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''Melodien, die die Welt erobern'' is a studio album recorded for the German market by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis. ==History== Beginning in 1960 with the overwhelmig # 1 chart success of ''Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel'', a German version of her own U. S. hit ''Everybody's Somebody's Fool'', Francis had established herself in Germany as a respected performer of contemporary German music over the next years, scoring five further # 1 hits. Her former albums on the German market had either been compilations of her greatest German hits or local releases of her U. S. albums. The 1966 ''Melodien, die die Welt erobern'' was the first of only two German concept albums, being followed by ''Lass mich bei dir sein'' in 1967. Recording sessions were held between June 17 and 19, 1966, at DGG's studios in Munich. Over the previous years of working with renowned German and Austrian arrangers and composers like Werner Scharfenberger, Erwin Halletz or Johannes Fehring, Francis had frequently praised the high quality of Germany's musical output, claiming Germany to be her favorite music recording spot outside the United States.〔Jan Feddersen: ''Connie Francis'', supplement to 5 CD Boxed Set ''Lass mir die bunten Träume'', Bear Family Records BCD 15 786 AH, Hambergen (Germany) 1994〕 But for ''Melodien, die die Welt erobern'' (which loosely translates as ''Melodies that took the world by a storm''), Francis and her German producer Gerhard Mendelson wanted to go for a more international sound. Thus, it was decided to re-record eleven songs which Francis had recorded between July 1960 and May 1966 for her American album projects: *''Dance My Trouble Away (Zorba's Dance)'' from ''Movie Greats Of The 60s'' (1966) *''Jealous Heart'' from ''Jealous Heart'' (1966) *''Love is a Many-Splendored Thing'' from ''Connie Francis sings "Never on Sunday"'' (1961) *''Malagueña'' from ''Connie Francis sings Spanish And Latin American Favorites'' (1960) *''Moon River'' from ''Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits'' (1962/1963) *''O mein Papa'' from ''Connie Francis sings Jewish Favorites'' (1960) *''Over the Rainbow'' from ''Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits'' (1963) *''Romantica'' from ''Connie Francis sings Modern Italian Hits'' (1962/1963) *''Three Coins in the Fountain'' from ''Connie Francis sings "Never on Sunday"'' (1961) *''True Love'' from ''Greatest American Waltzes'' (1963) *''Vaya, Con Dios'' from ''Connie Francis sings Spanish And Latin American Favorites'' (1960) Tapes containing the instrumental playbacks of these recordings were shipped to Munich where Francis overdubbed her German vocals. For ''Over the Rainbow'' and ''Moon River'', taken from the album ''Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits'', the playbacks of the 1962 versions were used. See also: (詳細はMina – another international star protégéed in Germany by Mendelson – had brought ''Heißer Sand'' not only to # 1 of the German charts but also made it an international success by recording it in Italian, French, and Spanish, followed by cover versions in Dutch and English by Anneke Grönloh as well as an instrumental version by Ron Goodwin and his orchestra, the inclusion of the song on ''Melodien, die die Welt erobern'' was an obvious choice. For the Francis recording, Mina's original backing track from 1962 was used. The album was released in late 1966 as a tie-in to Francis' first German TV special of the same name. No song was culled for a single release. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melodien, die die Welt erobern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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