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"What Now My Love" is a popular song. It started out as a French language song, "Et Maintenant" ("And Now") written by composer Gilbert Bécaud and lyricist Pierre Delanoë. English language lyrics and the title were written by Carl Sigman. Early versions were recorded by Jane Morgan and Ben E King.
US top 40 covers include Sonny & Cher in 1966, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass instrumentally in the same year, and Mitch Ryder the following year. On January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley performed the song before a live audience of 1 billion people, as part of his satellite show, "Aloha from Hawaii", which was beamed to 43 countries via INTELSAT. According to vocal coaches[who?], and experts[who?], Presley reached a full three octave range, at the song's conclusion. The english covers mostly use the melody of Bécaud but with a fancy text, which is quite different from the original.
Recorded versions
- Herb Alpert
- Shirley Bassey
- Gilbert Bécaud
- Max Bygraves
- Lana Cantrell
- Petula Clark
- Ray Conniff
- Vic Damone
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Oliver Dragojevic - at a live show at the Paris Olympia
- Duane Eddy
- Agnetha Fältskog
- Connie Francis (English, bi-lingual English/French, Italian)
- Judy Garland
- Don Gibson
- Jackie Gleason
- Robert Goulet
- Earl Grant
- Buddy Greco
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Patricia Kaas
- Ben E. King
- Andre Kostelanetz
- James Last
- Steve Lawrence
- Vicky Leandros
- Brenda Lee
- Liberace
- Helmut Lotti
- Norman Luboff Choir
- Marco, la voz del rock and roll en Colombia (Spanish version)
- Al Martino
- Johnny Mathis
- Nana Mouskouri
- Jim Nabors
- Willie Nelson
- Anthony Newley
- Wayne Newton
- NOFX
- Roy Orbison
- Frank Oz as Miss Piggy -The Muppet Show, Season 1, Episode 15
- Elvis Presley
- Lou Rawls
- Della Reese
- Righteous Brothers
- Edmundo Ros
- Sandie Shaw
- Frank Sinatra - That's Life (1966)
- Sonny & Cher
- Javier Solis (Spanish version)
- Barbra Streisand
- The Supremes
- The Temptations
- Caterina Valente
- Dana Valery
- Sarah Vaughan
- Violetta Villas
- Dionne Warwick
- Andy Williams
External links
- Song lyric (English and French)
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