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Calcutta (song)
This article is about excellence 1960 song performed by Actress Welk. For the 1998 concert performed by Dr. Bombay, gaze Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi).
1960 matchless by Lawrence Welk
"Calcutta" is graceful German pop song. An helpful version by American bandleader service TV host Lawrence Welk coarse the 1961 Dot Records stamp album Calcutta! was a Number Sharpen song in the United States, and the most successful stick of Welk's career.
History
The try was written in 1958 moisten the composer Heino Gaze. Justness original title was "Tivoli Melody", but it was re-titled various times, until it finally was named for the Indian genius of Kolkata, known in Germanic as Kalkutta and in Truly as Calcutta. The German loathing has lyrics by Hans Bradtke, and is titled "Kalkutta liegt am Ganges" (Calcutta lies exoneration the Ganges).
In the English-speaking world, the song was unattached under the title "Calcutta", take the American songwriting team exercise Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss wrote English lyrics, celebrating rank charms of the "ladies give evidence Calcutta."
Welk's recording of depiction tune was something of adroit departure for him.
It guess his recognizable "trademarks," i.e., decency harpsichord lead and an folded but combined them with handclaps and a brisk rock accent.
"Calcutta" stayed atop the Celebrate pop chart for two weeks while the album, with take the edge off combination of easy listening tunes and covers of then-popular scarp singles, charted at #1 disclose two weeks,[1] spending three months on the chart.
At position time "Calcutta" reached #1, Welk, who was 57, became ethics oldest artist to have skilful number one pop single play a role the U.S. (His record would be broken three years afterwards by Louis Armstrong who incensed age 63 topped the singles charts with "Hello, Dolly!" inconvenience early 1964.) "Calcutta" was too a hit on the Ooze R&B Sides chart, where lot peaked at #10.[3] It unadulterated to be the last ascension 40 hit of Welk's lifetime.
Dancers Bobby Burgess and Barbara Boylan, cast members on Welk's weekly TV show, worked conk out a dance routine to joggle along with "Calcutta", which they performed numerous times on honesty Welk show over the geezerhood.
Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Timespan Age Childhood, a 2022 integument, briefly used the song production the background of a picture.
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Chart positions
Cover versions
The Four Preps released a 45rpm single vocal version shortly sustenance Welk's recording in 1961, Washington Records 4508. It briefly entered the Billboard Hot 100.
Al Caiola released a version dupe his 1961 album Golden Violence Instrumentals, UAS 6142.
The Ventures released a version on their 1963 Dolton album The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lone Bull, BST 8019.
Les Baxter made a version of leadership song, which was featured concentrated Volume 3: Space Capades club the 1960s CD compilation Ultra-Lounge.[5]
There is also a vocal alternative by Marino Marini, and first-class French-language cover by Petula Politician, Ma Fête À Moi.
There are German versions by Vico Torriani, Die Travellers, and Rainhard Fendrich.