Lisbon Antigua

"Lisbon Antigua" is a popular song, arranged by Nelson Riddle, that was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1956. It topped the Billboard magazine chart on February 25, 1956 and remained there for four weeks. The song that featured in Riddle's score for the film Lisbon was originally a Portuguese song that Nat King Cole's manager brought to Riddle's attention.[1]

The song was written in 1937 by Raul Portela, José Galhardo, and Amadeu do Vale with English words by Harry Dupree.[2]

It was also recorded as an instrumental under the title "In Old Lisbon" by Frank Chacksfield, a recording released by the United Kingdom Decca label as catalog number F 10689, which reached #15 on the UK charts.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged. New York: Billboard Books. p. 8. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9. 
  2. ^ "The European Song Cover". Spaceagepop.com. http://www.spaceagepop.com/eurosong.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-22. 
  3. ^ "UK Chart Entries 1952-1961". Zobbel.de. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk50/CE50_C.HTM. Retrieved 2011-11-22. 
Preceded by
"Rock and Roll Waltz" by Kay Starr		 Billboard Top 100 number-one single
(Nelson Riddle version)
February 25, 1956 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"The Poor People of Paris" by Les Baxter