Golden Earrings
1947



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1947 Paramount Pictures film Golden Earrings, starring Ray Milland and Marlene Dietrich.
  • The story of gypsies and thieves, set against the backdrop of Germany in World War II.
  • A collaboration with fellow songwriter Victor Young.



Recording History
101 Strings Orchestra
The Bob Crewe Generation
BRNO Radio Orchestra
Jethro Burns
Billy Butler
Bing Crosby
Bobby Darin, Winners, Atlantic Records
Del Rubio Triplets
Marlene Dietrich
Dixieland Band
Kenny Dorham
Anita Ellis
Ferrante & Teicher
Jack Fina and Harry Prime
The Fred Waring Orchestra, from the Fred Waring Radio Show
Glen Gray
Larry Elgart and his Orchestra
Peggy Lee, Collector Series Vol.1: The Early Years, Capitol Records, #CDP 7931952
Guy Lombardo
Mantovani and his Orchestra
Dave McKenna
Wes Montgomery
Willie Nelson, Without A Song, Sony Music Entertainment
Gene Pitney
Ray Bryant Trio
The Ray Conniff Singers, Somebody Loves Me, Sony Music Entertainment
Betty Russell
Dinah Shore, The Great American Composers, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Columbia House, #8651
Frank Sinatra, from the radio show Your Hit Parade
Charlie Spivak
Jon Weber, It's Never Quite the Same, Mood Records, MD-1111, 1998
Victor Young
Lyrics
Spoken:
One day a gypsy showed me golden earrings that he wished to sell.
They had that look of rare and olden earrings, and he swore they'd bring a magic spell.



There's a story the gypsys know is true
That when your love wears golden earrings
She (he) belongs to you.

An old love story that's known to very vew.
But if you wear these golden earrings
Love will come to you.

By the burning fire they will glow with ev'ry coal.
You will hear desire whisper low inside your soul.

So be my gypsy,
Make love your guiding light
And let this pair of golden earrings cast their spell tonight.

By the burning fire they will glow with ev'ry coal.
You will hear desire whisper low inside your soul.

So be my gypsy,
Make love your guiding light
And let this pair of golden earrings cast their spell tonight.

Let this pair of golden earrings do their work tonight
Yes, let this pair of golden earrings cast their spell tonight.
GOLDEN EARRINGS As sung in the Paramount picture Golden Earrings, starring Ray Milland and Marlene Dietrich, Paramount Music Corp., 1946. Words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Music by Victor Young (Special Picture Release)