Eternally (Charlie Chaplin song)
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"Eternally" is a song with music by Charlie Chaplin, and words by the English lyricists Geoff Parsons and John Turner.[1] The music was initially composed for Chaplin's film Limelight (1952) and titled "Terry's Theme"; the film won an Oscar for "Best Original Dramatic Score" at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973.
"Terry's Theme"
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As "Terry's Theme", the tune was a charting instrumental hit in 1953 for Frank Chacksfield (UK number 2, US number 5), arranged by Leon Young.[2] Other instrumental versions issued the same year included Ron Goodwin (UK number 3),[3] and Richard Hayman (US number 13).
"Eternally"
As "Eternally", it was recorded by Jimmy Young (UK number 8, 1953),[4] Vic Damone (US number 12, 1953),[5] Li Xianglan (in Chinese and Japanese), Petula Clark (These Are My Songs, 1967), Bing Crosby (for his radio show),[6] Dinah Shore,[7] Steve Lawrence,[8] Michel Legrand, Jerry Vale,[9] Sarah Vaughan,[10] Roger Whittaker, Engelbert Humperdinck (1973[11] and 2007), Victor Wood (1971), Amália Rodrigues, John Serry Sr. (Squeeze Play, 1956),[12][13] among many others.
"Candilejas"
Brazilian singer José Augusto recorded Portuguese and Spanish language versions of the song. The Spanish version, titled "Candilejas", topped the charts in Mexico in 1974,[14] and was later performed by Roberto Carlos, Julio Iglesias and Plácido Domingo.
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