Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
Fools Rush In ( Where Angels Fear to Tread ) is the title of a jazz standard, which first appeared in the version of Bob Crosby 1940.
Genesis
The Jewish- American composer Reuben " Rube " Bloom created in 1939 under the title La Shangri an instrumental piece to the Johnny Mercer later wrote a text. The selected Mercer title Fools Rush In ( Where Angels Fear to Tread ) goes on a book authored by the English poet Alexander Pope first major work, " An Essay on Criticism " back ( " An Essay on Criticism" ), which on 15 May in 1711, first published anonymously. Herein " For Fools rush in where angels fear to tread " the line occurs.
Bob Crosby (vocals: Marion man) took the song on March 18, 1940, his orchestra was the first to ( Decca 3154 ) and could thus in the charts not place. Within a few days followed by four cover versions. Tommy Dorsey (29 March 1940) landed after publication in May 1940 to 12th, Glenn Miller (vocal: Ray Eberle, March 31, 1940 ) had with his version of the greatest success of all versions. Following the publication in April 1940 he reached on July 20, 1940 for a week rank 1 of the pop charts. This was followed by Tony Martin (March 31, 1940) with rank 14 as the highest ranking while (recorded as a B- side Blue Moon already on 9 October 1947 published in November 1948) Mildred Bailey (2 April 1940) and Billy Eckstine missed the charts. By Anne Shelton with the orchestra of Bert Ambrose 1940, the song was also a hit in the UK.
In the 1950s, at least a dozen other versions, including Tony Bennett's ballad appeared (published on 28 July 1958) or the doo-wop version of the Cadets ( November 1956 ).
Frank Sinatra and other cover versions
Frank Sinatra was just changed in January 1940 to Tommy Dorsey and took the piece for RCA Victor on 29 and 30 March 1940 ( midnight) on the first time. After several radio versions of Sinatra as a soloist grabbed the piece on October 31, 1947 Columbia Records again. On 1 March 1960 he was by Nelson Riddle for Capitol Records a ballad version of the published in the July 1960 album Nice'n Easy arrange, which is part of Sinatra's most successful albums. However, it succeeded Sinatra with the many versions not to reach the charts.
Early sixties came three versions in the medium of the pop - charts. Brook Benton ( November 1960, No. 5 in the R & B charts), Etta James ( September 1962, number 87 ) and Rick Nelson ( September 1963, recorded at Western Recorders, 12th place) brought out very different arrangements. Dean Martin followed with a notice published on August 4, 1964 version, however, missed the charts.
Peter Beil brought in 1963 under the pseudonym The Boys Ricky a German version under the title must be the on the market that missed the German singles chart. Elvis Presley recorded the song on May 18, 1971 in Nashville for the book published in February 1972 album Elvis Now in samba rhythm. According to the ASCAP, there are 65 versions of Fools Rush In.