"La Paloma" - 4 variations (Elvis Presley + 3)

A Latin tango melody written in 1863 by Sebastian Yradier, now in the public domain. Like many good melodies, it has been borrowed a lot. Some examples from the 1950s and 60s:

1) La Paloma - Trio Los Panchos, traditional Spanish vocal. Successful Latin American recording artists in the mid 20th C, they backed Eydie Gorme on two Spanish albums.
2) La Paloma - Billy Vaughn orchestra, 1958 #20 pop instrumental, adapted to the rock+roll era.
3) The Look - Dean Martin. Original words by Bob Russell. A 1956 nonhit single, and on his LP "This Is Dean Martin".
4) No More - Elvis Presley in a great adaptation by Don Robertson and Hal Blair for the 1961 movie Blue Hawaii.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pop
• 1950s
• 1960s
• latin
• Presley

[GSilverWorld]

The views were rising over 600/day until early November when they dropped back to 400. Did some other video start on Youtube that took over?

[babysdoc]

WOW

[debmukherj]

time stands still every time I listen to this divine music

[marcomarco54]

PERFECTO

[Emmytaytay1]

Oh Dino...I love the heck out of you, sexy thing....

[gensai93]

Weird. I heard another version of Dean Martin singing this, and the words were completely different and the music sounded a lot more similar to the 1st version listed.

[ElvisLA]

My mother used to sing La Paloma to me when I was little. I had no idea Elvis sang a version of this song! You learn something new every day.

[mrboppman1]

listen to how... right on the melody Elvis sings great !

[Manujones27]

engelbert humperdinck did also a version of " la paloma" (our song) in early 1970

a nice recording on decca/london records.

[Goldenbay88]

wspaniala, nieprzemijajaca melodia

[arnaki416]

one of my favorite melodies of all time. i grew up singing it with greek lyrics .... so absolutely beautiful :)

[johnny8020]

ELVIS FOREVER  THE KING IS AT IS BEST ON THIS SONG

[krysfa1]

Przepiękne :)