Sailor (song)
Sailor ( your home is the sea ) is the title of a classic, which was published by Lolita in 1960 and was very successful internationally.
Genesis
Lolita had already acquired in the receiving date May 8, 1957, the first composition written by Werner Scharfenberg, namely the white moon of Maratonga. The wanderlust ballad was published in October 1957 and could penetrate up to rank 2 on the German charts. Lolita took on boards since 1956, but this was their first hit. Over the years, Sharp Berger had written five titles for them, the sixth was to be her greatest success.
The Viennese music producer Gerhard Mendelson was looking for the title La Luna (written by Ralph Maria Siegel ) still in need of a B-side. Hit songwriter Fini Busch wrote with composer Werner Scharfenberg hastily sailor ( your home is the sea ), which was selected after consultation with broadcasters as an A- side. The song is wanderlust and the world's oceans, to which seafarers worldwide are at home, but at the same homesickness. The textual reference to international ports increased the authenticity of the song.
Recording and publication
Recorded on December 15, 1959 Lolita in Austrophon studio Vienna and published in February 1960, become the sentimental sailor ( your home is the sea ) / La Luna ( Polydor # 24 177 ) with 2 million sold worldwide plates to focus Berger's first million-seller. Lolita was the first Austrian singer, who received a gold record in Germany. It was handed to her on January 17, 1961 in Vienna. Despite the big sales success, the song in Germany had to settle for No. 2 in the charts, blocked from the top position by Heidi Brühl million Seller We never want to go apart '. Lolita should be denied permanently with their other hits the top spot on the charts. But they led with this song the Bravo Yearendcharts 1960 with 484 points. Lolita sang the song in the movie Send your wife to Italy, which was released in theaters on September 22, 1960.
International breakthrough
In addition, she managed with the song 's international breakthrough. In August 1960, the original recording of Lolita was published in the United States. Hereby it came even to rank 5 of the U.S. charts. On November 4, 1960, English spoken recitation by Maureen René was added in Hamburg in the middle part of the original song, which was now pressed as Sailor, Your Home is the Sea for the English market.
The song has been covered under the title of Sailor Petula Clark and Anne Shelton. Clark's English lyrics were written by David West (pseudonym of Norman Newell, a producer at EMI), achieved in the UK the first rank of the charts and sold by publication in January 1961, an additional 250,000 copies. The title was the first number -one hit for the singer. Anne Shelton brought out their version in the same month, but had to settle for 10th place.