Serenade (song from Serenade)

"Serenade" is the title song of the 1956 Warner Bros. motion picture of the same name.[2] Written by Nicholas Brodsky and Sammy Cahn, it was sung on screen by Mario Lanza.

"Serenade"
Single by Mario Lanza
A-side"Serenade"
"My Destiny"
Released1956
Recorded1955[1]
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Audio
"Serenade" on YouTube

Track listing
7-inch single (RCA Victor 47-6478, 1956)[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Serenade" (from the Warner Bros. film Serenade)
1:50
2."My Destiny" (from the Warner Bros. film Serenade)
  • Cahn
  • Brodszky
2:30

Slim Whitman version
"Serenade"
Single by Slim Whitman
A-side"I'm a Fool"
"Serenade"
Released1956
LabelImperial
Songwriter(s)
Slim Whitman singles chronology
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
(1956)		 "Serenade" / "I'm a Fool"
(1956)		 "The Whiffenpoof Song"
(1956)
Slim Whitman UK singles chronology
"I'm a Fool" / "My Heart Is Broken in Three"
(1956)		 "Serenade" / "I Talk to the Waves"
(1956)		 "The Whiffenpoof Song" / "Dear Mary"
(1956)
Audio
"Serenade" on YouTube

In the same year, the song was released as a single by Slim Whitman. His version reached number 8 in the UK.[3]

Track listing
7-inch single (Imperial X8305, 1956, United States)[4][5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm a Fool"Tommy Smith 
2."Serenade"
 
7-inch single (London Records 45-HL-U 8287, 1956, UK)[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Serenade" (from the film)
  • Brodszky
  • Cahn
 
2."I Talk to the Waves"L. M. Richard 

Charts

Mario Lanza version

Chart (1956) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 25

Slim Whitman version

Chart (1956) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 8

References
  1. Serenade (from "Serenade") on YouTube
  2. "Mario Lanza – Serenade (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  3. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  4. "Slim Whitman - Serenade / I'm A Fool". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  5. "Billboard". 31 March 1956.
  6. "Slim Whitman - Serenade". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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