Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere song)
| "Close Your Eyes" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1933 |
| Writer | Bernice Petkere |
| Language | English |
| Recorded by |
Tony Bennett Betty Carter Vic Damone Doris Day Ella Fitzgerald Queen Latifah Peggy Lee Nancy Wilson |
"Close Your Eyes" is a popular song written by American composer Bernice Petkere. The song was published in 1933. The song is featured in the film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), during a murder scene, and in the 1996 BBC TV detective series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries, which starred Diana Rigg. The song was the end of transmission tune of Radio MonteCarlo in the 1960s.
Recorded versions
- Ruth Etting (1933)
- Al Bowlly (1933)
- Comedian Harmonists (1934), German version (as "Komm im Traum")
- Johnny Bode (1934), Swedish version
- Harry Belafonte (1949)
- Tony Bennett (1954)
- Humphrey Lyttelton (1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1957)
- Oscar Peterson (1959)
- Vic Damone (1962)
- Doris Day (1957) - Day By Night, & Duet (1962)
- Peggy Lee (1963)
- Nancy Wilson (1964)
- Kurt Elling (1995)
- Liza Minnelli (1996)
- Betty Carter (1996)
- Stacey Kent (1997) - Close Your Eyes
- Don Tiki (1997)
- Queen Latifah (2004)
- Terez Montcalm (2007)
- Loston Harris (2008)
- Nellie McKay (2009)
- Alexis Cole (2013)
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