Tell Me Marianne

"Tell Me Marianne"
Song
Published1947
GenrePop, tango
Songwriter(s)Edgardo Donato and Bob Musel

"Tell Me Marianne" is a 1947 English lyric adaptation of "A media luz [es]". Originally a 1924 tango by Edgardo Donato which became a standard, the English lyrics and verse melody were written by Bob Musel.[1][2] It spent a week at number 1 on the British sheet music charts in June 1947.[3]

The melody was also adapted by Dorcas Cochran as "When I Look Into Your Eyes", a 1952 song recorded by Champ Butler.[4][5]

  1. ^ Hunter, Nigel (1999-09-25). "Publishing Vet Musel Dies". Billboard. p. 76.
  2. ^ Bethell, Leslie (1998-08-13). A Cultural History of Latin America: Literature, Music and the Visual Arts in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Cambridge University Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-316-58389-0.
  3. ^ Henson, Brian (1989). First hits, 1946-1959. Colin Morgan. London: Boxtree. ISBN 1-85283-268-1. OCLC 19389211.
  4. ^ Champ Butler; Percy Faith and his Orchestra; D. Cochran; Donato (1952), When I Look into Your Eyes, Internet Archive, Columbia, retrieved 2023-04-05
  5. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Library of Congress Copyright Office. 1952. p. 257.