Ebb Tide (song)

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"Ebb Tide"
Single by Frank Chacksfield
B-side "Waltzing Bugle Boy"
ReleasedJune 1953
Recorded1953
Genre Big band
Length2:57
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman
"Ebb Tide"
Single by the Righteous Brothers
from the album Back to Back
B-side "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
ReleasedNovember 1965 (1965-11) [1]
Genre Blue-eyed soul
Length2:48
Label Philles
Songwriter(s) Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman
Producer(s) Phil Spector
The Righteous Brothers singles chronology
"For Your Love"
(1965)
"Ebb Tide"
(1965)
"Georgia on My Mind"
(1966)

"Ebb Tide" is a popular song written in 1953 by the lyricist Carl Sigman and composer and harpist Robert Maxwell. [2] The first version was sung by Vic Damone backed by Richard Hayman's orchestra. The highest-selling version was released by the Righteous Brothers in 1965.

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This song is not to be confused with the title song from the film Ebb Tide (1937), which is a composition by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger.

Notable recordings

The best-known versions are by:

References

  1. Hall, Claude (December 11, 1965). "'First' Whirl War Rages on Radio Station Front". Billboard . pp. 1, 46, 49. WMCA can provide a list of singles – all hits – that they had first. ... In November, they boast 'Ebb Tide' by the Righteous Brothers ...
  2. "Ebb Tide, by Robert Maxwell and Carl Sigman". University of Maine, Digital Commons. Raymond H. Fogler Library . Retrieved 2020-07-12. Robert Maxwell, composer; Carl Sigman, lyricist
  3. "Frank Chacksfield". The Official Charts Company.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 243.
  5. Only the Lonely - Frank Sinatra | Album | AllMusic , retrieved 2025-01-09
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 707.
  7. Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th ed.). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 424. ISBN   1-904994-00-8.