Vintage
1950s Music
Lisbon Antiqua
Lisbon Antigua ("Old Lisbon") is a
Portuguese popular song that became a
hit in the United States when recorded by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra in 1956.
The song was originally written in 1937, with music by Raul Portela and
Portuguese lyrics by José Galhardo and Amadeu do Vale. It was brought to
Riddle's attention by Nat King Cole's manager who had
heard a version played by an orchestra in Mexico. Riddle recorded his own
arrangement with himself on the piano accompanied by a string section, brass,
and a wordless male chorus. Lisbon
Antiqua topped the Billboard Magazine chart on
February 25, 1956, and remained there for four weeks. The song became a gold record. Riddle then used the song for the theme
music when he wrote the score for the 1956 film Lisbon. Billboard ranked it as the No. 3
song for 1956.
In 1956, another popular version was
recorded byFreank Chacksfield's orchestra under
the title In Old Lisbon in which the male chorus sang lyrics written in English by Harry Dupree. It was released by
theUnited Kingdom Decca Label reaching #15 on the
UK charts.
In October 1956 the song made the
French charts with Gloria Lasso's Lisbon Antigua and Dario Moreno's Adieu Lisbonne.
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