| "Never on Sunday" | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:NeverOnSundayOST.jpeg) 2002 remastered single | |
| Single by Melina Mercouri[1] | |
| from the album Never on Sunday | |
| B-side | "Hasapico" (Manos Hadjidakis) |
| Released | 1 October 1960[2] |
| Recorded | 1960 |
| Label | United Artists |
| Songwriter(s) | Manos Hatzidakis |
| Producer(s) | Jack Lewis |
| "Never on Sunday" | |
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| Single by Don Costa | |
| B-side | "The Sound of Love" |
| Released | July 25, 1960 |
| Recorded | 1960 |
| Genre | Instrumental |
| Length | 3:01 |
| Label | United Artists |
| Songwriter(s) | Manos Hatzidakis |
| Producer(s) | Don Costa |
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| Single by The Chordettes | ||||
| from the album Never on Sunday | ||||
| B-side | "Faraway Star" | |||
| Released | May 1961 | |||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Cadence | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Manos Hatzidakis, Billy Towne | |||
| The Chordettes singles chronology | ||||
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"Never on Sunday", also known by its original Greek title "Ta Pediá tou Pireá" ("Τα Παιδιά του Πειραιά", The Children of Piraeus), is a song written by Manos Hatzidakis[1] and first sung by Melina Mercouri in the film of the same name, directed by Jules Dassin and starring Mercouri.[1] The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1960, a first for a foreign-language picture.[3] The film score was first released on 1 October 1960 by United Artists Records.[2]
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 135. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b "Never On Sunday : Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (Enhanced)". Amazon. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (14 January 2003). All about Oscar: the history and politics of the Academy Awards. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8264-1452-6. Retrieved 27 July 2010.