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KruKop
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 1:37 pm
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Hi! Can anyone please tell me the origin of the song "My my my Delilah"? Is
it an English or a Welsh song? Irish maybe? Please, reliable sources only.
Thanks!
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Paul Burke
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 2:12 pm
Post subject: Re: Delilah |
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KruKop wrote:
| Quote: | Hi! Can anyone please tell me the origin of the song "My my my Delilah"? Is
it an English or a Welsh song? Irish maybe? Please, reliable sources only.
Thanks!
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It is attributed to "Mason/Reed", I've no idea who they were, but if
they were specifically Welsh or English, it doesn't show in the text. It
could be just as easily Canadian, American (best bet), Australian or New
Zealand.
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John Briggs
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 3:58 pm
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Paul Burke wrote:
| Quote: | KruKop wrote:
Hi! Can anyone please tell me the origin of the song "My my my
Delilah"? Is it an English or a Welsh song? Irish maybe? Please,
reliable sources only. Thanks!
It is attributed to "Mason/Reed", I've no idea who they were, but if
they were specifically Welsh or English, it doesn't show in the text.
It could be just as easily Canadian, American (best bet), Australian
or New Zealand.
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Doesn't anyone know how to use Google? The words are by British songwriter
Barry Mason (although his ex-wife claims to have co-written) and the music
by Les Reed (b.1935), also British, who is primarily a composer and
arranger. Together and separately, they have churned out pop pap hits since
the 1960s. Rather depressingly, they are both still working.
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John Briggs
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Nick Wagg
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 4:07 pm
Post subject: Re: Delilah |
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"KruKop" <krukop@net4u.hr> wrote in message
news:d5cig3$p0j$1@bagan.srce.hr...
| Quote: | Hi! Can anyone please tell me the origin of the song "My my my Delilah"?
Is
it an English or a Welsh song? Irish maybe? Please, reliable sources only.
Thanks!
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Lyrics by John Barry Mason, music by Leslie David Reed.
They also wrote "Who's Dr. Who" which was sung by Frazer
Hines who played Jamie McCrimmon in Dr.Who, who was
definitely a Scot. Hines played football with Mason, so they
are/were almost certainly British.
First made popular by a Welshman (Tom Jones) but I prefer
the Scottish version by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
There's also a song with similar lyrics by Queen, see
http://www.lyriczz.com/lyriczz.php?songid=6814 |
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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 4:18 pm
Post subject: Re: Delilah |
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On Thu, 05 May 2005 09:12:46 +0100, Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com> wrote:
| Quote: | KruKop wrote:
Hi! Can anyone please tell me the origin of the song "My my my Delilah"? Is
it an English or a Welsh song? Irish maybe? Please, reliable sources only.
Thanks!
It is attributed to "Mason/Reed", I've no idea who they were, but if
they were specifically Welsh or English, it doesn't show in the text. It
could be just as easily Canadian, American (best bet), Australian or New
Zealand.
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Barry Mason appears to be British. I'm not sure about Leslie Reed.
http://www.britishacademy.com/members/mason.htm
<quote>
Barry is one of our leading songwriters, with countless gold and platinum
awards for works including such songs as 'Love Grows', 'The Last Waltz',
'Here It Comes Again', 'Les Bicyclettes de Belsize', 'There Goes My First
Love' and, of course, 'Delilah'. Barry's songs have been covered by Tom
Jones, David Essex, Englebert Humperdink, The Drifters, Rod Stewart, Petula
Clark, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, The Fortunes, Charles Aznavour and Barbra
Streisand.
His one man show, 'Remember Delilah', delights audiences around the world,
with his anecdotes of the stories behind his and other composers' songs.
He has received five Ivor Novello Awards, the last in 1998 being the coveted
Jimmy Kennedy Award, in the gift of the British Academy of Composers &
Songwriters.
Barry continues to serve the Academy and is currently writing with Michel
Legrand.
</quote>
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Peter Duncanson
UK
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John Briggs
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 7:33 pm
Post subject: Re: Delilah |
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Peter Duncanson wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 05 May 2005 09:12:46 +0100, Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com
wrote:
KruKop wrote:
Hi! Can anyone please tell me the origin of the song "My my my
Delilah"? Is it an English or a Welsh song? Irish maybe? Please,
reliable sources only. Thanks!
It is attributed to "Mason/Reed", I've no idea who they were, but if
they were specifically Welsh or English, it doesn't show in the
text. It could be just as easily Canadian, American (best bet),
Australian or New Zealand.
Barry Mason appears to be British. I'm not sure about Leslie Reed.
http://www.britishacademy.com/members/mason.htm
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The soi-disant 'British Academy of Composers & Songwriters' should not, of
course, be confused with the British Academy:
http://www.britac.ac.uk/
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KruKop
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 11:20 pm
Post subject: Re: Delilah |
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Thanks everyone, it's been very helpful!
"Nick Wagg" <naw@transcendata.com> wrote in message
news:d5cr8a$7uo$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
| Quote: | "KruKop" <krukop@net4u.hr> wrote in message
news:d5cig3$p0j$1@bagan.srce.hr...
Hi! Can anyone please tell me the origin of the song "My my my Delilah"?
Is
it an English or a Welsh song? Irish maybe? Please, reliable sources
only.
Thanks!
Lyrics by John Barry Mason, music by Leslie David Reed.
They also wrote "Who's Dr. Who" which was sung by Frazer
Hines who played Jamie McCrimmon in Dr.Who, who was
definitely a Scot. Hines played football with Mason, so they
are/were almost certainly British.
First made popular by a Welshman (Tom Jones) but I prefer
the Scottish version by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
There's also a song with similar lyrics by Queen, see
http://www.lyriczz.com/lyriczz.php?songid=6814
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Dave Hillam
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 8:51 pm
Post subject: Re: Delilah |
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Peter Duncanson wrote in uk.culture.language.english on Thu, 05 May
2005 11:18:51 +0100 MID<odsj715ff1jeirkac9eg1hm09rm926ebdi@4ax.com>:
| Quote: | Barry continues to serve the Academy and is currently writing with Michel
Legrand.
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Ah, Big Mick. Wondered what he was doing now.
--
baby-sitter
- one who mounts guard over a baby to
relieve the usual attendant
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary |
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