幕, 第七埸景, 劇中 Jacques 的台詞之一段:
"All the world's a stage and all men and women merely players
they have their exits and their entrances.
And one man in his time plays many parts"
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