Thank you for that, Ford. Actually there were several recordings of this song, mostly on old 45rpm records. The most notable being Brook Benton's single on the Mercury label, which also featured a vocal of "Somewhere in the Used to Be" (from the same film) on the B-side. The lyrics for both were by Mack David.
- JMM.
"Somewhere in the Used to Be"; not just one of Elmer's best songs, but an all-time favorite of mine. I know the piano solo for "Walk..." is easy to find, but has anyone ever seen the sheet music for "Somewhere in the Used to Be"?
Greg
Brook Benton appears to have recorded (at least) two versions of 'Somewhere in the Used to Be': the lyrical, piano-accompanied version heard in the film and the rather more thumping version on the b-side of 'Walk on the Wild Side' (downloadable from Amazon)
Does anyone know if the former, film version was ever released/ is available? It does not feature on the film's issued soundtrack and I'd love to get to get hold of it...
As delighted as I am to come upon a revived discussion of Bernstein's great "Walk on the Wild Side" theme, your eBay listing of his wonderful "Films of Charles and Ray Eames" CD most definitely belongs in the trading post.
