Somethin' Stupid

Somethin 'Stupid is the title of a duet that was recorded in 1966 by Carson Parks & Gaile Foote. In the version of Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy was 1967 number -one hit in the U.S. and in the UK.

Genesis

C. Carson Parks was a member of The Green Woods County Singers, where he met his future wife Gaile Foote. He wrote music and lyrics to Something Stupid in the fall of 1966 and took it on with his wife Gaile Foote for the common duet album San Antonio Rose ( Kapp Records KS- 3516 ). The release of the album was originally scheduled for November 1966 but was postponed to February 1967 because it was deemed the concept as unfit for the holiday season. In addition to the LP recording then appeared in February 1967 as a single ( Kapp 813).

Sinatra cover version

Parks ' manager Wally Brady played the duet recording of Carson & Gaile end of 1966 Mo Ostin, the vice president of Reprise Records, before. Ostin headed to Brady's suggestion a copy to Frank Sinatra on, the immediately decided to bring out the piece as a duet with his daughter Nancy, who also stood at Reprise contract. After Frank Sinatra's producer Jimmy Bowen and Nancy Sinatra's producer Lee Hazlewood had become quickly agree played father and daughter the song on February 1, 1967 in the Western Recorders Studios in Hollywood together a. The package came from Billy Strange. This created an identical to the original arrangement and tempo, added a middle instrumental part. The cast was recruited from parts of the Wrecking Crew as Alvin Casey / Glen Campbell (guitar ), Ralph Peña ( bass), Carol Kaye ( Elektoro bass), Hal Blaine (drums) and Victor Feldman ( percussion). The photograph was taken on a new eight -track recorder with Edeie Bracken as a sound engineer in only 4 Takes 35 minutes of recording.

The single Somethin 'Stupid / I Will Wait For You (Reprise 0561) then appeared in February 1967 and in August 1967 on Frank Sinatra's album The World We Knew and Nancy Sinatra album Sugar. Mo Ostiņš concerns, the song with his love text does not lend itself as a duet between father and daughter, proved to be unfounded. In the U.S., the recording was already on 18 March 1967 in the charts, where it remained for a total of 13 weeks, reaching on 15 April for four weeks, the top position. In the UK, the single was at the same time from March 23, a total of 18 weeks in the charts and reached there on April 7, 1967 for two weeks the top. In other European countries and in South America inclusion in the charts was successful. In the German single charts of the title reached number 4 in the same year, their inclusion in the category " Record of the Year " was nominated for a Grammy. Parallel to the hit parade success is also the sales success developed. The single sold a million copies in the U.S., depending 250,000 in the United Kingdom and Germany, a total of 2 million copies worldwide.

The Sinatras are currently the only father-daughter pair, the U.S. scored a number -one hit. Also in 1967 was the first time that two artists who had already had at least one solo number -one hit, as a duo came to this position. As a couple, however, Frank and Nancy Sinatra could not go with her ​​later duets, of which only one was in the top 30 on this success.

In a joint tour in the spring of 1982, Frank and Nancy Sinatra sang the song a few times as a duet on the concert stage.

Other cover versions

Overall, there are at least 67 cover versions. Already in 1967 produced Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell another duet version of their LP United ( August 1967 ), while Andy Williams brought out a solo version on the LP, Love, Andy ( November 1967 ). Sacha Distel & Joanna Shimkus duettierten in 1967 with a French text by Maurice Tézé entitled Ces mots stupid. Under the title What can I help it Lilibert wrote a German text for Jack White & Brigitt Petry (1967 ), later acquired by Wyn & Andrea (1976). An interesting reggae instrument aversion Jackie Mittoo & Soul Vendors offers (1967). In December 2001, Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman took the song as a duet for Williams album Swing When You're Winning. This version reached number one again as a single in the UK and the top 3 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Chord Overstreet & Heather Morris published Somethin 'Stupid in the series Glee ( December 2012), in April 2013, it appeared on the album To Be Loved by Michael Bublé, who sang it as a duet with Reese Witherspoon.

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