What Now My Love (song)
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"What Now My Love" is a popular song. It started out as a French language song, "Et Maintenant" ("And Now") written by composer Gilbert Bécaud and lyricist Pierre Delanoë. English language lyrics and the title were written by Carl Sigman.
The lyrics detail a vocal plea from the narrator who decides to commit suicide after being left by their lover. U.S. Top 40 hits avec song were from Sonny & Cher in 1966, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass instrumentally in the same year, and Mitch Ryder sans Wheels the following year.
[edit] Recorded versions
- Herb Alpert
- Liberace
- Shirley Bassey
- Gilbert Bécaud
- Max Bygraves
- Lana Cantrell
- Petula Clark
- Ray Conniff
- Vic Damone
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Duane Eddy
- Agnetha Fältskog
- Connie Francis (English, bi-lingual English/French, Italian)
- Judy Garland
- Don Gibson
- Jackie Gleason
- Robert Goulet
- Buddy Greco
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Patricia Kaas
- Ben E. King
- Andre Kostelanetz
- James Last
- Steve Lawrence
- Brenda Lee
- Norman Luboff Choir
- Al Martino
- Johnny Mathis
- Nana Mouskouri
- Jim Nabors
- The Muppets
- Willie Nelson
- Anthony Newley
- Wayne Newton
- Roy Orbison
- Frank Oz
- Elvis Presley
- Lou Rawls
- Della Reese
- Righteous Brothers
- Edmundo Ros
- Sandie Shaw
- Frank Sinatra - That's Life (1966)
- Sonny & Cher
- Barbra Streisand
- The Supremes
- The Temptations
- Caterina Valente
- Dana Valery
- Sarah Vaughan
- Dionne Warwick
- Andy Williams
- Helmut Lotti
- Miss Piggy -- The Muppet Show, Season 1, Episode 15
- NOFX
- Oliver Dragojevic -- at a live show at the Paris Olympia
