Cara Mia
"Cara Mia" is a popular song published in 1954 that became a UK number 1 and US number 10 hit and Gold record for English singer David Whitfield in 1954 and a #4 hit for the American rock group Jay and the Americans in 1965. Jay & The Americans' version went into the charts in the Netherlands when it was re-released in 1980. The title means "my beloved" in Italian.Background
The English singer David Whitfield first recorded the song with the Mantovani Orchestra in 1954. This recording made the charts in the United States, and in the UK it was the first record to spend ten consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. Whitfield's version was one of the biggest selling British records in the pre-rock days. It sold more than three and a half million copies worldwide and was a Top 10 hit in America.Writers
Authorship of the song was credited to Tulio Trapani and Lee Lange.Notable remakes
- Jay and the Americans
- José Carreras
- Richard Clayderman - included in his album Love Songs of the World.
- Helen Forrest - a single release in 1954.
- Mario del Monaco
- Gordon MacRae - a single release in 1954.
- The Johnny Mann Singers
- Josef Locke
- Jaime Morey
- Frank Patterson
- Måns Zelmerlöw
- Gene Pitney - included in his album Golden Greats.
- Jack Pleis
- The Raes
- Nikolai Volkoff
- Slim Whitman - for his album Red River Valley
- Paul Delicato
- Gene Ammons
- Claudio Araya
- Danny Chilean
- Jem Crossland
