From the Vine Came the Grape
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"From the Vine Came the Grape" is a popular
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 song
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It was written by Leonard Whitcup and Paul Cunningham and published in 1954
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-Events:*January 14 - First documented use of the abbreviated term "Rock 'n' Roll" to promote Alan Freed's Rock 'n' Roll Jubillee, held at St. Nicholas Arena in New York, New York...

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The biggest-selling version was recorded by The Gaylords in 1954
1954 in music
-Events:*January 14 - First documented use of the abbreviated term "Rock 'n' Roll" to promote Alan Freed's Rock 'n' Roll Jubillee, held at St. Nicholas Arena in New York, New York...

. It was also a hit for The Hilltoppers
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 the same year.

A recording by Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan, CBE, DL was an English singer of traditional pop music, who issued more than 80 recordings in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after one of his early hits.-Life and career:...

 with Geoff Love
Geoff Love
Geoff Love was a British easy-listening, and disco orchestra leader. He was born in the industrial town of Todmorden in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His father was a mixed race American-born guitarist and dancer, and his mother an actress. As a child, Love began to learn to play the violin but...

 and his orchestra was made in London
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 on December 10, 1953. It was released by EMI
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 on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10655. The flip side was "She Took"

A popular Italian translation of the song was written by Alan Gerard (Senatore) and Pat Noto. I never find the Italian version lyric online so here it is:

Dalla vigna vien l'uva, dall'uva il vino, dal vino un sogno d'amore. E sognando cosi, io ritorno, Mari, come prima vicin al tuo cuore. Vedo-a noi balando, baciando, e vive di nuovo quel fuoco in me. Dalla vigna vien l'uva, dall'uva il vino, dal vino un sogno di te.
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