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"Memories Are Made of This" is a popular
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 written by Terry Gilkyson
Terry Gilkyson

Hamilton H. "Terry" Gilkyson III was a singer, composer, and lyrics....
, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller
Frank Miller (singer)

Frank Miller is a singer and songwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.With Terry Gilkyson and Richard Dehr, he wrote the song "Marianne ." As a group called The Easy Riders , Dehr and Miller accompanied Gilkyson on the best-selling recording of the song in 1956 in music....
 in 1955
1955 in music

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The secondary hit version at the time was by Gale Storm, US Billboard #5.
A third charted version was by Mindy Carson, at #53.

Terry Gilkyson and The Easy Riders
The Easy Riders (American band)

The Easy Riders were a U.S. folk music band that operated from 1956 to 1959, consisting of Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller . Their career was guided by Mitch Miller, who had them under contract for Columbia Records....
 (who consisted of Gilkyson, Dehr, and Miller) recorded it for an album but did not attempt a hit single.

The song charted once more in 1966 by The Drifters, a minor #48 hit for them.

Trivia
Tim Rice
Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, author, radio personality and television gameshow panellist....
 has stated that the Everly Brothers version of this is the most perfect pop song ever.

After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
1956 Hungarian Revolution

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the People's Republic of Hungary of Hungary and its Soviet Union-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956....
, the song was adapted into the "Honvágy-dal" (The Song of Homesickness), used as an unofficial anthem for refugees scattered around the world.






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"Memories Are Made of This" is a popular
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 written by Terry Gilkyson
Terry Gilkyson

Hamilton H. "Terry" Gilkyson III was a singer, composer, and lyrics....
, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller
Frank Miller (singer)

Frank Miller is a singer and songwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.With Terry Gilkyson and Richard Dehr, he wrote the song "Marianne ." As a group called The Easy Riders , Dehr and Miller accompanied Gilkyson on the best-selling recording of the song in 1956 in music....
 in 1955
1955 in music

Sorry, no overview for this topic
.

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The most popular version of the song was recorded by Dean Martin
Dean Martin

Dean Martin was an United States singer, film actor and comedian of Italians descent. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s....
. It reached #1 on the Billboard chart for six weeks in 1956
1956 in music

Events*January 1 - Blue Suede Shoes is released by Carl Perkins on the Sun Records label.*Cameo-Parkway Records formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe....
, and became his biggest hit. He was backed by The Easy Riders, who wrote it.
The secondary hit version at the time was by Gale Storm, US Billboard #5.
A third charted version was by Mindy Carson, at #53.

Terry Gilkyson and The Easy Riders
The Easy Riders (American band)

The Easy Riders were a U.S. folk music band that operated from 1956 to 1959, consisting of Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller . Their career was guided by Mitch Miller, who had them under contract for Columbia Records....
 (who consisted of Gilkyson, Dehr, and Miller) recorded it for an album but did not attempt a hit single.

The song charted once more in 1966 by The Drifters, a minor #48 hit for them.

Trivia


Tim Rice
Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, author, radio personality and television gameshow panellist....
 has stated that the Everly Brothers version of this is the most perfect pop song ever.

After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
1956 Hungarian Revolution

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the People's Republic of Hungary of Hungary and its Soviet Union-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956....
, the song was adapted into the "Honvágy-dal" (The Song of Homesickness), used as an unofficial anthem for refugees scattered around the world. Recorded by Ida Boros, it became a cultural phenomenon and a sign of protest against the communist government.

For an impression of Dean Martin, American tenor Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza

Mario Lanza was an United States tenor and Hollywood film star who enjoyed success in the late 1940s and 1950s.His lirico spinto Voice type was considered by his admirers to rival that of Enrico Caruso, whom Lanza portrayed in the 1951 film The Great Caruso....
 sang "Memories Are Made of This" in a sequence of impressions that included other popular singers of the era in his 1958 movie Seven Hills of Rome
Seven Hills of Rome (film)

Arrivederci Roma was tenor Mario Lanza's penultimate film. Shot in 1957 on location in Rome and at the Titanus studios in the Italian capital, the movie was released by MGM in January 1958....
.

Versions

  • Dean Martin
    Dean Martin

    Dean Martin was an United States singer, film actor and comedian of Italians descent. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s....
     (1956)
  • The Easy Riders
    The Easy Riders (American band)

    The Easy Riders were a U.S. folk music band that operated from 1956 to 1959, consisting of Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller . Their career was guided by Mitch Miller, who had them under contract for Columbia Records....
     (1956)
  • Dave King
    Dave King (English singer)

    Dave King was an English people pop music singing, comedy, and television actor.He was born David Kingshott in Twickenham, England, United Kingdom....
     (1956)
  • Petula Clark
    Petula Clark

    Petula Clark, Order of the British Empire , is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II....
     (1956)
  • Gale Storm
    Gale Storm

    Josephine Owaissa Cottle , better known as Gale Storm, is an American actress and singer, who starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show....
     (1956)
  • Mindy Carson
    Mindy Carson

    Mindy Carson was an United States Traditional pop music singer.She was born in New York City. In 1946, still in her teens, she won an audition to the radio program, Stairway To The Stars. This gave her a chance to perform with Paul Whiteman's band and singer Martha Tilton, stars of the program....
     (1956)
  • Everly Brothers (1960)
  • Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra

    Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an United States singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers"....
     (19??)
  • Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
     (1996)
  • Jim Reeves
    Jim Reeves

    James Travis "Jim" Reeves was an United States singer-songwriter of country western and pop music music....
     (19??)
  • Little Richard
    Little Richard

    Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman , better known by the stage name Little Richard, is anAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist. He is considered a key figure in the transition from Rhythm and blues to Rock and roll in the 1950s....
     (1964)
  • Statler Brothers
    Statler Brothers

    The Statler Brothers are an United States country music group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia.Originally, performing Southern gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as "The Four Stars" and later as "The Kingsmen"....
     (1981)
  • Paul Anka
    Paul Anka

    Paul Albert Anka, Order of Canada is a Canada singer, songwriter, and actor of Lebanese people origin. He became a Naturalization US citizen in 1990....
     (1963)
  • Ray Conniff
    Ray Conniff

    Joseph Raymond Conniff was an United States of America musician. He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father....
     (1961)
  • The Drifters
    The Drifters

    The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop/R&B vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1962, though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today....
     (1966)
  • Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
     (1996)
  • Kirlian Camera
    Kirlian Camera

    Kirlian Camera can mean:*a device used for Kirlian photography*the electronic darkwave band Kirlian Camera ...
     Erinnerung (2006)
German versions:
  • Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
    Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung

    The EAV is an Austrian band that got together in 1977. They initially faced legal difficulty in Austria due to the similarity of their band name to that of the corporation "Erste Allgemeine Versicherung" ....
     : Alk-Parade (1991)
  • Die 2te Sensation : Heimweh (1982)
  • Element of Crime
    Element of Crime

    Element of Crime is a Germany Rock music Band that plays melancholic chanson-, pop- and rockmusic with guitar, Bass guitar, Drum kit and voice/trumpet....
      : Heimweh (2004) Soundtrack The Edukators
    The Edukators

    The Edukators is a Germany-Austrian film made by the Austrian director Hans Weingartner and released in 2004. Nominated for the "Palme d'Or" in 2004 Cannes Film Festival, it stars Daniel Br?hl and Julia Jentsch....
  • Stephan Remmler
    Stephan Remmler

    Stephan Remmler is one of three members of the Germany band Trio . He performed most of the vocals for the band's songs. He was a member of the band alongside Gert Krawinkel, who played the guitar, and Peter Behrens , who played the drums....
     und die Schatzsucher : Heimweh (1991)
  • ZK , later Die Toten Hosen
    Die Toten Hosen

    Die Toten Hosen is a Germany Punk rock band from D?sseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Trousers" in English language, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "impotent", "lifeless", "boring", or "nothing going on"....
     : Heimweh (1980)
  • Freddy Quinn
    Freddy Quinn

    Freddy Quinn is an Austrian singer and actor whose popularity within the German language world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. Similar to Hans Albers two generations before him, Quinn adopted the persona of the rootless wanderer who goes to sea but longs for a home, family and friends....
     : Heimweh (Dort wo die Blumen blüh'n) (1956)