Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart
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"Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" is a popular
song and a cover version of "Auf wiedersehen, auf wiedersehen" written by German composer Eberhard Storch. Storch wrote the song in the hospital for his wife Maria as he was ill for a long time.
The English language
lyrics were written by John Turner
and Geoffrey Parsons. The best-known version of the song was recorded by English
singer Vera Lynn
. The story goes that Vera was on holiday in Switzerland
and heard people singing the song in beer parlours, and when she got back she felt she had to record it, so found the music and had lyrics written.
The recording of the song by Vera Lynn which featured accompaniment by Soldiers and Airmen of HM Forces and the Johnny Johnston Singers, was the first song recorded by a foreign artist to make number one on the Billboard charts, in 1952.
A German-language version with Rudi Schuricke was released on the 78 rpm record Polydor 48 374 H in 1950.
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
song and a cover version of "Auf wiedersehen, auf wiedersehen" written by German composer Eberhard Storch. Storch wrote the song in the hospital for his wife Maria as he was ill for a long time.
The English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
lyrics were written by John Turner
John Turner (lyricist)
John Turner was the pseudonym used by the English lyricist James John Turner Phillips.He ran the Peter Maurice Music Company whose most important lyricist was Geoffrey Parsons. The company specialized in adapting songs originally in foreign languages into the English language. He would usually...
and Geoffrey Parsons. The best-known version of the song was recorded by English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
singer Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn
Dame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops...
. The story goes that Vera was on holiday in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and heard people singing the song in beer parlours, and when she got back she felt she had to record it, so found the music and had lyrics written.
The recording of the song by Vera Lynn which featured accompaniment by Soldiers and Airmen of HM Forces and the Johnny Johnston Singers, was the first song recorded by a foreign artist to make number one on the Billboard charts, in 1952.
A German-language version with Rudi Schuricke was released on the 78 rpm record Polydor 48 374 H in 1950.