"Forever and Ever" is a popular

Popular music

Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

 song.

The English lyrics were written by Malia Rosa in 1948

1948 in music

-Events:*May 20 - The Second International Congress of Composers and Music Critics 1948 opens in Prague.*June 5 - Opening of the first Aldeburgh Festival, founded by Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears....

 to the music of a German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 song, "Fliege mit mir in die Heimat" written by the Austrian songwriter Franz Winkler.

It was originally recorded by Gracie Fields

Gracie Fields

Dame Gracie Fields, DBE , was an English-born, later Italian-based actress, singer and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall.-Early life:...

.

It was recorded by Perry Como

Perry Como

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...

 on January 13, 1949 and released as a single that year by RCA Victor Records. The 78rpm version was released with catalog number

Catalog numbering systems for single records

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 20-3347-A, the 45rpm version was released with catalog number 47-2892-A. The flip side was "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore

I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore

"I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" is a popular song, written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1949. The song was popularized that year by Gordon Jenkins and the Stardusters and by Perry Como....

." The record first hit the Billboard chart on March 19, 1949 and it reached position #2, staying there for 4 weeks. In the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, it was released by HMV

HMV

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 as a 78rpm version with catalog number BD-1250 in June 1949. The flip side was "A - You're Adorable."

Other recordings were done by Russ Morgan

Russ Morgan

Russ Morgan was a big band orchestra leader and musical arranger in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:...

, Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting was a singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.-Youth:...

, and Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore

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.